Patagonia Founder and Recipient of Fielding Social and Ecological Justice Award Yvon Chouinard Takes Stand for Environment

2022-10-07T12:42:24-07:00

Yvon Chouinard Yvon Chouinard is taking another stand for the environment. Recently, he forfeited ownership of Patagonia, a company he founded nearly 50 years ago, in favor of social and ecological justice. In a letter he pinned for Patagonia’s website, Chouinard outlines the thought processes behind his decision, eventually landing on a 100 percent transfer of the company’s voting stock into the Patagonia Purpose Trust. Holdfast Collective, a nonprofit that fights the environmental crisis and defends nature, will have control of the entirety of the non-voting stock. “If we have any hope of a thriving planet – much [...]

Patagonia Founder and Recipient of Fielding Social and Ecological Justice Award Yvon Chouinard Takes Stand for Environment2022-10-07T12:42:24-07:00

Alum Aiden Hirshfield, Ph.D., Receives the Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award

2022-06-13T14:22:40-07:00

Aiden Hirshfield, PhD Media Psychology Program alum Aiden Hirshfield, Ph.D.’19, is the 2022 recipient of the Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award. The Award will partially fund his project, Providing Critical Support for ASL Interpreters in the Mental Health Setting. The project goals are to support and offer additional educational opportunities to American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters who face considerable occupational stress and financial challenges. The project’s mission is to improve the vocational skills of interpreters. As part of the project, Dr. Hirshfield anticipates assessing how this training could affect ASL interpreters’ mental health and job functioning. The Award [...]

Alum Aiden Hirshfield, Ph.D., Receives the Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award2022-06-13T14:22:40-07:00

Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Receives Creative Longevity and Wisdom Award

2022-01-27T19:30:37-08:00

Contributions to visionary leadership in positive aging recognized The 2021 Fielding Creative Longevity and Wisdom Outstanding Scholar-Practitioner Award is presented to Peter Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D., for his contributions to visionary leadership in positive aging. Peter Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D. Dr. Whitehouse’s accomplishments include the establishment of The Intergenerational School, a unique public multi-age community school co-founded with his wife, Catherine. His fields of endeavor include cognitive/brain health, integrated health care, intergenerational learning, interprofessional practice, deep bioethics, organizational aesthetics, narrative epistemology, transmedia performance arts, civilization transformation, and play. He leads the InterHub in the Presencing Institute (MIT) and was [...]

Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Receives Creative Longevity and Wisdom Award2022-01-27T19:30:37-08:00

Dr. Elizabeth Speck Named the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Co-Recipient

2023-04-20T15:16:21-07:00

Elizabeth Speck, PhD’11, and Myisha Driver, PhD’19, are co-recipients of the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Elizabeth Speck, PhD’11 Dr. Elizabeth Speck, PhD Human and Organizational Development 2011 Through Dr. Speck’s consulting company, MindOpen Learning Strategies, The Fair Chance Forward project was designed to work with organizations to help them hire individuals who have had employment challenges due to prior criminal records.  After considerable outreach, the project selected a direct service and advocacy nonprofit organization, Person Centered Care Services, serving people with developmental disabilities and their families, with a workforce of over 500 employees. Over the four trainings, [...]

Dr. Elizabeth Speck Named the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Co-Recipient2023-04-20T15:16:21-07:00

Dr. Myisha Driver Named the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Co-Recipient

2023-04-20T14:23:40-07:00

Myisha Driver, PhD’19 and Elizabeth Speck, PhD’11 are the recipients of the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Myisha Driver, PhD’19 Dr. Myisha Driver, PhD Clinical Psychology 2019 Dr. Driver’s project, Nurturing Psyches of Color,  was designed with two major goals: 1) positively impact the lives of parenting Black and Latinx teens/young adults and their babies by providing resources and prevention-based psychoeducation on parenting and mental health related topics from a strength based culturally sensitive framework, and 2) reduce feelings of isolation by providing opportunities for teen/young adult parents to make meaningful connections with other parents. The project [...]

Dr. Myisha Driver Named the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Co-Recipient2023-04-20T14:23:40-07:00

Announcing the 2021 Kipnes Award Recipients

2021-08-24T17:52:40-07:00

Myisha Driver, PhD’19 and Elizabeth Speck, PhD’11 are the recipients of the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award We congratulate Dr. Driver and Dr. Speck on receiving the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award. The Dianne Kipnes Endowed Fund for Social Innovation was established in 2016 by Clinical Psychology alum Dianne Kipnes, PhD, ’98, to support alumni research and projects that lead to lasting change across sectors and social issues. Previous Award recipients include alums Carrie Arnold, PhD’17, Larry Gebhardt, PhD’00, and Kate McAlpine, PhD’15. Dr. Driver’s project is titled Nurturing Psyches of Color. The project will support parenting Black [...]

Announcing the 2021 Kipnes Award Recipients2021-08-24T17:52:40-07:00

ISI Fellows: Feng & OD in China

2021-08-24T13:16:33-07:00

A monthly series of blog posts featuring the Fellows of Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation Established in 2002, the Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) supports research, professional development, and organizational consulting projects that aim to produce more effective, sustainable, or just solutions than current approaches. Learn more about the ISI below. Jane Feng, PhD Jane Feng, PhD This Fielding ISI Fellow researches Practicing Organizational Development in China: applying seeing, thinking, and reframing as a way of intervention. This consulting project engages key leaders in organizational transformation from a state of rapid to sustainable growth through revamping HR systems and [...]

ISI Fellows: Feng & OD in China2021-08-24T13:16:33-07:00

ISI Fellows: Nemeth, Byrne & Leadership Competencies

2021-08-24T02:42:59-07:00

A monthly series of blog posts featuring the Fellows of Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation Established in 2002, the Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) supports research, professional development, and organizational consulting projects that aim to produce more effective, sustainable, or just solutions than current approaches. Learn more about the ISI below. Ellen Keithline Byrne Ellen Keithline Byrne, PhD Ellen is the co-founder of Her New Standard: The Playbook for Women Leaders, a business that accelerates women in leadership. Her clients include a wide range of industries, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley and Major League Baseball. She holds an ICF executive coaching certification, [...]

ISI Fellows: Nemeth, Byrne & Leadership Competencies2021-08-24T02:42:59-07:00

ISI Fellows: Leslie McMichael & Stunt Safety

2021-08-24T16:36:40-07:00

A monthly series of blog posts featuring the Fellows of Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation Established in 2002, the Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) supports research, professional development, and organizational consulting projects that aim to produce more effective, sustainable, or just solutions than current approaches. Learn more about the ISI below. Leslie McMichael, PhD This Fielding ISI Fellow researches The Effects of Concussions on Independent Performers in the Film & TV Industry. Bio: Dr. Leslie McMichael lives in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. She has been a stunt performer since 1996 and a stunt coordinator since 2015. Her specialties include martial arts, wire [...]

ISI Fellows: Leslie McMichael & Stunt Safety2021-08-24T16:36:40-07:00

ISI Fellows: Erika Jacobi & the Language of Success

2021-08-24T16:07:00-07:00

This is the first in a monthly series of blog posts featuring the Fellows of Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation. Established in 2002, the Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) supports research, professional development, and organizational consulting projects that aim to produce more effective, sustainable, or just solutions than current approaches. Learn more about the ISI below. Erika Jacobi, PhD ISI Fellow Erika Jacobi, PhD, researches Cognition, Language, and Identity in Successful Organizations. Bio: Dr. Jacobi is the Managing Director of LC GLOBAL®, a change, growth, and innovation consulting firm with offices in New York City and Munich Germany. She specializes [...]

ISI Fellows: Erika Jacobi & the Language of Success2021-08-24T16:07:00-07:00

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