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5 Lessons Brands Can Learn From ‘Contagion’​

2020-03-20T13:56:08-07:00

By Pamela Rutledge, PhD ‘Contagion’ is now the second most-streamed movie behind Harry Potter.  Why watch a show that scares us when we have a pandemic in real life? Because thrillers and horror movies can increase feelings of safety and decrease fear. There are big takeaways in the popularity of ‘Contagion’ for brands and organizations about what people need and want in times of crisis and how they benefit both the consumers and them. This is a time when the spotlight is on how brands behave in response to a crisis. Spoiler Alert: The most important messages from ‘Contagion’ and our real-life pandemic are the importance of hope, grit [...]

5 Lessons Brands Can Learn From ‘Contagion’​2020-03-20T13:56:08-07:00

12 Things Parents Should Know When Talking To Kids About Coronavirus

2020-03-14T13:22:41-07:00

by Pam Rutledge, PhD MARCH 14, 2020 Trying to get answers makes us feel safer.  This isn’t just true of adults.  It’s true for kids, too.  That’s why it’s important to talk with kids during times of crisis and uncertainty.   While parents grapple with making sense of it all, kids aren’t immune to the stories.  Kids are dealing with their own social and academic uncertainties and highly tuned in to their own sources and worries.  Kids hear a lot of what adults hear but it’s filtered and translated by young brains and shared around the playground or in the chat in Minecraft.  This means kids are easy [...]

12 Things Parents Should Know When Talking To Kids About Coronavirus2020-03-14T13:22:41-07:00

Giving Voice to Women’s Issues

2020-03-13T11:05:29-07:00

Lynn Schmidt, PhD Seven questions for Fielding alum and award-winning author, Lynn Schmidt, PhD. Dr. Schmidt earned her doctorate in human and organizational systems from Fielding Graduate University.  What brought you to Fielding? When I decided to pursue a PhD I explored various doctoral programs. I already had a bachelors and masters and my thinking was, if I pursue one more degree I want to be able to focus on what interests me.  The human and organizational systems program is top notch and Fielding's flexibility in how you design your degree program and dissertation work allows for you to [...]

Giving Voice to Women’s Issues2020-03-13T11:05:29-07:00

Alum Aims to Improve Nursing Care

2020-01-24T11:24:50-08:00

Nancy Wermuth Francke Memorial Alumni Award funds Ericka Waidley research Ericka Waidley, PhD Alum Ericka Waidley, PhD, who graduated from Fielding in 2018 with a doctorate in Human & Organization Systems, has received the first Nancy Wermuth Francke Memorial Alumni Award. The $1,200 scholarship was established by another alum, Barb Mather, PhD, to support a Fielding graduate who’s doing research in health education with a particular aim to serve the underprivileged or undereducated. Dr. Mather, who graduated in 2013 with a doctorate in Human & Organization Systems, created the award in honor of her older sister, Nancy, who had [...]

Alum Aims to Improve Nursing Care2020-01-24T11:24:50-08:00

PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

2022-01-13T19:52:27-08:00

Monique Morris, EdD Fielding alum, Monique W. Morris, Ed.D., is an award-winning author and social justice scholar with three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice.  Dr. Morris is an Executive Producer and co-writer of the 2019 documentary film, PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, based upon two of her books, Sing A Rhythm, Dance A Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls (The New Press, 2019) and Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016). “Pushout” was nominated for in the Outstanding News/Information (series [...]

PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools2022-01-13T19:52:27-08:00

Dolores Huerta Fires Up Crowd at Session

2021-08-29T22:43:56-07:00

Icon receives Medal for Social Transformation Legendary activist and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta drew hundreds of people from both the Fielding and Santa Barbara community on Jan. 10, when she came to Winter Session to accept the university's Medal for Social Transformation. "You can make a difference, but you have to speak up and you have to be ready to sacrifice," Huerta told the sold-out crowd during a Q&A panel that included (L-R below) Santa Maria teacher Eunice Gonzalez, the daughter of farmworkers and a recent MA graduate of Brown University; Marcos Vargas, executive director of The Fund for Santa [...]

Dolores Huerta Fires Up Crowd at Session2021-08-29T22:43:56-07:00

Leadership for Sustainability: A public discussion

2019-12-04T16:38:50-08:00

Fielding's Sustainability Working Group is hosting a discussion at Winter Session on Leadership for Sustainability in the Age of the Anthropocene, and Session attendees as well as members of the public are invited to take part. Fielding President Katrina Rogers will speak, as will local youth organizer Madai Quevedo, followed by a group dialogue on how to think about self, society, and sustainability in proactive and affirming -- rather than debilitating -- ways. The free event will take place from 4 to 6 pm on Thursday, January 9, at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beach Front Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd. For [...]

Leadership for Sustainability: A public discussion2019-12-04T16:38:50-08:00

Celebrating our Navajo Partnership

2022-01-04T17:05:09-08:00

Today marks the beginning of Native American Heritage Month, when we celebrate the contributions of our Native American students, alumni, faculty, staff and trustees to the Fielding community, as well as the myriad contributions of Native Americans more broadly. Fielding has graduated numerous Navajo students from our EdD, Leadership for Change, program, and is currently partnering with the Navajo Nation to offer graduate study to more than 20 Navajo educators who are working towards their EdD degrees at Fielding. Window Rock, Arizona, site of the Navajo Education Conference “These educators are advancing their knowledge of learning strategies and [...]

Celebrating our Navajo Partnership2022-01-04T17:05:09-08:00

Preserving Navajo Culture: An Alum Reflects Back

2019-10-28T12:01:24-07:00

In honor of American Indian Heritage Month, Navajo alum Miranda Jensen Haskie, EdD, 2002, shares what she learned and studied at Fielding -- and how she has put it to use since graduating. My dissertation, "Preserving a Culture: Practicing the Navajo Principles of Hozho doo K’e," examined the life of a 20th century Navajo leader, Albert “Chic” Sandoval. I conducted grounded theory research, analyzing archival data primarily and conducting interviews secondarily. Some recommendations I made were to research one’s family history and/or tribal history and to travel as one builds intercultural ties. I thoroughly enjoyed my doctoral studies with Fielding Graduate [...]

Preserving Navajo Culture: An Alum Reflects Back2019-10-28T12:01:24-07:00

New Monograph Available in E-Book Format

2019-10-23T15:46:14-07:00

Final edition of 'Fielding Scholar Practitioner' publishes on Kindle & more Fielding University Press is pleased to announce that the final edition of our special Anniversary monograph The Fielding Scholar Practitioner is now published in both print and E-book formats. Conceived to celebrate Fielding’s 45th anniversary, the book contains 42 contributions from alumni, students, board members, administration, and faculty. In the first section, alumni write about how their evolution from practitioner to a Fielding scholar-practitioner inspired their life’s work, and discuss their specific fields and research as they pertain to social change. The second section is dedicated to the fascinating story of how Fielding took shape as an independent [...]

New Monograph Available in E-Book Format2019-10-23T15:46:14-07:00
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