• Amy Rebekah Chavez

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Amy Rebekah Chavez launched Trauma and Resilience Informed Birth Education (T.R.I.B.E.), a parenting and perinatal professional support cooperative dedicated to changing culture through healing and preventing trauma in, around, and through the birth process. Chavez is a holistic health practitioner with over two decades of experience specializing in trauma-informed…

  • Kalesha Jenkins

    New England Clinical Mental Health Counseling teaching faculty Dr. Kalesha Jenkins, along with three colleagues, held a workshop at the 2022 All Ohio Counseling Conference in Columbus, Ohio. She and Dr. Tahani Dari of University of Detroit Mercy, Dr. Jenny Cureton of Kent State University, and Alicia Hall (LPCC-S) of Lifestance Health presented one of…

  • Lezlie Kinyon ’85

    Lezlie Kinyon ‘85 (BA, Seattle) will have her eco-speculative fiction short story “The First Song of Janna Farwind” published in December 2022. It will be featured in the Seasons Unceasing anthology by Worldsmyths Publishing in Edmonton, Canada. This story comes from a mother-daughter writing collaboration after the story’s protagonist appeared to Kinyon one day while planning a…

  • Maria Kim

    Seattle Creative Arts Teaching Faculty Dr. Maria Kim has been elected to the Board of Directors for the American Art Therapy Association. Her two-year term will begin in January of 2023. As a Korean immigrant, Dr. Kim is proud and excited to make AATA history, overcoming glass ceilings just to become visible in her field…

  • Chris Taylor ’19

    Dr. Chris Taylor ’19 (GSLC, PhD) Managing Director of Solar Thermal Australia and leader in supplying renewable energy products to the energy and plumbing trade across Australia, led the organization in its recognition as the Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Award for future energy as an industry leader for 2022. Read more about Dr. Taylor and his…

  • Eric Kung ‘22

    Dr. Eric Kung ‘22 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Human Dynamic Group, recently presented “Leadership As Practice of Middle Managers During Organizational Change” at Hong Kong University’s SPACE Institute of China Business Senior Executive Academy (SEA). Kung has over 27 years of experience in management consulting and leadership development in the Asia Pacific region.…

  • Greta Creech ’21

    Greta Creech ’21 (GSLC, PhD) recently participated in a panel on Women in Intelligence at the International Association of Intelligence Education (IAFE) annual conference, where she spoke about the unique challenges of being a woman in the male-dominated intelligence field, the ways in which to navigate that world successfully, and the positive efforts that the…

  • Sara Frost ‘21

    Sara Frost ‘21  (GSLC, PhD) launched the Moms in Academia podcast with her friend and co-host Nancy Rodriguez. In this new podcast, the two discuss the joys and challenges of juggling motherhood, work, and doctoral studies. Season one wrapped this summer, and season two will launch soon in the coming months. Amongst the variety of…

  • Lindsay Meagher ‘20 

    Lindsay Meagher ‘20 (Seattle, MA) was interviewed for the article “Embracing fandom in counseling” in Counseling Today. Meagher is a licensed mental health counselor at Protea Wellness in Seattle.  Read the full article here.

  • Alicia Wargo

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Alicia Wargo recently participated in the National Summit for Courageous Conversations on Race, held in Washington, DC. Her session, “Abolishing Whiteness in Educational Spaces,” highlighted her expertise in equity-focused education, which supports school leaders and teams to serve young people through an anti-racist lens. Wargo is the Program Director…

  • Alesia Grace Thompson

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Alesia Grace Thompson has been awarded The Marge Ramsey Scholarship from the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE). This award assists union women in both leadership and career development and it recognizes recipients that have a demonstrated record with labor activism and have outlined professional development goals.

  • Kelly Cerialo ‘21

    Kelly Cerialo ‘21 (GSLC, PhD) recently co-chaired a responsible tourism workshop at EuroMAB, a biennial conference hosted by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Nockberge, Austria. Cerialo is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in the Business and Hospitality Department at Paul Smith’s College. She specializes in the social impacts of tourism in…