James Clement van Pelt co-founded and led Yale’s Initiative in Religion, Science & Technology from 2003 to 2012 and since 2003 has made presentations at conferences and symposia relevant to science-religion and consciousness studies. He has co-produced ten international conferences at Yale and has authored, edited, and contributed to various scholarly articles and books. He has co-taught science-religion courses at Yale, and holds the Master of Arts in Religion (magna cum laude) from the Yale Divinity School, where he was a research fellow from 2003 to 2005 and an instructor/lecturer from 2005 to 2007.

Currently he is a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Society for Consciousness Studies, and the Society for Scientific Exploration, and is also a Board member and Shapley-Booth Fellow of the Institute for Religion in an Age of Science.

He has been the co-founder and director of alternative institutions such as the Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo, the Miccosukee Land Cooperative in Tallahassee, and the Center for Participant Education at Florida State University. During his technology career he was the Director of Advanced Solutions for Dun & Bradstreet and served as technology advisor to public schools districts and other institutions. He has served as an officer of Promoting Enduring Peace since 2005.