About Katrina Rogers

Katrina S. Rogers, PhD, is President of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA, a distinguished graduate school known for adult learners in the fields of clinical psychology, human talent and development, organizational leadership, and education. In the course of her career, she has served the international non-governmental and educational sectors in many roles, including executive, board member, and teacher. She led the European campus for Thunderbird School of Global Management in Geneva, Switzerland for a decade, working with international organizations such as the Red Cross, World Trade Organization, United Nations Development Program, and the European Union. She also developed externships for students at several companies, including Renault, Nestle, and EuroDisney (now Disneyland Paris). She has doctorates in political science and history. In addition to many articles and books focused on organizational leadership in sustainability, Rogers serves on the Boards of the Toda Institute for Global Policy & Peace Research and the Public Dialogue Consortium. She received a Presidential postdoctoral fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation and was a Fulbright scholar to Germany where she taught environmental politics and history. She is currently studying environmental values among leaders that have responsibility for improving sustainability practices in their organizations. These are leaders from the corporate, governmental, and nonprofit sectors. The purpose is to understand how people’s worldviews are brought to bear on the actualization of sustainability work.

Statement From the President: Act on this Earth Day for Ecological Justice 

2023-08-22T11:54:44-07:00

Dear Fielding Community, President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D. Growing up on a small farm in New England, my family was tied to the rhythms of the seasons and the land. We guided our calendar and lives by when to plant tomatoes, harvest corn and seed the winter rye. The connection to the natural world felt timeless, and the land, ever enduring.    Each summer, Red would show up on our doorstep and stay a few weeks. Red was a giant in my child’s eyes, certainly more than 6 feet tall -- and he had a wagon like Professor [...]

Statement From the President: Act on this Earth Day for Ecological Justice 2023-08-22T11:54:44-07:00

Op-Ed: A New Kind of Education for Urban Leaders in America

2023-03-01T09:53:26-08:00

By: President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D., Fielding Graduate University, and President Ronald Mason, Jr., J.D., University of the District of Columbia Urban communities large and small face more new and complex challenges as well as more opportunities than ever before. For example, consider racism, violence, climate change, population mobility enhanced by faster and more economical transportation options and sophisticated technologies that enhance quicker transmission of larger bodies of information, much of which includes disinformation and is leading to greater cultural divisiveness along political, racial and economic lines. Urban community leaders must therefore be attuned to these changing realities and understand how to [...]

Op-Ed: A New Kind of Education for Urban Leaders in America2023-03-01T09:53:26-08:00

Statement from the President: Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

2023-02-16T07:36:47-08:00

Dear Fielding Community,  We extend the heartfelt sympathies from the entire Fielding Graduate University community to all those who are suffering in the wake of last Monday’s powerful earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. As the impact of this quake continues to unfold, we expect the casualties to rise.   As a global university with personal and professional connections to the region through our students, faculty, alums, and staff, we recognize that many in our community are feeling anguish and despair in the face of this disaster.  Please be reminded that your support and acts of care will be greatly appreciated to [...]

Statement from the President: Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria2023-02-16T07:36:47-08:00

Fielding Global Ecological and Social Justice Service Year Proclamation

2023-08-24T13:32:18-07:00

Dear Fielding Community Members,   Welcome to 2023! To commemorate our 49th Anniversary, the President’s Sustainability Advisory Council has designated 2023 as our Fielding Global Ecological and Social Justice Service Year throughout the world.  President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D.  The purpose of this designation is to collect stories of Fielding community members engaged in service in their communities. We know from scholarly research that it only takes a small number of people to create the conditions for positive social change. When people take collective action, their communities benefit.    Fielding Graduate University is a community that acts to secure the [...]

Fielding Global Ecological and Social Justice Service Year Proclamation2023-08-24T13:32:18-07:00

A New Year’s Message From President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D.

2023-01-06T11:14:49-08:00

Dear Fielding Community, Welcome to 2023! President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D. On the occasion of another full turn of the earth around the sun, what may await us as the New Year turns to 2023? Impermanence, as many philosophers remind us, is the only constant. Humans have both an enormous capacity for change and, simultaneously, a resistance to it. We lament all that isn’t anymore, and yet, we adapt quickly in light of new circumstances. Resilience, the watchword of the pandemic, is also our shadow. It allows us to become accustomed to conditions that are not ideal, but [...]

A New Year’s Message From President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D.2023-01-06T11:14:49-08:00

President Rogers and VP Of DEI Davis-White Eyes’ Statement Regarding Shooting at Club Q

2022-11-21T10:54:12-08:00

Dear Fielding Community members, It is with shock and deep sadness that we send this message to you regarding the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, which took the lives of many 2SLGBTQ+ individuals. This atrocity occurred just hours before a scheduled event memorializing the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an event that commemorates the individuals lost to anti-transgender violence — particularly those who are most vulnerable to this form of violence: BIPOC transgender women and femmes. As this tragedy continues to unfold, we are reminded of the 2016 shooting that occurred in Orlando, Florida, at the Pulse nightclub in [...]

President Rogers and VP Of DEI Davis-White Eyes’ Statement Regarding Shooting at Club Q2022-11-21T10:54:12-08:00

A Veterans Day Tribute: Love and Service

2022-11-08T11:03:35-08:00

It is no surprise that those in the Fielding community know me only as the president of this university, a longtime educator, an advocate of environmental justice, and as a mentor to graduate students. But the title I have held the longest is also the most endearing to me. It is military spouse. Could you look at me and know that I am married to a retired Army Major? Probably not, but I have been for 32 incredible years.  Ret. Army Maj. Bill Cherry, my courageous husband, friend, and hero, is the reason this Veterans Day is more personal than [...]

A Veterans Day Tribute: Love and Service2022-11-08T11:03:35-08:00

On the Occasion of Juneteenth A Time of Remembrance and Action

2022-06-27T16:16:14-07:00

On the Occasion of Juneteenth A Time of Remembrance and Action A year ago this month, the U.S. federal government officially declared June 19 a holiday in observance of Juneteenth. On that day in 1865, enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned from Union Army soldiers that the Civil War had ended and they were no longer legally enslaved. That news came late—two and half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was ratified on January 1, 1863. In 2021, the swift passage of bills that created the holiday did not allow time for Fielding to officially observe Juneteenth (a blend of [...]

On the Occasion of Juneteenth A Time of Remembrance and Action2022-06-27T16:16:14-07:00

Environmental Education for Adult Learners: Nature is Doing its Part to Restore Itself, Now Let Us Do Ours

2022-05-12T19:14:59-07:00

This essay first appeared in The EvoLLLution®, an online newspaper for higher education: https://bit.ly/3LabagTGlen Canyon, a ghostly presence in southern Utah under Lake Powell for almost 60 years, is now re-emerging. The canyon’s return is a consequence of the decades-old drought that is also affecting water levels elsewhere across the American Southwest. As Lake Powell’s water level continues to plummet, native plant species and waterfalls have awakened from a watery slumber. Scientists are eagerly studying Glen Canyon’s seemingly swift recovery, as it is just one example of nature’s resilience. Since the pandemic, and as people sheltered at home, that resiliency has [...]

Environmental Education for Adult Learners: Nature is Doing its Part to Restore Itself, Now Let Us Do Ours2022-05-12T19:14:59-07:00

2022 Black History Month – Black Health and Wellness

2022-02-01T18:03:27-08:00

Black Health and Wellness Heritage months are designed to create intentional spaces to reflect on our society’s practices, history, and values. Since 1976, every U.S. president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme. In 2022, the Black History Month theme is Black Health and Wellness. This theme explores the legacy of Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine and other ways of knowing (e.g., birth workers, doulas, midwives, naturopaths, herbalists, etc.) throughout the African Diaspora. The 2022 theme considers activities, rituals, and initiatives accomplished by Black communities to foster health and wellness. As [...]

2022 Black History Month – Black Health and Wellness2022-02-01T18:03:27-08:00
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