Jenny Calhoun, M.A. Organizational Psychology 2009
March 8, 2010
I’ve just taken a new position at Seattle Children’s Hospital where I’ll be working as a Family Centered Care Specialist. I report to the Director of Patient and Family Support Services and will be helping to facilitate, support, and promote the practice of family-centered care throughout the hospital. The following link gives information on what family-centered care means at Seattle Children’s: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/patients-families/partnering-with-us/family-centered-care/
I couldn’t be happier about my new position! It is a perfect blend of my interests in helping to provide respectful and dignified access to health care and organizational development. Another bonus is that I’ll be able to use my Spanish skills to increase our collaborations with Spanish-speaking families.
Suzette Lisuk, M.A. Psychology 2002
March 5, 2010
After winning a five year battle with cancer, I am now healthy and opening my own practice in Denver, Colorado. I have joined LifeSource Health and Wellness as a full partner and look foward to building my practice here in The Rockies. Any Antioch lumni in the area please feel free to stop in or contact me anytime: Suzette Lisuk, M.A. 65 South Wadsworth Boulevard Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Office: 303-934-3600. Email: suzettelisuk@yahoo.com. We offer many services such as Chiropractic, massage, nutrition and acupuncture….Alumni discounts go without saying!! Hope you are all well as Spring approaches.
Tamra Dickinson, M.A. Organizational Psychology 2009
March 1, 2010
“ I have a new job! Wellness Coordinator for Clackamas County (same employer, a promotion, the current coordinator is retiring.) I am going to have such a fun time with systems, community, organizational change, whole person health, and learning a new field. There are many connections between good communication skills and health, so I will be able to continue facilitating the new communications skills class I just developed, as well as some other leadership related classes that I’ve been doing for the county.”
Dr. Anil Coumar, M.A. Psychology 1994
February 26, 2010
Dr. Coumar has been appointed as a clinical instructor in the University of Washington’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences retroactive to 9/15/09. He also serves as director of the UW’s Mental Health Clinic, Hall Health Center. He is currently a member of the 2009 AUS Board of Trustees and is the recipient of the 2003 AUS Distinguished Alumni Award.
Mary Longhurst, M.A. Strategic Communications 2009 and MJ McGailliard, M.A. Strategic Communications 2008
February 25, 2010
Strategic Communication graduates Mary Longhurst, M.A. ’09, and MJ McGalliard, M.A. ’08, have joined forces to create Retro Productions LLC (retroproductionsvideo.com) which specializes in personal history documentaries, as well as business and artist profile videos for websites. Mary and MJ are fascinated with peoples’ stories and long to preserve them on video. Working in high-definition, they bring the latest technology to the art of storytelling and get to the heart of the story by tailoring each project to their subject’s needs and comfort level, and by incorporating personal documents and photographs in their videos. Both feel Antioch University Seattle uniquely prepared them for this venture by requiring they work within their local communities in completing their change projects.
Alley Greymond, B.A. 2004 and M.A. Whole Systems Design 2007
February 23, 2010
Alley Greymond, B.A. ’04, and M.A. Whole Systems Design ’07, is a Port of Seattle document control specialist, Engineering, who has just been named the organization’s 2009 Charles Blood Champion of Diversity Award recipient. She was selected from among six finalists.
A ceremony in her honor will be held 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at Pier 69 West Atrium in Seattle. You can also email her your congratulations at greymond.a@portSeattle.org.
According to a recent port email, “during Greymond’s tenure at the Port of Seattle, she has consistently put ‘diversity into action’ in extraordinary ways and truly modeled the Port leader competency leverage diversity by leading with her ideas, by making good things happen with energy and perseverance and by holding firm to a vision of a fair, inclusive, and productive workplace.
“When Greymond worked in Accounting and Procurement Services (now Accounting and Financial Reporting – AFR), she initiated a brown bag series for department members to speak about culture issues that reflected their personal passion.
“Additionally, she was a founding member and lead for the AFR “Enrichment and Diversity” initiative that involved creating a diversity library, providing web content, and hosting meetings between AFR and other affinity group leaders. Most notably perhaps, as part of this effort, Greymond was the project manager of the Port’s first Portwide Diversity Day Celebration.
“In her current role in Engineering, Greymond co-designed and hosted a booth that focused on communication differences and worked with staff in HR&D to facilitate four workshops on navigating transitions. These workshops added great value and gave staff hope and a sense of possibility during a time when Port employees were facing many challenges.
“As a member of the 2008-2009 Development and Diversity (D&D) Council, Greymond was a consistent and conscientious contributor with imaginative ideas. She was a skillful facilitator at one of the four “2009 Diversity Day” celebration panels and also hosted two outreach sessions as part of the council’s partnership with Executive in gaining employee feedback on the recently adopted statement of values.
“Finally, within the broader Northwest community and region, Greymond has made significant contributions to the Red Sky Poetry Center. As organizer of the 2010 series her goal is to showcase women and people of color.”
Hye-Kyung Kang, M.A. Psychology 1995
February 1, 2010
Hye-Kyung Kang has recently published a book titled Cultural Citizenship and Immigrant Community Identity: Constructing a Multi-Ethnic Asian American Community. Here is the link to the publisher’s website: https://www.lfbscholarly.com/product-detail/cultural-citizenship-and-immigrant-community-identity-constructing-a-multiethnic-asian-american-community
Jesse Mae Metts, B.A. 2008
January 15, 2010
Jesse Mae Metts, BA ’08 with a focus on arts and literature, is the new student services coordinator in the Antioch University Seattle B.A. program. Since she graduated, Jesse has started the arts organization, Ampere, and her first book will be published in 2010.
Ampere connects artists of all mediums to each other and to the Seattle community through events and other activities. Her new book will be called Please. It’s made up of side-glances and anecdotes about pleasure. In it she also takes a look at the different ways that people realize, share, withhold and appreciate joy in their lives.
Alum President of Two Non-Profit Agencies
January 6, 2010
Arval (Hal) Morris, M.A. Psychology ’06, lives in Brazil and is the president of two non-profit agencies:
1) The Brazilian Children’s Charity is a U.S. non-profit 503(c)(3) where U.S. citizens and corporations may donate money to the B.C.C. and have the donation deducted off of their U.S. taxes. This non-profit is based in Seattle, Washington and is located on the web at: www.bccharity.org
2) The Brasileira Crianças Caridade is a Brazil non-profit where Brazilian citizens, corporations and permanent residents of Brazil may donate money and have the donation deducted off of their Brazilian taxes. This non-profit is based out of Rio de Janeiro Brazil and is located on the web (in Portuguese) at: www.bccaridade.org
These are two completely separate organizations (they are not sister organizations) with two different Board of Directors but with the same goal in mind - to provide safe mental health services to homeless children and low-income families free-of-charge in Rio de Janeiro.
Meetings for the Brasileira Crianças Caridade are held in Portuguese and Hal is the only U.S. citizen on the Board, whereas meetings with the Brazilian Children’s Charity are held in English and there is one Brazilian and one German on the Board.
Hal began work on the Brazilian Children’s Charity in 2006. The Brasileira Crianças Caridade was just officially recognized by the Brazilian government in October, 2009. It took over one year to form the Brasileira Crianças Caridade. Much like the U.S. government (I.R.S.) controls the Brazilian Children’s Charity’s non-profit status, the Brazilian government (Ministerio de Fazendo) controls the Brasileira Crianças Caridade’s non-profit status.
Once again, two separate organizations with one goal: assisting a largely forgotten population with safe and free mental health services. Hal’s main objectives are to introduce C.C.F.T. and M.H.C. techniques to between two and 10 Brazilian psychology students in Rio de Janeiro and hope that they will become part of the solution to the social problem of poverty within Brazilian culture. The expectation is that these students will continue to assist pro-bono after graduation.
Much like the saying: “Give a person a fish, feed them for a day,” Hal likes to say “teach a person to fish, feed them every day.” The BCC is attempting to create a more permanent solution for the mental health needs of these children. In the future, he hopes to expand in size and to other cities in Brazil.
“Also in the near future we hope to invite guest lecturers so that a AAMFT licensed therapist may travel to Brazil and receive continuing education units while melding with the minds of local Brazilian therapists.
“On the micro level, the BCC will assist with the mental health concerns of a population that is generally forgotten. On the macro level, the BCC may strengthen professional ties in the filed of psychology between the U.S. and Brazil.
“We are always accepting donations. Remember, all donations are deductible from United States taxes as applicable under U.S. law for donations to U.S. non-profit organizations with 503(c)(3) status.
Hal also will be presenting on behalf of the BCC at the XVIII World Family Therapy Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 17-20, 2010. ”This is an amazing professional honor and will create more exposure and legitimacy for our cause! I am both proud and happy at this recognition!” In April he hopes to co-write and have published a paper on his speech. He will be presenting with Dr. Bill Forisha, former Antioch University Seattle Psychology professor and the organizer, and two other therapists, Dr. Flor Vilvel (Psychologist) from Arequipa, Peru and another person that is a friend of Dr. Forisha. “Our one hour workshop is titled, Training in Systemic Intervention for Underserved Populations in India, Brazil and Peru. The focus is on systemic therapy.”
Patricia Paul, B.A. 1993
January 4, 2010
Patricia’s life always includes travel! In 2009 she was a panelist speaker of indigenous women activists at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY to students in native and women studies. She also participated in a Women’s Talking Circle in Buffalo, NY and saw Niagara Falls and visited friends in Syracuse, NY and on Seneca tribal lands. Her visit spurred a small family reunion in Saegertown, PA with two aunts and their families and cousins from West Virginia and New Hampshire. In her hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska, she was the Parliamentarian at the annual shareholder’s meeting of Doyon, LTD.
In addition, she was appointed co-chair of the Washington State Bar Association Bar News Committee and as a member of the WSBA Continuing Legal Education Committee and was appointed as a 2010 Fellow with the WSBA Leadership Institute. Finally, she moved her private law practice to a waterfront office in La Conner, Washington.
