Expertise

Research objectives are "to develop and replicate arts-based, trauma-informed responses to reduce and prevent psychological burnout among social justice activists, advocates, and organizers for racial justice; to establish university-community partnerships promoting empowerment and capacity building; and to establish an international coalition to address racial terrorism and gender exploitation." Other interests: international service-learning, qualitative research methodologies, interfaith initiatives in social justice.

Affiliations

Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Indiana University South Bend

Director, Social Action Project, Social Action Project

Communities
Psychology
Degrees
PhD, Michigan State University, Community Psychology and Urban Studies, 1990
MA, Wilfrid Laurier University, Community Psychology, 1985
BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Clinical Psychology, 1982
Keywords
community studies gay or lesbian studies arts education trauma informed response racial justice
Languages
English
Honors

Inductee, Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), 1999

Recipient, , IU South Bend Eldon Lundquist Faculty Fellowship, 2006

Honoree, Black History Award, City of South Bend, 2018

Associations
National Society of Experiential Education
Society for Community Research and Action
Parliament of World Religions
Black Lives Matter
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People