CALL FOR PROPOSALS – International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership

2023-04-26T11:05:13-07:00

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for an upcoming volume in the International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership Transformative Women Leaders Book Series, Embodied Somatic Leadership for Peacebuilding and Protest: Women’s Counteroffensive to Violence and Injustice. Edited by Randal Joy Thompson and Lazarina Topuzova “Just as women’s bodies are targeted as weapons of war and social repression, so women use their bodies for peacebuilding and protest.” Randal Joy Thompson and Lazarina Topuzova are soliciting proposals for their upcoming book Embodied Somatic Leadership for Peacebuilding and Protest: Women’s Counteroffensive to Violence and Injustice. Please see below for a summary of the book and [...]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership2023-04-26T11:05:13-07:00

Fielding Graduate University in Partnership With FEAA Receives Three-year $360,000 Federal Research Grant

2023-04-26T07:43:52-07:00

Fielding Graduate University and Folk Education Association of America Looks at Cooperative Action of Folk Educators Dawn Jackman Murphy Olympia, WA —Thanks to the work of Fielding doctoral student, Dawn Jackman Murphy, and faculty member, Dr. David Willis, who served as the primary investigator, Fielding Graduate University in partnership with the Folk Education Association of America (FEAA), has received a three-year $360,000 federal research grant through AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation. This study will work with a distributed national network of Folk Schools and Folk Educators, examining how participatory research approaches may support social cohesion and [...]

Fielding Graduate University in Partnership With FEAA Receives Three-year $360,000 Federal Research Grant2023-04-26T07:43:52-07:00

Fielding Alum Dr. Mike Sessions Appointed Associate Dean at BYU-Idaho

2023-04-18T13:51:01-07:00

Mike Sessions, Ph.D. Fielding alum Dr. Mike Sessions was appointed Associate Dean of Curriculum at Brigham Young University - Idaho (BYU-Idaho). Before assuming this role, Dr. Sessions served as the department chair of design and construction management at BYU-Idaho, where he was instrumental in redesigning the construction management degree and leading the development of the virtual design and construction degree. In his capacity as Associate Dean of Curriculum, he collaborates closely with the departments within the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering to enhance their programs, improve student outcomes, and refine assessment practices. His overarching goal is to [...]

Fielding Alum Dr. Mike Sessions Appointed Associate Dean at BYU-Idaho2023-04-18T13:51:01-07:00

OPINION: Donald Trump’s Never Ending Legal Woes Puts NY Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis In The Line Of Fire

2023-04-13T17:51:08-07:00

What more can we expect from the man who has a documented history of disparaging Black women? (L-R) New York Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County GA District Attorney Fani Willis. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images and Photo by David Walter Banks) Two Black women are leading the way to hold Donald Trump accountable—and he is using every trick in the book to discredit them. While this is the behavior people have come to expect from the former president, his actions actually reflect the tragic and historical treatment of Black women in the workplace in this country. And [...]

OPINION: Donald Trump’s Never Ending Legal Woes Puts NY Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis In The Line Of Fire2023-04-13T17:51:08-07:00

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

Fielding Doctoral Student Sabrina Arch Named to Top 40 Under 40

2023-03-27T14:02:45-07:00

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) announced the 2023 class of Native American 40 Under 40 award recipients. The Native American 40 Under 40 awards represent the best and brightest emerging Indian Country leaders, recognizing Native American citizens for outstanding leadership and community contributions annually. Among this year’s recipients is Fielding doctoral student, Sabrina Arch. Sabrina S. Arch, ME Sabrina Arch is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and currently works as the EBCI Director of Economic Development. She is also a doctoral student in the PhD in Organizational Development and [...]

Fielding Doctoral Student Sabrina Arch Named to Top 40 Under 402023-03-27T14:02:45-07:00

Fielding University Press’ Driving Social Innovation: An Interview with the Co-Editors

2023-05-03T03:58:44-07:00

Fielding University Press’ Driving Social Innovation: An Interview with the Co-Editors Fielding University Press recently released Driving Social Innovation: How Unexpected Leadership is Transforming Society, a publication that weaves the subject of leadership in varying contexts and guides readers in managing social changes, precarity, and uncertainty in a changing and transforming world. Edited by Marie Sonnet, Ph.D., Theresa Southam, Ph.D., and Patrice Rosenthal, Ph.D., the book centers on how individuals and organizations can bring leadership and social innovation to our communities and organizations, when we live amid powerful forces beyond our control. This collection of chapters rewards the reader with [...]

Fielding University Press’ Driving Social Innovation: An Interview with the Co-Editors2023-05-03T03:58:44-07:00

Mindful Inquiry in the Current Crises of Lifeworlds and Deathworlds

2023-03-15T14:36:43-07:00

Valerie M. Bentz, Ph.D., MSSW A chapter collaboration between Fielding faculty member Dr. Valerie Bentz and doctoral student William Hart, a Ph.D. candidate in the Human Development program, was recently published by Routledge in the book, "Mindful Inquiry in the Birth Sphere" (Davies & Crowther, 2023). The chapter “Mindful Inquiry into Lifeworlds and Deathworlds: An unmarried mother and a gay father” features phenomenological protocols by Dr. Bentz and Mr. Hart. The chapter explores Dr. Valerie Bentz’s own unmindful experience of childbirth in contrast to the mindful experience of William Hart, a gay father who formed his family through [...]

Mindful Inquiry in the Current Crises of Lifeworlds and Deathworlds2023-03-15T14:36:43-07:00

Marie Fielder: A Portrait Showcases Life and Work of Influential Activist and Founding Fielding Trustee

2023-03-14T10:31:17-07:00

One of Fielding’s most beloved and influential activists now has an affectionate portrait of her life and work. Written by Jenny Johnson-Riley, Ph.D. and published through Fielding University Press, Marie Fielder: A Portrait showcases how Dr. Marie Fielder, who was the first African American woman with a doctorate to teach in the San Francisco Bay Area, influenced public education in California and throughout the nation.  Dr. Johnson-Riley, a Fielding alum who works in the treatment and prevention of sexual violence in Washington State, describes Dr. Fielder's incalculable achievements in this 94-page publication. Dr. Johnson-Riley was a member of the inaugural [...]

Marie Fielder: A Portrait Showcases Life and Work of Influential Activist and Founding Fielding Trustee2023-03-14T10:31:17-07:00

Check out this podcast! A Partnership between the Navajo Nation and Fielding Graduate University with Guests Barbara Mink, Ed.D., and Miranda Haskie, Ed.D.

2023-03-14T07:18:55-07:00

A Shared Partnership between the Navajo Nation and Fielding Graduate University with Guests Barbara Mink, Ed.D. and Miranda Haskie, Ed.D. The below podcast episode of Speaking of Education features a conversation with Dr. Barbara Mink and Dr. Miranda Haskie about a partnership between Fielding Graduate University and the Navajo Nation. The conversation explores how this partnership came about, its purpose, and how our two guest speakers have been involved in it. In addition, we discuss the Navajo Nation's Department of Education and its efforts, not simply to preserve Navajo culture, but to keep it alive and flourishing. Together with Kathy [...]

Check out this podcast! A Partnership between the Navajo Nation and Fielding Graduate University with Guests Barbara Mink, Ed.D., and Miranda Haskie, Ed.D.2023-03-14T07:18:55-07:00

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