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Trustee Profile: Steven S. Fischman
In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps, Steven S. Fischman was an undergraduate at Kenyon College in Ohio. Following his graduation, despite mounting educational loans, he put his purpose and passion to work as a volunteer in Colombia—a decision...
Psychology, Adult Learning Theory, and Social-Emotional Competencies
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) awarded William James College’s Center for Behavioral Health, Equity, and Leadership in Schools (BHELS) a one-time, $220,900 grant to facilitate a Superintendent Leadership Conference focused on teacher diversification.
Celebrating Excellence: Faculty Research Awards
The Center for Psychological Science and the Scholarship & Research Committee at William James College have announced the latest internal faculty research award recipients. Dr. Carolyn Rabin, Professor and Director of the Health Psychology Concentration, received a Faculty Seed Grant for her project...
Collaborating to Embrace the Most Vulnerable Haitian Migrants: Center for Workforce Development to Host Conference Aimed at Fostering the Well-Being of Haitian Mothers and Children Through Community-Based Partnerships
For two members of the William James College community in particular, the humanitarian crisis that persists in Haiti is not simply devastating, it’s deeply personal. “For those of us who live in the diaspora, home is always very close to our heart,” says Gemima St. Louis, PhD, Vice President of...
Clinical and Counseling Students, Alumni, and Faculty Attend the American Psychology-Law Society Conference
Students, alumni, and faculty from the Clinical Psychology and Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs attended the annual AP-LS conference in Los Angeles last week to present their research to mental health and legal professionals from around the world.
For Effective DEIB Efforts, First Know Thyself
Higher education and mental health professionals from across 72 institutions and organizations attend Part III of the Reimagining Behavioral Health on Campus Summit centered around the theme "Celebrating Diversity."
Want Behavioral Health Workers to Stay? Intentionally Support Them
WJC’s Dr. Gemima St. Louis, Dr. Natalie Cort, and Dr. Alexandra Alden presented at the at the Accelerate The Future Behavioral Health Workforce Development Innovation Symposium at Boston College on building a scalable model with community health organizations to retain their workers while advancing...
William James College and Department of Mental Health Co-Sponsor Inaugural Co-Response Research Symposium
William James College's Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health (CRBH), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH), successfully organized a first-of-its-kind Co-Response Research Symposium on March 31, 2023 at the Warren Conference Center and Inn in Ashland, MA....
Children’s Mental Health Matters: William James College Hosts Annual Conference and Launches the Center for Behavioral Health, Equity, and Leadership in Schools
William James College ushered in Mental Health Awareness Month and celebrated Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week on May 5 with a half-day conference aimed at exchanging knowledge and best practices in addressing the mental health needs of children, adolescents and families — in particular, those...
William James College Awarded $50,000 Cigna Foundation Grant To Support Mental Health Equity Program for Asian American Communities in Massachusetts
WJC was awarded a $50,000 grant by the Cigna Foundation to fund a one-year pilot of the Asian Competency Education (ACE) program. The program will help increase equity and access to quality behavioral health care for underserved Asian populations in the Commonwealth.
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