 Patricia Monaghan was a founder of and Senior Fellow at The Black Earth Institute., an organization dedicated to inspiring artists to serve the causes of inclusive spirituality, protecting and healing the earth and fighting for social justice.She was also a leader in the founding and development of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology, an organization committed to recognizing and encouraging Goddess scholarship in academia and Goddess-inspired creative arts.Monaghan won a Pushcart Prize (2003) for "Physics and Grief".