CSPP Alumni Class Notes
Winter 2013 Updates
Dr. Barbara Hutchinson听(CSPP-SF, Clinical PsyD, 鈥11) shares, 鈥淚鈥檓 currently working as a clinical psychologist specializing in sleep medicine/psychology at Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit health care organization based out of Virginia. I am the first mental provider to be brought into a comprehensive multidisciplinary team leading the way to promote healthy sleep.鈥
Fall 2013 Updates
Dr. Rut Gubkin听(CSPP-Alameda, Clinical PhD 鈥91) is the Chair-elect of Division VII (Diversity and Social Justice) of CPA and chairs the Diversity Committee and the Disaster Response Network Committee of the Alameda County Psychological Association.
Dr. Angel Johnson听补苍诲听Dr. Cyrell Williams听(both CSPP-LA Org Psych PhD, 鈥08) presented in our听San Francisco campus Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series听in October. Their topic was 鈥淲hat鈥檚 After CSPP? Professional Lives in Organizational Psychology.鈥
CSPP-San Francisco/Alameda/Berkeley alumni: We鈥檇 like to hear from you! If you鈥檇 like to submit an update for a future newsletter, please use the link below in the 鈥淗andy Alumni Links鈥 section.
Campus News & Events
You are cordially invited to join us for a Retirement Party in honor of CSPP alumnus听Dr. Ed Bourg听from one of our first San Francisco graduating classes and long-time faculty member. The event will be held Friday, December 6 from 4-6pm at the San Francisco campus (link below under Handy CSPP Alumni Links) in our new classroom space, room C100. 听Please RSVP by听. If you can make it, please just RSVP 鈥測es鈥 on the Evite by December 4. If you can鈥檛 make it, but would like to wish Dr. Bourg well, you are able to leave comments to wish Dr. Bourg the best when you RSVP 鈥渘o鈥 on the Evite.
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area (regardless which campus you attended), please also mark your calendars for听Friday, April 4听(late afternoon / early evening) for the CSPP Dean鈥檚 Reception in San Francisco. This will be a very special event you won鈥檛 want to miss, and a great opportunity to with fellow alumni and reconnect with current CSPP-SF faculty and students.
We welcome听Janine Mixon听as our new San Francisco Campus Director! Janine comes to CSPP/糖心传媒 after serving many years at Golden Gate University. A HUGE thank you to听Joe Tally, our Director of Library Services,听Sheila Henderson, our former Associate Provost for I-MERIT and听Meg Hardin, Executive Assistant to the President, for all stepping into the Interim Campus Director role and doing such a great job!
罢丑别听Clinical PsyD Program听is delighted to announce the launching of our听Social Justice Track, which now has students in all 3 curricular years. 听The track absorbs the former Multicultural/Community, Psychology of Women, LGBT, and Gender Studies emphases, and offers special courses, practica, and dissertation methods, as well as creating a campus community of interested faculty and students.听The track builds skills and knowledge for working with people and communities that have been marginalized and oppressed. These include, but are not limited to, people of color, lgbt people, people with disabilities, women, immigrants, those living in poverty, and the aging population. We are eager to involve our alumni, so if you would like to hear more about our initiatives, please email CSPPalumni@alliant.edu
Conferences:
Attention SF Organizational Psychology Alumni! CSPP will be hosting a听Networking Mixer the evening of Friday, May 16 at the听听in Honolulu, HI.听If you are planning on going to SIOP, please email CSPPAlumni@alliant.edu 听 For now, please save the date!
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Summer 2013 Updates
On May 3, we had our CSPP Dean鈥檚 Reception in San Francisco and honored Dr. Paul Werner, Professor Emeritus and long-time Clinical PhD faculty member. Dr. Werner taught at CSPP for over 30 years! The Paul Werner Dissertation Award for Innovation and Creativity was announced at this event, and then given to a deserving graduating student at our commencement ceremony.听.
This Summer, CSPP/糖心传媒 participated in the San Francisco Pride Parade in a BIG way with a double-decker bus! 听.
Special thanks to听Meg Hardin, as the San Francisco Pride Chair, student听Sarah Saleh听for arranging the double-decker bus donation with Spencer as the driver from City Sightseeing Tours,听Dr. Michael Loewy听and his partner who brought terrific music, 听Dr. Mary Fambrough听who brought food and was one of our contingent monitors,听Betsy Gomezand her husband who made a special effort to be contingent monitors, and the fantastic STUDENTS who helped with planning, contingent monitor training, the bus design, and post-parade clean up, including听Jeannette Bergfeld,听Raquel Henry,听Simon Ferber,听Jeannette Bergfeld,听Ken Perez,听Kristen Wortman, and听Jessica Valencia.
Spring 2013 Alumni Updates
Dr. Jei Africa听(CSPP-Alameda Clinical PsyD 鈥02 and CSPP-SF Postdoctoral MS in Clinical Psychopharmacology 鈥07) recently established the Jei Africa Dissertation Award for Filipino American Studies, and we are pleased to announce that we have selected the first recipient of the Award, Jacqueline Jimenez. Ms. Jimenez鈥 dissertation topic is 鈥淭ransnational Parenting: The Experience of Filipino Immigrant Mothers Who Have Left Their Children in the Phillipines.鈥 Thank you Dr. Africa for your generosity, and congratulations Jacqueline!
Dr. Chris Tobin听(CSPP-SF, Org Psych PhD 鈥05) presented in our Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series in May at our SF campus. His topic was 鈥淭ranslating Business Priorities into Individual, Team and Organizational Interventions.鈥
Dr. LeighAnn DeJesse听(CSPP-SF Clinical PsyD 鈥12) and听Dr. Diane Zelman听(CSPP-SF, Postdoctoral MS/Clinical Psychopharmocology 鈥11, and Professor and Associate Program director, CSPP-HK & SF), had their article, 鈥淧romoting Optimal Mental Health-nutritionist Collaboration in the Treatment of Eating Disorders,鈥 accepted for publication in the journal Eating Disorders. Their work based on the above article was also accepted for presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association in March.
Dr. Eugene Dilan听(CSPP-Alameda, Clinical PsyD 鈥99) is the current Chair of听听补苍诲听. Dr. Dilan organized the CPA Division III Northern California event at the CSPP-SF earlier this month in conjunction with the SF Organization Psychology program. Dr. Chris Tobin, another alum, was the keynote speaker (see below).
Dr. Nina Ghiselli听(CSPP-Alameda, Clinical PsyD 鈥00, CSPP-SF Adjunct Faculty & current Director for Accessibility Services for CSPP/糖心传媒) has created the听Office of Accessibility (formerly Office of Disability Services)听. Please also explore their听听鈥 a recent post was an NY Times article about 鈥淒isability and Discrimination at the Doctor鈥檚 Office.鈥
Dr. George Hu听(CSPP-SF, Clinical PsyD 鈥11)听听for听the international affairs newsletter of APA.
Dr. Alexis Shoemate听(CSPP-SF, Organizational Psychology PhD 鈥03) recently left 糖心传媒 International University after 5 years of service with our Institutional Research Department. She is now the听, whose mission is to connect good people to good causes through music.
Dr. Chris Tobin听(CSPP-SF, Organizational Psychology PhD 鈥05)听presented in our San Francisco Organizational Psychology Colloquium Series earlier this month on the topic of 鈥淭ranslating Business Priorities Into Individual, Team and Organizational Interventions.鈥澨鼵hris is presently the Senior Vice President of HR at SayMedia.
Dr. Benjamin Tong听(CSPP-Berkeley, Clinical PhD 鈥74), presented on the topic of 鈥淭aoism鈥 in our Huston Smith Center for Psychological and Spiritual Development Spirituality Forum Series earlier this Spring.
Dr. Randy Wyatt听(CSPP-Berkeley, Clinical PhD 鈥89, and current CSPP-SF Director of Professional Training)听presented on the topic of 鈥淲orking with Client Spirituality in Psychotherapy: The Good Samaritan and Beyond鈥澨齣n our Huston Smith Center for Psychological and Spiritual Development Spirituality Forum Series earlier this Spring.
New Degree Program in SF:听The Couple & Family Therapy (formerly MFT) Program is now being offered on the San Francisco campus! Under the direction of Site Director听Dr. Marcia Michaels, our first masters cohort will begin classes in Fall 2013. We expect the campus to be a local gathering place for MFTs and alumni, and plan to offer a wide range of activities. For instance, in conjunction with AAMFT-CA, we offered the Employment Options for MFTs Workshop in November and the statewide MFT Student Research Conference will be held in February 2014. We encourage you to us (CSPPalumni@alliant.edu) if there are specific professional opportunities you would like us to offer, or just to introduce yourself to Dr. Michaels. She is new to the community so she welcomes meeting new colleagues.
Honoring of Dr. Paul Werner, long-time CSPP Faculty:听CSPP Professor Emeritius Dr. Paul Werner was honored earlier this month for his 30+ years of service to CSPP. Many former faculty were in attendance, and the San Francisco campus听unveiled a 鈥淥n the Shoulders of Giants鈥 wall which honors our CSPP-Berkeley/Alameda/San Francisco faculty who helped to make us what we are today.
SF Pride June 30:听Please refer to the announcement above.
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