Education:
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley - 1980 (Education)
M.A., New School for Social Research - 1973 (Psychology)
B.A., University of Chicago - 1971 (Psychology)
Areas of Expertise:
As a counselor educator, Forbes applies contemplative practices such as mindfulness to school counseling and education from an integral perspective. He is interested in enhancing school counselor self-reflection, student and adult development, social emotional learning, and deepening the meaning of education and connectedness within school cultures.
Books and Publications
"Occupy Mindfulness." http://beamsandstruts.com/articles/item/982-occupy-mindfulness. June 30. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"Contemplative Urban Education." Urban Education: An Encyclopedia. Eds. P Anderson, K. Hayes, D. Griffith, J. Kincheloe and K. Rose. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 161-70. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2006
"Finding the Zone: Beyond the Social Construction of Masculine Gender Identity." Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice 19.1: 16-24. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"In Da Zone: Meditation, Masculinity and a Meaningful Life." Holistic Learning and Spiritualilty in Education: Breaking New Ground. Eds. J.P. Miller, S. Karsten, D. Denton, D.Orr and I.C. Kates. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press. 154-160. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005
"What Is the Role of Counseling in Urban Schools?" 19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City. Eds. S.R. Steinberg and J.L. Kincheloe. New York: Peter Lang. 69-84. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004
Boyz 2 Buddhas: Counseling Urban High School Male Athletes in the Zone. New York: Peter Lang. (Books and Publications: Book) 2004
"Turn the Wheel: Integral School Counseling for Male Adolescents." Journal of Counseling and Development 81: 142-49. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
False Fixes: The Cultural Politics of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Relations. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 1994
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Contemplative Program Development Fellowship, the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and the American Council of Learned Societies, for "A Lotus Grows in Brooklyn: Nurturing a Contemplative Educators' Network on an Urban Campus of Public Higher Education." 2005-06. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Contemplative Brooklyn: The Whole Shmear." Fourth Annual Conference of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education: Contemplative Approaches in the Diverse Academic Community: Inquiry, Connection, Creativity, and Insight. Amherst, Mass., Sept. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Forbes, David and Iris Lopez (City College). "Identities of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in Hawai'i: Essentialist, Multicultural and Global Identities." Puerto Rican Studies Association Twentieth Annual Conference. Albany, N.Y., Oct. 26. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Contemplative Pedagogy From an Integral Perspective." The CUNY Mindfulness Speaker Series. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, Dec. 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"Contemplative Pedagogy in the Academy From an Integral Perspective." Third Annual Conference, Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education: The Contemplative Campus. Amherst Mass., Nov. 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Some Irreverent Questions/Reverential Dialogue on Counselor Education" roundtable. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Conference. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 27. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Growing Up Mindfully in the Age of Obama" keynote speech and "Helping Young Men Thrive Through Mindful Practices" workshop presenter. Monroe County Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 2009 Conference. Rochester, N.Y., May 1-2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Mindfulness for Male Youth." Sponsored by Latino Studies Program at La Casa, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., March 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Mindfulness, Contemplative Pedagogy and Integral Theory as Transformative Practices for School Counseling Education." Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference. San Diego, Oct. 16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Contemplative Pedagogy in Counselor Education." Being as Doing: Mindful Teacher Preparation and Contemplative Pedagogy Symposium Panel. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 60th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Feb. 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"School Counselors as Bodhissatvas and Integral Practitioners: On Being Mindful in Unmindful Places." First Biennial Integral Theory Conference: Integral Theory in Action: Serving Self, Other & Kosmos. John F. Kennedy University. Concord, Calif., Aug. 10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Keepin It Real: Mindfulness and Development in Counseling Urban High School Male Students." Mindfulness-based Activities in the Classroom: Promoting Social-Emotional Development Panel, Division E, AERA. Chicago, April 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Contemplative Pedagogy Seminar. Naropa University. Boulder, Colo., August 2-8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Professional Leadership
Forbes, David and Stephen Redenti (Lehman College), co-organizers, Second Annual CUNY Mindfulness Speakers Series, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, fall. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Forbes, David and Stephen Redenti (Lehman College), co-organizers, First CUNY Mindfulness Speakers Series, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, fall. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Self-study author and program liaison, Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs accreditation, 2008-11. School Counseling Program, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Faculty panel presentation/co-organizer, The Second Mindful Learners Conference: CUNY Contemplative Network and Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, April 3. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Community Activities
Co-organizer and presenter, "Celebrating Borinkis in Hawai'i: Past, Present and Future." Cultural and community event, United Puerto Rican Association of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Jan. 15. 2010
Presenter, "Parenting, Stress and Mindfulness." Parent Workshop, Minding Our Own Community Conference. Sponsored by State Sen. Eric Adams. Prospect Heights High School. Brooklyn, N.Y, Aug. 21. 2010
