The Hidden Burden: Creating a Social Justice Practice While Avoiding Burnout
Racial Trauma Among the BIPOC Community
BY CHARLOTTE REDDEN HAMILTON, PH.D., LPC/S, DEAN, COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
A Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh
BY LILITH LESLIE CHEUNG, M.A., DOCTORAL STUDENT IN TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND CHARLOTTE REDDEN HAMILTON, PH.D., LPC/S, DEAN, COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Necessity of Critical Race Theory
To combat rampant misinformation about Critical Race Theory, we take a closer look at what it really is and why it’s vital to creating a more equitable future in the United States.
The Clouded Contours of Change
As nagging economic and social instability have many Americans worried, two researchers seek to understand the obstacles we face and determine what must be done to help.
The shift from ally to accomplice
2020 has kept the fight for racial justice in the forefront. Finding ways to enter the conversation and move forward are key for a humane future.
More, More, More!
Overconsumption’s roots can be traced through our evolutionary development, but today this tendency is ensuring survival of no one—especially our planet.
Transformation amid turbulent times
Change management principles usually applied to businesses provide a course of action for a nation facing the turmoil that 2020 has created.
A Community Beyond Policing
As calls to demilitarize and defund police departments grow across the country, how might social workers and public health experts step up and work together to help heal a broken system?
From empty promises to policies and action
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, companies flocked to social media to say they were listening and would do better. Their business practices suggest otherwise.
The early old bird gets the worm
How we listen to and care for our elderly sets the tone for how we listen and care for our future.
Humanizing Villains
Crime culture is inextricable from popular culture. Why are we so interested, and should we be?
A colorblind future
Are the machines making us better, or are we making them worse?
The time we all became homebodies
What has our time at home awakened during the lockdown—besides reminding us that time is a construct?
Conspiracy theories: a booming business
Somehow, the age of information seems to have left us less informed than ever before, and it has created the perfect environment for conspiracies to thrive.
A Corporate Coming-of-Age
Companies seeking to remain inclusive, diverse, and competitive should view generational turnover as an opportunity for reflection and organizational growth.
Once upon a hashtag
Despite foreign influences infiltrating political campaigns and social media posts undermining truth, creating positive social change is still possible with online storytelling.
Our Silenced Soldiers
When one in four confirm they’ve experienced sexual trauma while serving in the military, what can mental health professionals do to help?
Justifiably Maladjusted
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached that we must be maladjusted to the bigotry and racism in our society. Find out what that means today.
Rather be certain than right?
Faculty member Linda Riebel, Ph.D., discusses why—today more than ever—we must understand the dangers of the illogical “self-sealing doctrine” in religion and politics.
The obsolete office
Today’s work environment requires leaders who can adapt, innovate, and inspire in the interconnected global economy.
More than a thousand words
A first of its kind study abroad excursion to Berlin, Germany gave five members of the Saybrook community a closer look at how the global immigration crisis is affecting individuals, families, and entire communities.
Envisioning transformative social change
How Saybrook University scholar-activists can bring about positive social change visions, strategies, and solutions for the world.
CIMHS webinar available online: Can ACA improve the status of the U.S. healthcare system?
