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Gloria Ramón Appointed Chief Strategy Officer at Third Sector New England
Gloria Ramón, a PhD Candidate in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, will become the Chief Strategy Officer at Third Sector New England (TNSE), a consulting firm for social change. TSNE, based in Boston, MA, is a capacity-building organization that partners with nonprofit organizations to provide the services, programs, and resources they need to…
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Amy Lesen to Help Develop 2029 Coastal Master Plan
Amy Lesen, PhD, Professor of Environmental Leadership and Participatory Change in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, has been invited by The State of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) to be a Regional Workgroup member to develop the 2029 Coastal Master Plan. The Master Plan’s aims are to develop Louisiana initiatives that…
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Ana Guadalupe Reyes Publishes Book Chapter and Teaching Brief
Ana Guadalupe Reyes, PhD, Core Faculty in the School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy in Seattle, published a chapter in the textbook Group Dynamics and Group Processes: Human Interactions in Counseling, Human Services, and Leadership, designed to invite mental health professionals and allied practitioners to create culturally affirming groups. This chapter is a comprehensive introduction…
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Christopher Key Publishes New Science Fiction Novel
Christopher Key ‘94 (Seattle, BA) is a multiple award-winning journalist and photographer who has recently published a seven-book series of science-fiction novels titled Planetbase Universe. Key is working on a new book due out this summer. Learn more about his work here.
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Bernell Elzey Will Co-Present at SACES Conference
Bernell Elzey, PhD, Program Director and Teaching Faculty in the Low-Residency MA Counseling: Clinical Mental Health and Teaching Faculty in the MA Counseling: School Counseling in Seattle, will co-present at the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) Conference. His presentation titled, “Reality vs Ethics: A Counselor’s Role in Supporting Their Clients in an…
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Yulia Tolstikov-Mast Selected as a Fulbright Specialist
Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, PhD, a global leadership and followership expert, international researcher, and award-winning educator and Teaching Faculty within Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change, has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist to serve at Starz University in Monrovia, Liberia. Her project titled, “Empowering Academic Excellence: Enhancing Instructional Techniques and Professional Development for Teachers…
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Atim George to be Featured Presenter and Facilitator of a Roundtable Discussion at Fulbright Conference
Atim George ’20 (GSLC, PhD), Adjunct Faculty Member and Mentor in the IMA Program, will be a featured roundtable facilitator for the discussion entitled “Exploring the Arts and Generative Leadership in Nigeria” at the 47th annual Fulbright Conference: The World at a Crossroads, October 25-26 in Washington, DC. The Fulbright Association’s mission is to extend…
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Faculty and Alum Publish Paper on Road Mortality as a Conservation Challenge for Freshwater Turtles
Jess Meck ’18 (New England, MS) and Liz Willey, PhD, Research Faculty in Environmental Studies and Sustainability, published a paper titled, “Evaluation of Road-Crossing Terrapene carolina major (Gulf Coast Box Turtle) in the Florida Panhandle” in the Northeastern Naturalist. Their paper looks at road mortality as a conservation challenge for freshwater turtles. For this study,…
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Nichole Kain Presents at National Adaptation Forum
Nichole Kain ’24 (New England, PhD) attended the National Adaptation Forum in St. Paul, Minnesota. The National Adaptation Forum is a biennial convening for adaptation professionals to innovate, network, and focus on established and emerging climate adaptation issues. Kain presented her work, Aging in Place with Extreme Heat: A Residential Checklist. The project’s purpose is…
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LaToya Jordan Wins 2023 Shirley Jackson Award for Debut Novella
LaToya Jordan ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) won the 2023 Shirley Jackson Award for her debut novella To the Woman in the Pink Hat (Aqueduct Press). The Shirley Jackson Awards were established “for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic” and voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors,…
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Maria Chávez-Haroldson Elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Oregon State University
Maria Chávez-Haroldson ’20 (GSLC, PhD) was recently elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Oregon State University. She began her service, appointed by Oregon Governor Brown and confirmed by the state Senate in 2021. Chávez-Haroldson is an international/national trainer, and her work focuses on organizational development, which is built upon equitable, diverse, and inclusive…
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Shelita Birchett Benash Presents at IASWG Symposium and Conference
PhD in Leadership and Change student Shelita Birchett Benash, MSW, is a Board Member-at-Large and Marketing Committee Co-Chair for the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG), the premier international association for social workers and allied helping professionals engaged in group work. Remotely, she led the digital literacy and social media engagement campaign for the IASWG…
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