Center For Anthroposophy

Dr. Martyn Rawson started teaching at York Steiner School in 1980 as a grade teacher. He then taught English, History and History of Art in Stuttgart. On returning to the UK he taught these subjects and was school leaders at Michael Hall School. In 2003 He returned to Germany, where he has taught high school. He currently teaches in a Waldorf high school in Hamburg. He has also been involved in teacher education and published widely on Waldorf education, including academic books and articles. He is Senior Research Fellow Alanus University and Honorary Professor at the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Marisha Plotnik has been engaged with Waldorf education as a student, teacher, administrator, and adult educator. A focus of her work is creating dynamic, collaborative, learning communities where new ways of thinking are developed through meaningful encounters. Marisha holds degrees in Physics, Education, and Private School Leadership, and is a graduate of the CfA’s WHiSTEP program, where she now serves as a faculty member. Having concluded 30 years of high school teaching, she is now a full-time researcher and educator at the Nature Institute.

Dr. Alison Davis has been teaching since 2006 and became a Waldorf teacher in 2014. She hold degrees from the University of Kansas, the University of Notre Dame, Stanford University, and Antioch University, but she sees her willingness to be like Rumi and gamble everything for love as her greatest credential. She is the author of numerous literary and scholarly publications, as well as two collections of poetry: Wild Canvas (Finishing Line Press, 2024), and A Rare But Possible Condition (Saddle Road Press, forthcoming).