Biography
Born May 2, 1929, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Education
Lycée Français de New York, 1938-46, 1er Baccalauréat
Wellesley College. B.A. 1950, major in Biblical History, Wellesley College Scholar
University de Bordeaux, Inst. de Science Politiques 1950-1951
Syracuse University. Ph.D. in Religion 1978
Marriage of 56 years to Francis Underhill Macy, 1927-2009
Fran’s 5 years as Peace Corps director in Nigeria, Tunisia, and India provided formative experiences for Joanna and their three children, 1964-69
Fran, a Soviet specialist and lover of Russian culture, co-taught intensives with Joanna and took Deep Ecology Work to countries of the former Soviet Union.
Americans Who Tell The Truth
Portrait collection by Robert Shetterly
Honors & Awards
HONORS
Bioneers Lifetime Contribution Award 2013
Honorary Degrees
New College of California, 2001
Starr King School of Ministry, 1998
California Insittute of Integral Studies, 1997
Alice Lloyd College, 1972
Teaching
Trainings & Workshops (bulk of teaching) 1978—2018
WORK THAT RECONNECTS (aka Despair & Empowerment Work and Deep Ecology Work)
Locations: Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Hungary,Japan, India, Sri Lannka, Russia, Ukraine, Belaruss, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United States and Canada.
Adjunct professor at San Francisco Bay Area Graduate Schools (1988—2014)
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California
Starr King School of Ministry, Berkeley, California
University of Creating Spirituality and Naropa Oakland, Oakland, California
John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California
Earlier academic teaching includes
American University (1978-79)
Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center (1986)
Syracuse University College (1974-76)
Schumacher College, England (1994 & 1998)