Dr. Jeffery A. Martin

Jeffery is a social scientist who researches personal transformation, and a leading international expert on non-symbolic consciousness. He specializes in bringing rigorous empirical research and testing to transformational techniques and theories that have strong anecdotal support.

Jeffery’s academic focuses include: technology, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and transformative studies. A bestselling author and award winning educator, he has authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books and numerous other publications; appeared in a wide variety of media; and lectured broadly in both academic and public forums.

His research on non-symbolic consciousness began while he was a graduate student in Transformative Studies at CIIS and Psychology at Harvard University. In the years since, he has been widely recognized as instrumental in driving research in this area forward worldwide.

His work has been regularly featured at leading academic conferences in North America, Europe, Asia, and India. He has been an invited speaker at leading universities worldwide including: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of California, University of
London, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the National University of Singapore.

Jeffery’s work has also been featured in leading public forums such as Deepak Chopra’s Scientists and Sages conference, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS’s Closer to Truth.

Jeffery is the Founding Director of the Center or the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness (nonsymbolic.org) and a Research Professor and Director of the Transformative Technology Lab at Sofia University (transtechlab.org). In addition to these primary affiliations, he holds a number of additional academic appointments across a variety of institutions worldwide, and serves on many advisory boards.