Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1990
Community Psychologist
IU South Bend faculty member since 1990
Teaching assignments: Community Psychology, Gender and Ethnicity, Spirituality and Social Justice, Human Behavior and Social Institutions-Social Justice, Nonexperimental Methods, Introductory Psychology, Senior Seminar in Community Psychology.
Research objectives are "to develop and replicate arts-based responses to complex trauma; to create psychological assessment tools sensitive to differences caused by race, gender, and class inequities; and to establish university-community partnerships to bring about social justice." Other interests: international service-learning, qualitative research methodologies, interfaith initiatives in social justice.
Member, Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) member (inducted 1999)
Recipient of the IU South Bend Eldon Lundquist Faculty Fellow (2006)
Honoree, Black History Award, City of South Bend (2018)
Recipient, African-American Legacy Award, History Museum, South Bend, IN (2024)
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