mental health

SAS Alumni Webinar Featuring Dr. Nola Veazie

The SAS Alumni Special Interest Group and the Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR) is pleased to announce our next webinar featuring Dr. Nola Veazie on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 4pm Arizona time.  During this webinar, Dr. Veazie will be speaking about how achieving her doctoral degree has helped her to achieve greater success in research especially in the counseling community.

SAS Alumni Webinar Featuring Dr. Nola Veazie

The SAS Alumni Special Interest Group and the Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR) is pleased to announce our next webinar featuring Dr. Nola Veazie on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 4pm Arizona time.  During this webinar, Dr. Veazie will be speaking about how achieving her doctoral degree has helped her to achieve greater success in research especially in the counseling community.

This week’s spotlight focuses on Dr. Joann Kovacich. She is a Dissertation Chair for the School of Advanced Studies (SAS). Dr. Kovacich received her Ph.D. from Northeastern University in Law, Policy, and Society, with a concentration in Culture and Health. She has used this degree as an applied cultural and medical anthropologist, ethnographer, consultant, program evaluator, and grant writer. Since 2007, Dr. Kovacich has also lent her expertise as a dissertation committee member and a faculty member teaching a variety of courses.

Beyond Stigma And Bias, Many Transgender People Struggle With Mental Health

Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News

Diana Feliz Oliva, a 45-year-old transgender woman who grew up outside Fresno, Calif., remembers being bullied when she was younger and feeling confused about her gender identity. She was depressed and fearful about being found out, and she prayed every night for God to take her while she slept.