CIIS Graduate Studies
Register for the online course co-taught by Riane Eisler and Susan Carter at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)!
At the California Institute of Integral Studies, you can earn an online MA in Transformative Leadership with a Partnership focus and study with Riane Eisler. CIIS also offers an online PhD in Transformative Studies.
No matter where you live, you can now enroll in the online graduate program in Partnership Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Courses start with meeting with Dr. Eisler and Dr. Susan Carter at the beautiful Pacifica resort on the California coast. 
This is an innovative program for new graduates and mid-life career people who want to make a difference in their lives, their organizations, and the world. Students work in a community of likeminded individuals, build a curriculum around their calling and passion, and develop skills to make their visions realities.
Students also can earn credit while interning with the Center for Partnership Studies or other change-making nonprofit organizations. Imagine a career in Partnership! Join us!
Listen to Dr Eisler's interview with Faculty Member Alfonso Montuori.
What Our Past Students Say
The Partnership concentration is proving to be the most worthwhile and transformative educational opportunity I've encountered. It presents practical, accessible and holistic solutions to the most urgent challenges and myriad problems we face on a personal, interpersonal, national and global scale.
~ Elisa Audo, Ph. D., Director of Prevention, Community Violence Solutions, Doctoral Student, CIIS
As an activist and community leader, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to study such powerful, transformational theories. Studying directly with Riane Eisler is a profound experience. This class is a must for anyone with a penchant for leadership, politics and change.
~ Heidi L. Sieck, City and County of San Francisco, Disaster Response Program Chair, Brava! Theater for Women in Arts, Co-Chair S.F. Women's Policy Summit
I am very, very thankful for having taken this course. Riane and Susan, you both have been such role models…so genuine and authentic. I have watched in awe your compassionate, understanding, and articulate responses.
~Jim Martin, Northwest Territories of Canada, Executive Director of the Tlicho Community Services Agency (a public/tribal agency), Doctoral Student, CIIS
For More Information
Martha Brumbaugh, mbrumbaugh@ciis.edu, 415-575-6173
To Register
Allyson Werner, awerner@ciis.edu, 415-575-6155
