Bia Labate

Bia Labate has a Ph.D. in Anthropology. Her main areas of interest are the study of psychoactive substances, drug policies, shamanism, ritual, and religion. Today, she is the Public Education and Culture Specialist at MAPS, and Adjunct Faculty at the East West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She is also the founder of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP) in Brazil and Chacruna, a platform devoted to public education and cultural understanding about psychedelic plant medicines. She is an author, co-author, and co-editor of twenty-one books, two special-edition journals, and several peer-reviewed articles.