Tom is an independent researcher (https://independent.academia.edu/HabibTom) with research
interest in integral theory, sensory processing sensitivity (HSP), collective intelligence, and the higher
stages of intimate couples. He is the past Chairperson for the IEC’s International Consortium of Integral
Scholars, previously an adjunct professor at the Center for Integrative Psychology within the California
School of Professional Psychology, and a 10-year Chair of Medical Staff Well Being at Children’s Hospital,
Mission Viejo, CA. Tom is active in San Diego Integral, the Integral European Conference and currently
building ICON, the Integral Conference of North America. Tom served as the emcee of the highly
successful 2022 What’s the Future Conference in Sedona, Arizona. Tom lives in Carlsbad, California with
his wife Christine A. Baser, R.N., Ph.D.