#  Transcendentalism Initiative People 

 



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  [### Charles M. Stang

 ](/people/charles-stang)Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions

Professor of Early Christian Thought

 

 

 

      ![Professor Charles Stang in a dress shirt and gray blazer](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/ProfessorStang2_web.jpg?itok=8ZAj7_Ud) 

 

 

 

   [### Russell Powell

 ](/people/russell-powell)Research Associate, Transcendentalism

 

 

 

      ![Russell Powell looking into the camera](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/PowellR_headshot.jpg?h=aaa6c43a&itok=dWn6FKzT) 

 

 

 

   [### Gosia Sklodowska

 ](/people/gosia-sklodowska)Executive Director

 

 

 

      ![Gosia E. Sklodowska](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-03/06122023-gosiasklodowska-004_0.jpg?itok=VMnDo4U4) 

 

 

 

   [### Phyllis Cole

 ](/people/phyllis-cole)Research Associate, Transcendentalism Initiative

 

 

 

      ![Phyllis Cole](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/image1.jpg?itok=nHP26UPZ) 

 

 

 

   [### John Kaag

 ](/people/john-kaag)Associate, Transcendentalism Initiative

 

 

 

      ![John Kaag](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/John_Kaag.jpg?itok=iNoOGVHw) 

 

 

 

   [### Richard Higgins

 ](/people/richard-higgins)Associate, Transcendentalism Initiative

 

 

 

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   [### Megan Marshall

 ](/people/megan-marshall)Associate, Transcendentalism Initiative

 

 

 

      ![Megan Marshall looking into the camera](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/MM%20author%20photo%20head%20shot%20Sarah%20Putnam.jpg?itok=65sQgv8x)