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Our Broken Present and Inspirational Words for Building a New Future
Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) recently celebrated doctoral graduates during its 2020 virtual commencement. The ceremony included dedicated time for graduates to address loved ones, words from the Board of Governors and the University Chancellor, as well as a powerful address from GSLC’s Provost, Dr. Laurien Alexandre. The timely speech highlighted the fragile…
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PsyD Grad Receives APA Award for Work on School Violence
Dr. William Ketterer (Antioch University New England, PsyD in Clinical Psychology ’10) received notice in October that he had won the APA 2021 Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award, one of the highest honors awarded by the American Psychological Association. The award, which comes with a $1,000 prize, is one…
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Further PsyD Voices from the Pandemic
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the faculty at Antioch New England (AUNE) collected and published updates and reflections from seventeen alumni of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology program, recording how they were navigating the challenges of life and work in a changed world. We talked to four alumni of Antioch New England’s…
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At the United Nations, Etta Jackson Maps Out A More Prosperous World
Dr. Etta Jackson is a woman of vision in more ways than one. As a teacher, guidance counselor, and school district administrator over 25 years, Jackson’s career in education culminated with her overseeing the integration of the Whitefish Bay School District Desegregation Program in Wisconsin, as mandated by Chapter 220 Legislation. When she left that…
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New Dissertation Highlights Inclusion in Team Teaching
PhD in Leadership and Change alumna Dr. Ann R. Flynn has published her dissertation entitled, Positionality of Paraeducators: A Phenomenological Study in a Public School District in the Pacific Northwest. Paraeducators play an important role in the classroom supporting students and certificated teachers. However, literature on the actual roles of paraeducators has revealed that paraeducators are rarely…
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Dissertation Examines the Experience of Children’s Mental Health Leaders During Times of Constraint
Dr. Jody Levison-Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 30 years of experience in the field of human services. She is a recent PhD in Leadership and Change graduate and currently serves as the President and CEO of the Council on Accreditation, an international nonprofit accrediting body for human and social service organizations and public…
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Research Team Presents Workshop on Social Privilege
Bringing awareness to self-identity and privilege, Dr. Jude Bergkamp, Chair of Antioch Seattle’s Clinical Psychology Department, led a virtual workshop titled “Orbiting Social Privilege: The Gravity of Awareness” at the University of Tulsa, on September 25. Co-presenting with Dr. Bergkamp, were Abi Martin and Lindsay Thomas, members of his Social Privilege Research Lab. The workshop used their…
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Three PhD Students Are “With Each Other to the End”
When Nicola Smith-Kea ended an email to her two study buddies with the phrase “With Each Other To The End,” she stated out loud the level of devotion that they felt to each other. But it wasn’t until she shortened it to an acronym, WEOTTE, that the three women had their group’s name and rallying…
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Cracking the Fundraising Code: Applying Psychology to Inspire Exhibit Visitor Donations | Conservation Psychology Institute Webinar Series
How do we inspire visitors to donate within conservation exhibits? Join Dr. Kristen Lukas, Director of Conservation and Science at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Board Vice Chair at Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, as she brings us along on her journey to apply psychological principles to the development of an exhibit that will do just that!…
