Cari Simson ’05

Cari Simson ’05 (Seattle, MA in Whole Systems Design) is an artist and an environmentalist who thinks in whole systems and has an impressive career working for social and environmental…

the seed field podcast; season 3 episode 8: child looking at camera smirking

Expanding Our Definition of Literacy is Necessary for Justice

Words are how we tell our stories, form our identities, and advocate for ourselves within society. But are schools doing a good job preparing students to be confident, empowered writers? In this interview with the literacy expert Heather Hebard, she discusses how writing education and literacy education are unequally distributed across our nation’s schools, and she challenges our understanding of what counts as literacy. Join us in this conversation to learn about the unequal ways that different kinds of literacy are accorded power in our society, and what we can do to change that.

Mariaimeé Gonzalez

Dr. Mariaimeé Gonzalez, Chair & Core Faculty in Seattle’s MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, was chosen to be featured in The Professional Counselor Journal for this year’s Lifetime Achievement…

Macall Gordon ’08

Macall Gordon ’08 (Seattle, MA) has conducted and presented research on the influence of what researchers term a “difficult” temperament on infant/child sleep and sleep training efforts, as well as…

Seattle Faculty Publish Book

Three Seattle faculty members published Resilience-Centered Counseling: A Liberating Approach to Change and Wellbeing. Written by Dr. Colin Ward, Dr. William Heusler, and Dr. Katherine Fort, the text recognizes that…

Heather Curl

Seattle Education Faculty Dr. Heather Curl was quoted in an article in Grow talking about social class in a recent article about the difference between working and middle class. “Money…