Michael N. Nagler (born January 20, 1937) is an American academic, nonviolence educator, mentor, meditator, and peace activist.
Nagler is professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley, where he founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program and taught upper-division courses on nonviolence, meditation and a seminar on the meaning of life.
In 2007 Michael received the Jamnalal Bajaj international award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India.
[3] He has spoken for the UN, the US Institute of Peace, and many academic and public venues for over thirty years.
He has lived at the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation's ashram in Northern California since 1970.