These Black Kids – The Lived Experience of African American Adolescent Girls Writing Poetry

2023-11-15T14:23:50-08:00

THESE BLACK KIDS: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE POETRY AND THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENT GIRLS New Book from Fielding faculty Dr. Jennifer N. Bacon These Black Kids: The Lived Experience of African American Adolescent Girls Writing Poetry. The book examines the space that resides between girlhood and womanhood.  This space contains what is personal, familial, and societal. It is the place that transforms Black girls into Black women.  This is also the place that beckons us to create our own identities and definition of Black womanhood. These Black Kids: The Lived Experience of African American Adolescent Girls Writing Poetry uncovers [...]

These Black Kids – The Lived Experience of African American Adolescent Girls Writing Poetry2023-11-15T14:23:50-08:00

‘On the Road’ with Dr. Barbara Mink, Education Program Director

2023-11-02T14:00:22-07:00

Join in photos Program Director for Fielding’s Ed.D. in Leadership for Change, Dr. Barbara Mink, as she travels to this year's 54th Annual National Indian Education (NIEA) Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then to the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona. About NIEA The National Indian Education Association advances comprehensive, culture-based educational opportunities for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) was formed in 1969 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Native educators anxious [...]

‘On the Road’ with Dr. Barbara Mink, Education Program Director2023-11-02T14:00:22-07:00

Fielding Presents at the 54th Annual National Indian Education Convention

2023-10-29T17:25:56-07:00

Dr. Barbara Mink at the Fielding Booth at NIEA Convention 2023 in Albuquerque, NM. Program Director for Fielding’s Ed.D. in Leadership for Change, Dr. Barbara Mink, and Fielding alumni from the Navajo Nation Dr. Miranda Haskie, Dr. Viola Hoskie, and Dr. Michelle Tsosie, participated in a panel presentation, Diné Culturally-Grounded Dissertations Promote Education Sovereignty, yesterday at the 54th Annual National Indian Education (NIEA) Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Also in attendance at this year's NIEA are Fielding alum Dr. Josephy Chee, current EdD students Brenda Yazzie, Sanoe Marfil, Dezi Lyn, Terry Curley, and Fielding's Director of Admissions Erica [...]

Fielding Presents at the 54th Annual National Indian Education Convention2023-10-29T17:25:56-07:00

Four Arrows to Present at the 78th United Nations General Assembly’s Science Summit

2023-09-12T11:46:00-07:00

Four Arrows to Present at the 78th United Nations General Assembly’s Science Summit Fielding’s School of Leadership Studies doctoral faculty member Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) AKA Don Jacobs, Ph.D., Ed.D., will participate in a panel discussion at the 9th Edition of the Science Summit at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78), which takes place from Sept. 12-29. During UNGA 78, world leaders will discuss and debate how to confront the global polycrisis while finding strategies to take action on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Summit’s theme centers on the role and contribution of science to attaining the [...]

Four Arrows to Present at the 78th United Nations General Assembly’s Science Summit2023-09-12T11:46:00-07:00

Fielding Doctoral Student Susan Armiger Named to Forbes 50 Over 50

2023-09-10T17:52:35-07:00

Fielding doctoral student named to the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 Susan Armiger, doctoral student Fielding Graduate University doctoral student and CEO of Walnut Creek, CA nonprofit Catalight has been named to the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 List of notable women. Susan Armiger, CEO of Catalight, the nonprofit behavioral health care provider, has been honored along with luminaries such as Jamie Lee Curtis, leading autism advocate Dr. Temple Grandin, and Special Olympics CEO Mary Davis. Susan has had a profound impact on behavioral health treatment. When she joined Catalight's precursor organization in 2011, it was a small, local nonprofit serving 500 clients with developmental [...]

Fielding Doctoral Student Susan Armiger Named to Forbes 50 Over 502023-09-10T17:52:35-07:00

New Book from Dr. Jennifer N. Bacon I Am an Antiracist Superhero: With Activities to Help You Be One Too!

2023-09-10T17:58:27-07:00

I Am an Antiracist Superhero "I Am an Antiracist Superhero: With Activities to Help You Be One Too!" released this week from Bala Kids publishing. It is a new book from author and Fielding faculty member Dr. Jennifer N. Bacon with illustrations by Letícia Moreno. The empowering story of the book inspires kids from all backgrounds to Look, Listen, Feel, and Act like antiracist superheroes, even in times of adversity (recommended for ages 4–8). The book tells the story of 6-year-old Malik, who after learning about racism in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, decides to [...]

New Book from Dr. Jennifer N. Bacon I Am an Antiracist Superhero: With Activities to Help You Be One Too!2023-09-10T17:58:27-07:00

7th Annual Navajo Education Conference Set for June 9

2023-06-12T06:25:00-07:00

photo taken at the 4th Annual Navajo Education Conference Navajo education leaders and scholar-practitioners are coming together this June.  The 7th Annual Navajo Education Conference is slated for June 9, 2023, at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. This conference is a joint effort between Fielding Graduate University, the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education, the Office of Navajo Scholarship and Financial Assistance (ONNSFA), and Navajo Nation Teacher Education Consortium.  “We are proud that Fielding Graduate University is partnering with the Navajo Nation to provide an opportunity for Navajo educators and leaders to [...]

7th Annual Navajo Education Conference Set for June 92023-06-12T06:25:00-07:00

Alums Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D., and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D., Receive Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award

2023-04-11T10:07:41-07:00

Alums Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D., and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D., Receive Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Two alums can now add the mantle of 2023 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award to their repertoires and work. Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D. (Media Psychology, ‘12) and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D. (Educational Leadership and Change, ‘16) will advance their work in their respective fields in 2023-2025. Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D. Dr. Fremlin’s project, “Enabling Women to Self-Advocate for Better Sexual Health Care,” gives special attention to women across diverse demographic groups and with healthcare access challenges. Dr. Fremlin’s award will support her research for Glyciome LLC and will [...]

Alums Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D., and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D., Receive Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award2023-04-11T10:07:41-07:00

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

Ed.D. alum has a unique way of sending students to Space Camp

2023-01-18T10:40:38-08:00

Salsa and margarita mixes designed for astronaut consumption are helping teenagers get to Huntsville, Alabama By Megan K. Olsen Herald Staff Writer [originally published in the Durango Herald Friday, Dec 30, 2022. Select portions reprinted by permission of the Herald] Danny Jaques is a space nerd. It’s a character trait he has embraced since childhood. He’s been fascinated, some would say obsessed, with astronomy and all things space-related since he watched the Mercury-Atlas 9 launch into space on the television with his father, the last of the Mercury crewed space missions. Dr. Danny Jacques [Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file] [...]

Ed.D. alum has a unique way of sending students to Space Camp2023-01-18T10:40:38-08:00

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