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Fielding’s Director of Development and Community Relations Elena Nicklasson Will Present at CASE 2023

2023-03-17T14:51:06-07:00

Director of Development and Community Relations, Elena Nicklasson, will present on the topic of JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference. This special session in the Conference takes place on March 20 at 10:45 am. Elena Nicklasson, M.A. Today, educational institutions must take on the complicated task of implementing JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) principles in their organization and creating learning opportunities for their community. Success through synergy is when university departments are strategic and purposeful about leveraging resources to meet the emergent needs of society, the [...]

Fielding’s Director of Development and Community Relations Elena Nicklasson Will Present at CASE 20232023-03-17T14:51:06-07:00

Fielding Alum Dr. Tahlia Bragg Joins the New Affiliate Cohort of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research

2023-03-17T10:59:39-07:00

Tahlia Bragg, Ph.D. On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, Fielding alum Dr. Tahlia Bragg received an appointment to the new Affiliate cohort of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. "I am ecstatic and deeply honored to have been accepted to the Center for Antiracist Research. As a postdoctoral fellow committed to decolonizing research and practice, I am eager to elevate my commitment at the esteemed center founded by Dr. Ibrahim X. Kendi," shared Dr. Bragg. "My current research focuses on deconstructing race as a variable. Aside from becoming a subject-matter expert in researching racial disparities in Alzheimer's Disease [...]

Fielding Alum Dr. Tahlia Bragg Joins the New Affiliate Cohort of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research2023-03-17T10:59:39-07:00

Mindful Inquiry in the Current Crises of Lifeworlds and Deathworlds

2023-03-15T14:36:43-07:00

Valerie M. Bentz, Ph.D., MSSW A chapter collaboration between Fielding faculty member Dr. Valerie Bentz and doctoral student William Hart, a Ph.D. candidate in the Human Development program, was recently published by Routledge in the book, "Mindful Inquiry in the Birth Sphere" (Davies & Crowther, 2023). The chapter “Mindful Inquiry into Lifeworlds and Deathworlds: An unmarried mother and a gay father” features phenomenological protocols by Dr. Bentz and Mr. Hart. The chapter explores Dr. Valerie Bentz’s own unmindful experience of childbirth in contrast to the mindful experience of William Hart, a gay father who formed his family through [...]

Mindful Inquiry in the Current Crises of Lifeworlds and Deathworlds2023-03-15T14:36:43-07:00

The Effect of Implicit Racial Bias on Defense Attorneys’ Plea Recommendations

2023-03-14T15:19:45-07:00

Thursday, 16th March - 15:50: External Actors Influences on Plea Outcomes Brian Cutler, Ph.D., Program Director for the Media Psychology Program This Thursday, March 16, 2023, research by Media Psychology Program Director Dr. Brian Cutler, Ms. Annmarie Khairalla (Ontario Tech University), and Dr. Miko Wilford (University of Massachusetts Lowell) will be presented at the 2023 American Psychology-Law Society Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Former graduate student of Dr. Cutler's, Ms. Khairalla will be at the conference to present this research which uses innovative virtual reality technology to examine potential racial bias in the plea bargaining process. The researchers examined [...]

The Effect of Implicit Racial Bias on Defense Attorneys’ Plea Recommendations2023-03-14T15:19:45-07:00

Check out this podcast! A Partnership between the Navajo Nation and Fielding Graduate University with Guests Barbara Mink, Ed.D., and Miranda Haskie, Ed.D.

2023-03-14T07:18:55-07:00

A Shared Partnership between the Navajo Nation and Fielding Graduate University with Guests Barbara Mink, Ed.D. and Miranda Haskie, Ed.D. The below podcast episode of Speaking of Education features a conversation with Dr. Barbara Mink and Dr. Miranda Haskie about a partnership between Fielding Graduate University and the Navajo Nation. The conversation explores how this partnership came about, its purpose, and how our two guest speakers have been involved in it. In addition, we discuss the Navajo Nation's Department of Education and its efforts, not simply to preserve Navajo culture, but to keep it alive and flourishing. Together with Kathy [...]

Check out this podcast! A Partnership between the Navajo Nation and Fielding Graduate University with Guests Barbara Mink, Ed.D., and Miranda Haskie, Ed.D.2023-03-14T07:18:55-07:00

Black Women At Work: On Refusal and Recovery, a New Book from Provost Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D.

2023-03-10T04:46:48-08:00

"Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery," is the latest publication from Fielding Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D. The book details, and offers vignettes to illustrate, how patriarchy and white supremacy have restricted Black women at work, both historically and currently. Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery Key features: Offers a common-sense, theoretically based systems analysis of Black women's experiences in the workplace Articulates reasonable and realistic approaches to remedying intersectional inequity for Black women (and others) in the workplace Provides a generalizable framework to make individual and systemic changes and/or cope within a range of [...]

Black Women At Work: On Refusal and Recovery, a New Book from Provost Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D.2023-03-10T04:46:48-08:00

Celebrate Fielding’s 49th Anniversary and Join a Call Across the Globe on March 9th

2023-08-22T11:53:21-07:00

Sustainability: Acting for Social and Ecological Justice In March, Fielding celebrates its 49th Anniversary.    Keeping in mind the life-long learners that all Fielding community members are, we have designed a dynamic program for you this year. The theme for this year’s Call is Sustainability: Acting for Social and Ecological Justice. Join us on Thursday, Mar. 9 at 4 p.m. PST.   Our annual Call across the Globe has become a tradition since Fielding’s 45th Anniversary. It is an opportunity for the Fielding community, friends, and partners, to celebrate our university’s Anniversary and come together for a learning opportunity. To commemorate [...]

Celebrate Fielding’s 49th Anniversary and Join a Call Across the Globe on March 9th2023-08-22T11:53:21-07:00

In recognition of Black History Month, Live Garra Theatre presents “Soul II Soul: What Makes a Poet Breathe?”

2023-02-22T12:47:18-08:00

Wanda Whiteside, Ed.D. Fielding alum and Artistic Director of Live Garra Theatre, Dr. Wanda Whiteside, announces a special event this weekend at the venue. In recognition of Black History Month, Live Garra Theatre presents “Soul II Soul: What Makes a Poet Breathe?” — staged readings written by poets and aspiring playwrights about what it means to be distinguished as an Ascending Citizen. As part of the Playwrights’ Conservatory: The Voice of the Human Living Experience, ascending citizens tell their stories. Artists put pen to paper to create a community-based arts related experience, the organic development of the life [...]

In recognition of Black History Month, Live Garra Theatre presents “Soul II Soul: What Makes a Poet Breathe?”2023-02-22T12:47:18-08:00

Coaching in Context: How Polyvagal Theory Informs Coaching

2023-02-17T12:46:59-08:00

Coaching in Context: How Polyvagal Theory Informs Coaching This Session is Eligible for 1.0 Coach Continuing Education Units (1.0 Core Competency) SPEAKER: Sandra Dunsmore, PCC, MA DATE: Wed., March 1 TIME: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. PT / 2-3 p.m ET Neuroscience is catching up with what ancient traditions have known for thousands of years about the wisdom of the body.  Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory (PVT) is a transdisciplinary theory that provides a neuroanatomical foundation for the development of an integrated and expansive body/brain science. Only when a person feels physiologically safe is it possible to be fully present and accessible to oneself [...]

Coaching in Context: How Polyvagal Theory Informs Coaching2023-02-17T12:46:59-08:00

Join the Black Student Association for Black Men Trailblazers Event on Feb. 20

2023-02-15T08:34:33-08:00

Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. PST | 6:30 p.m. EST The Fielding community is invited to attend the Black Student Association’s Black Men Trailblazers: A Presentation of Black History and Beyond on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. PST | 6:30 p.m. EST. The event is moderated by Nathan Smith and will feature: Orlando L. Taylor, Ph.D., Distinguished Senior Advisor to the Fielding President, Principal Investigator, and Executive Director of the National Science Foundation-funded Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL); Christopher L. Edwards, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist, Research Psychoneuroendocrinologist, and adjunct psychology faculty at [...]

Join the Black Student Association for Black Men Trailblazers Event on Feb. 202023-02-15T08:34:33-08:00

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