CMM Institute Alumni Presentation Thursday, July 13, 2017 SLS Summer Session  in Tucson, AZ The CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution is hosting a Fielding community conversation about asking our “big questions” in ways that communicate an openness to connecting around our shared humanity and desire for community. PRESENTERS: Kimberly Pearce, MA                      President, The CMM Institute Jan Elliott, PhD                              HOD, 1997 Ilene Wasserman, PhD                     HOD, 2004 Romi Boucher, PhD                          HOD, 2014 Barton Buechner, PhD                    HOD, 2014 This session will explore how our questions determine what gets our attention, what gets made and what we talk about. Given what [...]

Alumni Spotlight- Cynthia Cavalli, PhD (HOD 2014) The comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell, in the Power of Myth interview series, recalls a fascinating idea put forward by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. He says, “… when you reach an advanced age and look back over your lifetime, it can seem to have had a consistent order and plan, as though composed by some novelist. Events that when they occurred had seemed accidental and of little moment turn out to have been indispensable factors in the composition of a consistent plot. So who composed that plot? Schopenhauer suggests that just as your dreams are [...]

Fielding alumna Barbara A. Mather, PhD, MA, MBA, presented her qualitative research study at the International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB), an international academic conference at the University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Mather’s research presentation was titled: Making Organizations Meaningful to Young Adults with ADHD, Qualitative Exploratory Research Design. The qualitative research study results of 13 young adults with ADHD across the USA demonstrated four broad categories of workplace issues for which young adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may find challenging. Additionally, unintended findings were discovered after the initial research question was answered, and further analyses were conducted. [...]

by alumnus Michael M Gonzalez, EdD (ELC 2014) Postcolonial societies face the daunting task of improving the quality of life of its constituents whose culture has been re-engineered to benefit colonial rule. T'boli B.Fong weaving abaca fiber textile When the Philippines experienced 300 years of Spanish rule and another forty years of American rule, a diverse culture emerged containing in all aspects of social composition: multiple ethnicities with their own languages and cultural traditions that are faced by contemporary issues of poverty, social justice, and labor diaspora. Among the severely impacted are the indigenous peoples (IP) throughout the Philippine [...]

At the of August in Seattle, Washington, the Fielding Northwest Hub, a regional group of students, alumni, and faculty, held a second successful event for 2016 bringing together faculty, alumni, current students, and friends of Fielding at the Hilton Seattle. Faculty member Rich Appelbaum, PhD, spoke on the evolving world of social responsibility and how to balance both corporate and societal needs. Following Dr. Appelbaum's presentation, faculty member Keith Melville, PhD, spoke about the first book published by the Fielding University Press: A Passion for Adult Learning: How the Fielding Model is Transforming Doctoral Education, of which he was the author. [...]