Jeannel King
Jeannel
King
Adjunct Faculty
Campus:
- Saybrook University
- College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences
- Department
- Humanistic Clinical Psychology
- Institution
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Saybrook University
- Biography
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Dr. Jeannel King is the kind of faculty member who helps you turn your questions into purpose and your purpose into rigorous, soul-centered scholarship. She teaches graduate-level courses at Saybrook University in heuristic inquiry, humanistic psychology, creativity, leadership, and the transformational edges of consciousness and spirituality. With a background as a creative organizational consultant, Jeannel brings real-world insight, deep listening, and intuitive depth to everything she does. Her research explores what it means to live a calling, how creativity and spirituality shape human experience, and what happens when we finally question who gets to decide what counts as "real" knowledge. She is especially curious about how methodological traditions, such as the dominance of quantitative methods, have shaped fields like calling, creativity, and consciousness. As a published author, award-winning scholar, and frequent presenter at international conferences, Jeannel is as comfortable on stage as she is in a one-on-one Zoom with a student chasing a big idea. An alumna, writing coach, and adjunct faculty member, she brings a full-circle commitment to Saybrook's mission and is known for helping students do the kind of research that changes them from the inside out. Her enduring passion lies in advancing humanistic scholarship and transforming the way scholars communicate their work-with depth, voice, and integrity.
- Areas of Expertise
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Area Expertise Consulting Skills Business/IO Psychology Organizational Development Consciousness Studies / Altered States of Consciousness Consciousness & Spirituality Studies Spirituality Creativity Studies Creativity Leadership & Management Organizational Change and Transformation Business/IO Psychology Psychology Humanistic Psychology Research Design/Methodology Heuristic Research Qualitative Inquiry - Education History
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Degree Institution Year Bachelor's in Psychology San Diego State Unviersity, San Diego, CA 2005 Masters in Nonprofit Management Regis University, Denver, CO 2007 PhD in Psychology, CIL Specialization Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA 2024 - Professional Memberships
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Role Organization Junior Member Interntional Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation Past Secretary/Archivist Academy of Management - Management, Spirituality, and Religion Division Past President International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP) - Community Involvement
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Role Organization Host, Academic Writers Room London Writers Salon Peer Reviewer Journal of Academic Writing - Presentations
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Title Location Date Qualitative Insights into the Complexity of Calling: Moving Beyond Quantitative Boundaries Krakow, Poland (Virtual) January 2025 Dancing in the Spaces Between the Numbers: Heuristic Inquiry's Impact on a Quantitative-Dominant Research Field Cambridge, England July 2024 Exploring Creativity in Research: A Heuristic Inquiry Unveiled Ashland, Oregon, US May 2024 Beyond Process: Unveiling the Creative Essence of Living One's Calling Ashland, Oregon, US May 2024 Dissertation Success Pasadena, California, US January 2024 Creative-Spiritual Agency and Meaningful Work: An Emerging Theoretical Framework Boston, Massachusetts, US August 2023 "Daily Bread and Daily Meaning": Workshopping Creative-Spiritual Agency and an Emerging Framework for Meaningful Work Ashland, Oregon, US May 2023 engaging Creativity and Beyond: Program Planning for Higher Education: Parts 1 and 2 Ashland, Oregon, US May 2023 The Future of Management, Spirituality, and religioon Vienna, Austria September 2022 Creativity at Work: An Invitation to Systemic Change in the Workplace Ashland, Oregon, US July 2022 Walking Between Worlds with the Creative Eye of Contemplation Ashland, Oregon, US (Virtual) July 2021 Not Over but Through: Towards a New Model for Facilitating Organizational Culture Change Boston, Massachusetts, US May 2021 - Research
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Lived Experiences
Calling
Organizational Change
Work as Calling
Methodological Hegemonies
- Publications
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Chapter King, J. (2023). Inside Job: Exploring Meaningful Work Through Creative-Spiritual Agency. In J. Marques (Ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Fulfillment, Wellness, and Personal Growth at Work (pp. p 183-208). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
King, J. (2023). Not Over but Through: Towards a New Model for Facilitating Organizational Culture Change. In A. K. Maheshwari (Ed.) Consciousness-Based Leadership and Management, Volume 2: Oganizational and Cultural Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing (pp. p 223-242). : Springer International Publishing.
Encyclopedia King, J. (2025). Meaningful Work. In S. Dhiman (Ed.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Leadership and Organizational Change. ( pp. p 1-4 ). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Other King, J. (2024). Qualitative Insights into the Complexity of Calling: Moving Beyond Quantitative Boundaries. Book of Abstracts.
King, J. (2022). Future Possibilities for the Field of Management, Spirituality, and Religion. International Association of Management, Spirituality, and Religion.
- Professional Skills
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Qualitative research design, Heuristic inquiry facilitation, Graduate-level teaching and mentoring, Academic writing and scholarly communication coaching, Curriculum design for humanistic and experiential learning, Visual facilitation and graphic recording, Collaborative facilitation and group process design, Creative problem solving in complex systems, Synthesizing ideas into clear, actionable insights, Academic publishing and conference presentation