Alumni Newsletter - Summer Edition 2017
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PSY Summer Session - Alexandria, VA
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The School of Psychology hosted their Summer Session in Alexandria, VA, and opened up several evening events for the first-ever Clinical Psychology Alumni Summer Series welcoming alumni from all programs. The series started with a kickoff event at our office in Washington, DC, followed by several evening events Alexandria, VA.
Read about the Clinical Psychology Summer Session 2017.
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SLS Summer Session - Tucson,AZ
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Congratulations Graduates!
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Enjoy photos of our newest alumni from HOD, ELC, and IECD:
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Alumni Track Summer Session 2017
To kick off this year’s Alumni Track, the first session titled "Re-Imagining our Public Space: Questioning with Humanness and Generosity” was lead by alumni Jan Elliott (1997), Ilene Wasserman (2004), and Barton Buechner (2014) and hosted by the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution. This was a community conversation about how to ask questions in ways that communicate an openness to connecting around our shared humanity and desire for community.
The afternoon session lead by alumna Cynthia Cavalli (2014), “Navigating Real World Complexity: The New Currency of Successful Leadership,” featured a combination of organizational complexity theory and the theory of personality described in the Jungian psychological framework.
The second day began with the ISI Fellows Workshop, featuring the following alumni presenters and their research:
- Dohrea Bardell (2017): New approaches to death and dying as the basis for educational tools to guide the demographically large and diverse “baby boomer” population;
- Kerul Kassel (2011): The Fielding Sustainability Work Group’s (SWG) focus on recent and planned endeavors;
- Laura Ann Mitchell (2009): Work with indigenous students in Oaxaca and Jalisco, Mexico, sharing how aspects of their schools, culture, and language that can be applied to American School systems;
- Gayla S. Napier (2016): Professionals who work in a distributed and mobile workforce create deep, durable relationships, and how this connects to well-being;
- Marie Sonnet (2016): Combining evidence-based assessment of organizational resilience and change management leadership in the insurance industry;
- Rebecca Stafford (2017): Client intake assessment instrument to support therapists’ assessments of whistleblower clients’ states of emotional, physical, and social well-being as they progress along their post-trauma trajectories.
To close the Alumni Track, alumna Zarat Boyd (2015) lead a session titled “7 Rhythms of Rest & Renewal,” which was an experiential workshop exploring storytelling, reflection, and creative exercises to increase awareness and how to build healthy rhythms in your life.
Thank you to all alumni to presented and attended these workshops!
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Climate Change: How Tribes Are Adapting
At Summer Session for the School of Leadership Studies in Tucson, Arizona, a panel of Native Americans and climate experts gathered to discuss Climate Change, Social Justice & Southwestern Native Communities: How Tribes Are Learning to Adapt. Sustainability Work Group members and Fielding alumni Kerul Kassel and Jean Lasee organized the event with Hilary Molina, associate director of alumni relations. Panelists included Chad Marchand of the Center for Climate Adaptations Science and
Solutions, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes; Lydia Jennings, member of the Yaqui and Huichol nations, and NSF fellow studying the impact of mining on Native American communities; Edward Schuyler Chew, graduate assistant with the University of Arizona’s Native Nations Climate Adaptation Program, and Mohawk from Six Nations of the Grand River; and Fred Stevens, Jr., natural resources tech for the Wildlife and Vegetation Management Program for the Tohono O’odham Nation. Watch the Zoom recording of the event, see an interview with the panelists on Arizona Public Media’s TV news show — and watch for an upcoming magazine story about Fielding’s event by a reporter who attended.
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Bias: Moving the Unconscious to the Conscious
Sponsored by Fielding’s Inclusion Council and Office of the President, alumna Pat Salgado and doctoral student in Organizational Development & ChangeJulie Baskin-Brooks led an evening discussion introducing relevant scholarship and implications for organizational practice.
Following recent clinical studies of memory formation and retention, Dr. Salgado built an argument that bias is a biological function, a singular competency and manifested in all humans — a survival and evolutionary tool. The argument requires searching through new cognitive evidence made possible by technological advances and new research in memory building and memory retention.
Baskin-Brooks addressed perceptions and reality. While at Sysco, she launched the company’s Diversity & Inclusion Council and developed its first Diversity Roadmap, Diversity Training Curriculum, and Measurement Systems.
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Faculty and Students Visit Biosphere 2
More than 20 Fielding faculty, students, and alumni from the School of Leadership Studies journeyed from Summer Session in Tucson last week to visit Biosphere 2, a science research facility in Oracle, Arizona. Read about their experience in the Fielding blog.
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Patrice Rosenthal Takes HOD Helm
Patrice Rosenthal, a faculty member in Fielding’s Human and Organizational Development (HOD) program, takes over today as HOD Program Director in the School of Leadership Studies. She takes over for outgoing director Dorothy Agger-Gupta, who is returning to a core faculty position after four years of committed work in the role.
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School of Leadership Studies faculty member Dr. Placida Gallegos has been named chair of Fielding’s first Diversity & Inclusion Council.
“In this critical role, Placida will bring her considerable experience to assist all of us in the organization to take responsibility for and leadership in developing a truly inclusive culture,” said President Katrina Rogers. “This is a strategic issue for us as our graduates are navigating in an increasingly diverse context that requires being able to move across differences.”
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Faculty members Connie Corley and David Blake Willis have been leading a
research project in Downtown Los Angeles to connect residents of varying ages and backgrounds, in the hopes of reminding us all how much we ultimately have in common. Cruzando Puentes, or Crossing Bridges, is a multigenerational, multicultural project that arranges lunch meetings for former gang members and older adults who’ve been through fascinating life experiences. It also led a group of nine students through a three-day ethnographic Intensive in Downtown L.A. exploring the community
and its cultures.
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Research Conference with Navajo Grads
Members of the Navajo Nation who researched educational issues while earning their doctorates at Fielding shared what they learned with educators at a graduate research conference in June at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. More than 70 Navajo teachers, administrators, and counselors from four states attended the event, organized by Barbara Mink, SLS program director, along with colleagues from the Navajo Nation. Former Fielding trustee Manley Begay gave the keynote address. In attendance were faculty member Jenny Edwards, who worked closely with many of the Navajo alumni as students, as well as Dean of Academic Affairs Steve Schapiro and Diversity and Inclusion Council Chair Placida Gallegos. Much of the featured research focused on infusing Navajo values,
Much of the featured research focused on infusing Navajo values, culture, language, and history into the Navajo school's curriculum and advancing education opportunities in the Nation. Possible research for future cohorts was also explored. Read the Navajo Times’ coverage of the conference, and Barbara’s article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
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Seventh Annual Somatics Retreat
Fielding students and alumni enjoyed a three-day somatics intensive at La Casa De Maria, May 1-3, 2017. This was the seventh annual somatics retreat during which is an experience of the body-mind-soul connection through Kundalini yoga. This retreat is led by HOD faculty member Valerie Bentz, head of the Somatics, Phenomenology and Communicative Leadership concentration, and featured sacred circle dancing led by psychology alumna Evelyn Beck. The lovely setting where many of the early Fielding sessions were held was enjoyed by all, including sitting under a tree dedicated to the memory of Fielding faculty member Will McWhinney.
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When School of Psychology faculty member
Tiffany Field
taught nearly 400 midwives how to massage babies during last month’s International Confederation of Midwives Congress in Toronto, the group wasn’t just picking up a new skill. It was simultaneously earning the Guinness World Record for the
World’s Largest Infant Massage Lesson
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New Regional Alumni Network Formed in Canada
The Eastern Canada Regional Alumni and Student Network held its inaugural meeting on June 24 in Brampton, Ontario. This group met to explore the possibility of expanding the Toronto Cluster to a wider geographic region and to include alumni, students, and prospective students. There was unanimous interest in growing the network for its academic and social value as well as professional and personal growth. In attendance were, from left to right, Valerie Davis, Dione Valentine, Kristine Clark (front row) Lori Nemeth, John Morrissey, and Clare Morrissey (back row). Stories were shared of Fielding experiences beginning in the 1980’s through to 2017. John and Clare captured everyone’s attention sharing their stories of learning alongside the Fielding founders and long-time faculty members. As the conversation flowed, people could be seen jotting down names of books, authors, or tools about which they wanted to learn more. The next meeting of the network is September 30, 2017, at a Toronto-area location to be determined. For more information, please contact Lori Nemeth at lnemeth@email.fielding.edu or Kristine Clark at kaclark@email.fielding.edu.
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Welcome to Four New HOD Faculty
The following new faculty members join The School of Leadership Studies in August 2017:
Tracy Fisher, PhD - Anthropology, Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
Tracy is an experienced Tracy is an experienced cross-disciplinary scholar with interests and accomplishments that will strengthen our offerings in social justice leadership and community-based social change work. She has instructed diverse populations of undergraduate and graduate students at universities and liberal arts colleges, and has conducted research in the UK on Black women’s social-justice-based organizing and crossracial solidarities. Well versed in critical theories including race and racialization, genders and sexualities, Black Diaspora, and intersectional feminisms, she has a solid publication record.
John Austin, PhD - Management, Boston College
John has deep knowledge of OD; an impressive record of research and publications in top journals in OD; and deep experience in consultancy and change agentry in organizations. He brings research and practice knowledge with respect to leadership and leadership development in organizations. His commitment to social justice is demonstrated both in practice and research. He offers a range a methodological expertise, including qualitative and quantitative approaches.
K. Melchor Quick Hall, PhD - International Relations, American University School of International Service
Melchor is a scholar-activist whose track record of publications in peer-reviewed journals and practice experience relative to her stage of professional development is impressive. We especially appreciate her research, practice commitments, and international connections in Honduras, work on sustainable agriculture, and women’s empowerment, all informed by critical theories including Black feminist and international development. She also brings STEM knowledge, experience, and interest.
And joining half-time starting in January:
Abigail Lynam, PhD - Sustainability Education, Prescott College
Abigail is an experienced educator and scholar, well versed in constructive developmental theory and its applications to teaching, coaching, and leadership development. As a crossdisciplinary thinker and practitioner, she brings expertise in social and ecological change leadership and education, transformative learning, and integral leadership development. She also works cross-culturally and internationally and has experience in India, Ethiopia, Hong Kong and with First Nation communities in North America.
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Upcoming Alumni Network Events
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APA 2017 Annual Convention
August 3-6
Washington, D.C.
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Academy of Management
August 4-8
Atlanta, GA
Join President Rogers, faculty, students and alumni for is always a lively reception!
Sunday, August 6 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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International Coaching Federation
ICF Converge 2017
August 24–26
Washington D.C.
Join EBC Program Director Francine Campone to network and meet with your Fielding colleagues
Friday, August 25, 5:30-7:00 pm
Washington Marriott Wardman Park
Appetizers provided. Cash bar.
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Regional Research and Paractice
October 5-7
Baltimore/D.C.
*Schedule available end of August*
The event is sponsored by Fielding's Alumni Relations office and the School of Leadership Studies (SLS), which includes HOD and ELC programs. Alumni will be welcome to participate in sessions designed for current students, but we hope to also offer sessions specifically designed to meet the needs of alumni. We need your input to ensure that our plans align with your interests!
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ILA
October 12- 15
Brussels, Belgium
Meet up with Dorothy Agger-Gupta!
Friday, October 13, 5:00- 7:00 pm
Location: TBD
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October 14–17, 2017
Loews Chicago O’Hare
Chicago, IL
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Fielding Alumni Network
Utah (location TBD)
Friday or Saturday, August 25 or 56
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Fielding Alumni Network
Santa Barbara, CA
Sunday, August 27
Noon - 4:00 PM
5548 Camino Cerralvo
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
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Eastern Canada Regional Alumni and Student Network Gathering
September 30
Toronto, Canada
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September 24
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Glouster, MA
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*Save the Date*
February 23 & 24, 2018
Vancouver, Canada
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Expressions of Phenomenological Research: Consciousness and Lifeworld Studies
Join long-standing collaborators Valerie Bentz and David Rehorick along with alumni authors who will share their knowledge and enthusiasm for phenomenology and celebrate the publishing of their new book. Details coming soon.
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Save the dates!
School of Leadership Studies
(HOD/ELC/IECD/ODL)
Janaury 9-13
School of Psychology
(CLIN/MEDIA)
Janaury 15-20
Interested in presenting at Winter Session?
Applications now being accepted for the School of Leadership Studies Winter Session Alumni Track.
Deadline is September 5 at 9:00 am PT
School of Psychology proposals available soon to teach APA CE.
Stay tuned for announcements!
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Fielding proudly welcomed 22 new Fellows to the Institute for Social Innovation, several of whom presented their work at the summer session in Tucson in July. The Fellows program serves alumni whose post-graduate work – research, training/professional development, and consulting – would benefit from a university partner. Fellows get Fielding business cards and stationery, support for seeking external funding, and partnership opportunities for their training and consulting businesses.
An ISI Fellow workshop is scheduled for the upcoming Winter Session in January 2018 in Santa Barbara, CA. The next round of ISI Fellow applications will be announced in spring 2018.
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Libby Douvan Alumni Award
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Accepting Applications for 2018
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The recipient of numerous awards, professor emerita Elizabeth “Libby” Douvan, was a fellow of the American Psychological Association and founding president of its Division on the Psychology of Women.
She was uniquely generous and caring, able to instill in everyone she met a sense that they were important and special to her. The Libby Douvan Alumni award was created in her honor to allow those “celebrations of success” to continue for alumni of Fielding’s Human and Organizational Development (HOD) program.
Deadline for applications is Friday, September 1, 2017.
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Alumni Library Collection
Tuesday, Aug 29, 2017
4:00 PM PT/ 5:00 PM MT/7:00 PM ET
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Join Fielding's Librarian, Coordinator of Reference and Instruction Abby Rae, MLIS, to learn about the Fielding Alumni Library Collection. Abby will demonstrate how to locate and navigate the alumni library and provide some suggestions of tools for open access materials closing with time for Q&A.
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Paula M. Singer, PhD (HOD 1996), named as a new director on the board of The TranZed Alliance, a nonprofit organization serving children and families.
Michael Wilson, PhD (HOD 2013), and his wife Ann Wilson of Surrey’s Phoenix Society, which helps people who are homeless or fighting addiction, received honorary degrees from Kwantlen Polytechnic University for their work in the community.
Laura Hauser, PhD (HOD 2012), recently elected president of Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC.org) for the 2017-18 term.
Terry H. Hildebrandt, PhD (HOD 2012), earned the highest professional credential, Master Certified Coach (MCC), by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and was named as a Business of Pride Outstanding Voice by the Denver Business Journal.
Rosemary Maellaro, PhD (HOD 2008), was awarded the Journal of Management Education Fritz Roethlisberger Memorial Award for the best article published in the journal in 2016: Miller, R.J. & Maellaro, R. (2016).
Richard Weaver, PhD (HOD 1993), who, after 20 years of dedication, was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at National University and is responsible for the undergraduate and graduate management programs in the School of Business.
Thomas Werner, PhD (HOD 2009), was recognized across the Laureate Global Educational network with the 2017 Global Products Services (GPS) Award for Advancing Student Success. Dr. Werner is currently assistant director and professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, Austin TX Campus and teaches in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program's research track and in studies to advance critical thinking and clinical reasoning.
Charlita L Shelton, PhD (HOD 2008),
was
appointed as the executive director of the Dallas Nursing Institute.
Clarice Ford, EdD (ELC 2003), was named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Penny Potter, PhD (HOD 2017), was appointed as the
director of executive education
at the Center for Advancement of Well-Being, George Mason University. Dr. Potter will oversee and expand the offerings in Mason Institute of Leadership Excellence (MILE) and Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being certificate program.
Drew Suss, PhD (HOD 2014), was honored the Award of Excellence by the International Society for Performance Improvement for his research on team performance improvement that was published under the title "T4 MAP™: A Scholar-Practitioner Model for Performance Improvement."
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Ann L. Clancy, PhD (HOD 1996) Jacqueline Binkert, PhD (HOD 1995
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George Schofield, PhD (HOD 1997)
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Tulio Otero, PhD (NEPSY CT 1999)
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Interested in having your latest book included in the Alumni Library and included in the Showcase at Winter Session this January 2018?
Send a copy to:
Office of Alumni Relations
Attn: Hilary Molina
2020 De la Vina Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105-3814
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Donald,
80, of Greene died on May 15, 2017 at Wilson Hospital. Don was an "Army Brat" growing up in a military family and later himself graduating from West Point in 1959. He served in Artillery and Ordnance Corps and rose to the rank of major. Don was an industrial engineer, senior educational specialist and internal organization development consultant for Eastman Kodak Company before beginning his own consulting business. He was an academic coach and program developer with Athabasca University for some 23 years, awarded the University President's Award for Tutoring and Mentoring Excellence. After retirement, Don served as a long term care ombudsman for New York State for more than 13 years. Don answered a calling in adult education. His academic achievements include MS degrees from New Mexico State University for Mechanical Engineering and the University of Rochester for Adult Learning. He completed his Doctor of Education degree in Human Development in 1991 from the Fielding.
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Dori, 57, died after a 15 month battle with ovarian cancer on July 13, 2017. She was born in LaPorte, IN on June 1, 1960. She was a brilliant, passionate artist who transformed herself into a teacher, then a multimedia producer, a devoted and nurturing mother, and finally a clinical psychologist. She earned degrees from Indiana University (Art and English), San Diego State (Educational Technology), and Fielding Graduate University (Psychology). Dori lived and worked in rural Indiana, Santa Fe NM, Minneapolis MN, San Diego CA, Apex NC, and San Rafael CA, before finally settling in Cary, NC for the last 11 years. She worked at UNC hospital serving mothers with postpartum issues, and maintained a private practice specializing in Jungian Sandplay therapy.
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