April C. Heaslip, PhD, is a mythologist and educator who earned her doctorate in Mythological Studies with emphasis in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She holds a master's in Social Ecology from Goddard College and a bachelor's in Psychology and Women’s Studies from West Chester University after studying at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil.
Uniting interconnected levels of inquiry via Women's Studies, Literary + Film Studies, post-Jungian Psychology, Religious Studies, and sustainability, her work focuses on applied ecofeminist mythology and the curative powers of creativity and synchronicity. Her forthcoming book with University Press of Mississippi, Regenerating the Feminine: Psyche, Culture & Nature, considers the impact of this monumental resurgence as healing agent across individual, collective, and environmental realms.
A R E A S O F E X P E R T I S E
Comparative Mythology + Meaning Making
Post-Jungian Studies + Depth Psychology
Comparative Literature + Film
Ecofeminist Studies + Practices: Women’s History, Art + Spirituality
Trauma-Informed Regenerative Models: From Grief to Bricolage
Social Justice: Intersectional Feminism, Critical Race Theory, Transdisciplinary Studies
Popular Culture + Cultural Animation: Tending the Collective Unconscious + Cultural Memory
Synchronicity Studies: The Curative Power of Wonder, Play + Creativity
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Regenerating the Feminine: Psyche, Culture & Nature, Forthcoming April 2025, University Press of Mississippi.
Alive: A Regenerative Quest through “Terminal” Cancer via Memoir, Myth & Memory, Forthcoming 2025.
“Separate, Then Together: The Alchemical Roots of Sacred Partnership in Egyptian Mythology” in On the Wings of Isis: A Woman’s Path to Sovereignty, The Girl God Publishing, Stavanger, Norway, Forthcoming, October 2020.
“Regenerating the Feminine: Taking the Long View on Fear, Violence & Changing Culture” in Proceedings: The Second Brazil-Germany Interdisciplinary Workshop: Historical Conflicts and Overcoming Violence. Núcleo de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Forthcoming, 2025.
“Securely Attached: Brazilians & Their Black Madonnas,” in Myths Shattered and Restored. Marion Dumond and Gayatri Devi, editors. Goddess Ink, 2016.
“From God Complex to Complex God/dess(es): A Gaian Cosmology,” in Evolving God Images: Essays on Religion, Individuation, and Postmodern Spirituality, Patrick Mahaffey, editor. iUniverse, 2014.
“Bricolage: Psyche’s Eco-Healing Agent.” Depth Insights. Spring 2013. depthinsights.com.
P R E S E N T A T I O N S
“Synchronicities & Sensitivities: A Medial Synesthete Approaches (Creativity)” International Society of Mythology Mythologium, Forthcoming: November 10th, 2024.
“Regeneration: From Magdalene to the Feminine in Psyche, Culture & Nature,” Guest Lecture: Special Topics in Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 12 May 2021.
“Regenerating the Feminine: Launching a Year of post-Jungian Study on the Feminine.” Jung Society of New Orleans, LA. January 7, 2020.
“Separate, Then Together: The Alchemical Roots of Sacred Partnership in Egyptian Mythology” in On the Wings of Isis: A Woman’s Path to Sovereignty, The Girl God Publishing, Stavanger, Norway. Forthcoming, 2020.
“Regenerating the Feminine: Taking the Long View on Fear, Violence & Changing Culture.” Second Interdisciplinary Workshop Brazil-Germany: Historical Conflicts and Overcoming of Violence. Latin American Institute for Advanced Studies, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. November 19-23, 2018.
"Wonder Women: The Radical Impact of Cinematic S/Heroes." North East Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Amherst, MA, October 27, 2017.
“Re-Initiating Psyche: The Academy as Sisterhood.” Association of the Study of Women & Mythology Symposium, Philadelphia. Upcoming, March 25, 2017.
“Reclaiming Isis from Daesh: From Traumatic Othering Toward Re/membering the Dark Feminine.” Association of the Study of Women & Mythology Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2016.
“#MagdaleneTrending: Healing the Compound Wasteland with Dynamic Creativity.” Association of the Study of Women & Mythology Symposium, Portland, Oregon, April 2015.
“Securely Attached: Brazilians and Their Black Madonnas.” Association of the Study of Women & Mythology Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 2013.
Within & Without: Current Movements in Women’s Spirituality. Film. Women’s Studies Conference, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1995.
E D U C A T I O N
PhD Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
MA Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
MA Social Ecology/Ecofeminism, Goddard College
BA Psychology + Women's Studies, West Chester University
Psychology, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil (transferred)
A C A D E M I C E M P L O Y M E N T H I G H L I G H T S
Southern New Hampshire University 2017-Present
Interdisciplinary Studies
Native American & Indigenous Studies Initiative at Penn 2015-2016
Penn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Research Assistant
Greenfield Community College, Massachusetts 2004-2010
Women’s Studies, History, Human Ecology
Keene State College, New Hampshire 2007
Women's Studies
Community College of Vermont, Vermont 2002-2003
Interpersonal Communications
S E L E C T E D A W A R D S
Kore Best Dissertation in Women & Mythology Award,
Association for the Study of Women & Mythology, 2018.
C O U R S E S T A U G H T
Popular Culture (Senior Seminar)
Diversity (Senior Seminar)
Gender & the Environment
Women’s History
Women of the Pioneer Valley
Literature, Film & Mythology
Women, Myth & the Quest
Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies
Women & Spirituality
Organic Gardening
Interpersonal Communication
Perspectives in the Liberal Arts
Learning Communities (co-taught courses):
Invoking Eirene: Psychology of Peace & Conflict with Women’s History
Awakening to the Divine Feminine: Women & Spirituality with Western Religions
Gender & Creativity: Exploring New Visions
I N T E R N A T I O N A L R E S E A R C H
Research Team, Seeking Libyan Amazons Archaeomythologically: Tunisian Diasporic Roots, Tunisia, 2005
Translator/Interpreter & Photographer, Lacandona: The Zapatistas and Rainforest of Chiapas, Film, 1996
P R O F E S S I O N A L M E M B E R S H I P S
Association for the Study of Women & Mythology
International Society of Mythology
Northeast Popular & American Culture Association
S E R V I C E
Chair, Kore Award Committee, Association for the Study of Women & Mythology, 2024-Present
Member, Mass General Brigham Accountable Care Organization (ACO)’s Patient and Family Advisory Committee, 2023-2024
Board of Directors, Association for the Study of Women & Mythology, 2016-2019
Conference Organizer, Association for the Study of Women & Mythology, 2014-2019
Alumni + Student Subcommittee, Diversity + Inclusion Council, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2014-2018
Walter Odajnyk Memorial Scholarship Committee, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2016-2018
Faculty Committees, Diversity, Diversity Programming, Gender + Women’s Studies, Green Campus, Greenfield Community College, 2004-2010
Board of Directors + Facilitator, Making the Most of I, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1999-2010
National Board of Directors + International Exchange Leader, Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV), Madrid, Spain, 1995-1996
Organizer, Women’s Film Festival & Art Exhibit, Women’s Crisis Center, Brattleboro, VT, 1999-2001
A R T E X I B I T I O N S
Artist, “Tending the Motherline: (Through) All My Relations, Part 1.” Mixed Media: glass, copper. TBA, Forthcoming.
Artist, “Mending Mama: Seja Onde For.” Oil Pastel on board. Members 12x12 Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, 2023
Artist, “Prayer of Londonderry.” Mixed Media. 7000 Acres: A Residents History of Londonderry Township, Street Road Artists Space & Gallery, Cochranville, PA, 2016
Collaborating Artist, “Sister Space,” with Sandra Heaslip Duli. Art installation. Visions & Voices: Brattleboro Women’s Film Festival Art Exhibition. Hooker Dunham Theater & Gallery, Brattleboro, VT, 2000
Solo Exhibit, “Adventures in Anti-Thesis.” Collaborative Art Installation. Master’s Solo Thesis Exhibition, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, 1997
Artist, Photography. Look for Us: The Art of Four Women, The Art Shop, West Chester, PA, 1995
Artist, Photography. Senior Art Exhibition, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 1995
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y
Green Design: Constructed straw bale home with passive & active solar design as featured in Serious Straw Bale by Michel Bergeron and Paul Lacinski (Chelsea Green, 2001).
Organic, Permaculture, and Forest Gardening (Ongoing)
Regenerative Techniques in Textile, Home, and Professional Practice
E N T R E P R E N E U R
Founder and Educator, The Inside-Out-Stitute
Co-Owner, Mind Your Own Business, Brattleboro, VT
Co-Owner, Twilight Tea Lounge, Brattleboro, VT
Owner, Wizard English School, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
S E L E C T E D A D D I T I O N A L T R A I N I N G
Tending Transgenerational Trauma: Ancestral Healing Journey, Dr. Thomas Hübl: 5 Month Training, 2022-2023
Archetypal Astrology + Depth Psychology, I + II, The Retreat at Pacifica Graduate Institute with Dr. Keiron Le Grice, 2020-2021
Diversity + White Fragility with Dr. Robin DiAngelo, SNHU, January 2020
Critical Race Theory (CRT)
Feminist Theory + Pedagogy
Conscious Communication Institute, Greenfield, MA 2000
Group Dynamics, Conflict Resolution, Nonviolent Communication
Family Constellations
Psychodrama
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
I N T E R V I E W S
Who Was Mary Magdalene: A Conversation with Annalisa Derr, 2018
April Heaslip’s Story Enriched By Move to the Swannanoa Valley
The exile of the feminine in Western cultures--lasting for millennia--has had enormous traumatic impact.
Her return is regenerative and offers perhaps the most significant potential for change in our times.