PhD in Leadership and Change alumnus Dr. Leslie K. Etienne has been appointed the founding Executive Director of the Center for Africana Studies and Culture at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Etienne is also a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Africana Studies Program. In this new role Dr. Etienne will manage all aspects of the new center’s activities, including community and campus partnerships and collaborations, initiatives, cultural programming, and scholarly activity.

Leaving Farming to Become a Psychologist—and Making Lasting Friendships
For over forty years Roxy Wolfe and Roger Peterson have been close friends. Wolfe, a longtime psychologist, met Peterson in the Doctor of Psychology program