With more than 15 years of research into the science of hope and more than 20 years as a university professor, Chan Hellman, Ph.D., focuses on sharing the science and power of hope in our ability to overcome trauma and thrive in life. He has worked with numerous human service organizations, corporations, state agencies, school districts and national coalitions to create hope-centered strategic plans.

Dr. Hellman is widely recognized as one of the leading hope scholars in the world. Based upon his evidence-backed research in the science of hope, his Hope Centered curriculum is a registered copyright under the trademark Hope Centered and Trauma Informed®.

In 2021 he presented a TEDx talk and provided a hope workshop in Jane Goodall’s Activating Hope Summit with an estimated 1 million+ participants. Elected officials in Europe and the United Kingdom have begun efforts to implement Dr. Hellman’s strategies and trainings to become cities of hope.

Previous clients include municipalities, school districts, non-profit organizations, privately-held corporations, publicly-traded companies, and governmental agencies.

To date, almost 10,000 individuals have completed Dr. Hellman’s Hope Centered training in the United States and abroad, including participants in Turkey, Germany, Italy, Belgium, England, and Northern Ireland.

He co-founded Hope Rising Oklahoma with Oklahoma First Lady Sarah Stitt and the Sarah Stitt Hope Foundation and he is the co-author of “Hope Rising: How The Science of Hope Can Change Your Life” a best-selling book published by Morgan James. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree and he’s published more than 150 scholarly publications.