Artist. Scholar. Veteran. Healer.

Jennifer P. Harman is earning her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine and Applied Psychophysiology, with concurrent certifications in Integrative Wellness Coaching, Stress Management Education, and Clinical & Applied Hypnosis. A US Navy disabled veteran and lifelong artist, Jennifer’s research, education, and work in the community all align with advocating for the arts to serve as an agent for healing the mind and body. Much of her work is in the space of engaging veterans with meditation practices and mindful arts as modalities for healing the whole person, with her dissertation research focused on, “Luigi Jazz Warmups as a Mind-Body Movement Intervention: Exploring Integrated Body Awareness, Functional Movement, and Quality of Life in Adults Without Formal Dance Training.”

She is the founder of the Center for Integrative Arts & Wellness, a holistic approach to healing through mindfulness-based interventions and arts engagement practices to aid in restoring physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual components of health. She is also the co-founder and Executive Director of The Storytellers Alliance, a community-based arts education and outreach organization focused on immersive arts experiences and mind-body practices.

Her most recent article, titled: Moving Beyond Trauma: Using the Process of Learning Choreography as a Tool to Aid in Post-9/11 US Veteran Reintegration, was published by Saint Leo University College of Arts and Sciences in the inaugural issue of Kaleidoscope: Integrating Research Across Disciplines academic journal.