Annual Master’s Colloquium November 15-17, 2019

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For more information on our speakers please click the asterisked link or you will find a list of links on the last page.

Thursday, November 14, 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium Pizza Dinner 5:00-7:00 (Optional). Join Prescott College campus-based students and Faculty for an

evening of fun conversation, activities, and fellowship.

Friday, November 15, 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium Presentations and Activities

8:00a – 9a Welcome Breakfast and Check-in

Crossroads

Community Room

Check-in with Academic Operations before enjoying your complimentary breakfast provided

by the Prescott College Café.

9a – 9:30a WELCOME

Crossroads

Community Room

Prescott College President John Flicker and Provost Paul Burkhardt, Ph.D., welcome all

students to the Annual Master’s Colloquium.

9:30a – 10:30a Sharing Circles

Crossroads

Community Room MS Environmental Studies (MSES) Sharing Circle Meriel Brooks, Ph.D *

Crossroads 201 Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Sharing Circle Robin Currey, Ph.D *

Crossroads 202 Arts & Humanities (AH) Sharing Circle Ellen Greenblum, MFA*

Crossroads 204 Education (ED) Sharing Circle Centae Richards, Ph.D *

Crossroads 205 MA Environmental Studies (MAES) Sharing Circle Peter Sherman, Ph.D.*

Ironwood D MBA in Sustainability Leadership (SL) Sharing Circle Hava Villaverde, MBA/JD*

Ironwood A SJCO On Campus and Online Faculty, Student, and

Alumni Social Hour

Zoe Hammer, Ph.D.*

April Ruth Hoffman, Ph.D*

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Cicada Resilient and Sustainable Communities Laird Christensen, Ph.D.*

Sinagua A Critical Psychology Sebastienne Grant, Ph.D.*

10:30a – 10:45a Break

10:45a – 12:30p Library and Graduate Research Alexis Weiss, MLS/MA*

Crossroads

Community Room

This presentation will detail the resources available through the Prescott College Library and

will include strategies and techniques for advanced research, as well as a tutorial on the

Citation Manager RefWorks.

12:30p – 1:30p Lunch

Crossroads

Community Room Everyone is invited to enjoy a complimentary lunch provided by the Prescott College Café.

1:30p – 5:00p

Online MS Environmental Studies and Resilient

Sustainable Communities – Curriculum and Capstone

Workshop

Meriel Brooks, Ph.D.

Laird Christensen, Ph.D.

Ron Steffens, MFA*

Lori Curtis, MS*

Crossroads

Community Room

Navigating the Curriculum and the Capstone, with students from the Master’s in Resilient and

Sustainable Communities and the Master’s in Environmental Studies programs.

1:30p – 4:00p

SFS/MBA in Sustainability Leadership Joint

Communication Workshop: Becoming Effective

Communicators in the Podcast Era

Robin Currey, Ph.D.

Hava Villaverde, MBA/JD

Lisa Trocchia, Ph.D.*

Wendy Sue Harper, Ph.D.*

Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Ph.D.*

Crossroads 201 In both large and small learning groups, students will workshop abstracts, short bios, elevator

pitches, and practice basic interviewing skills. MBA Students will break out at 4:00 PM.

1:30p – 5:00p Arts & Humanities Program Content Ellen Greenblum, MFA

Crossroads 202 Join the Director of Arts and Humanities for program-related content.

1:30p – 2:15p Adventure Education Sharing Circle (AE) Forrest Schwartz, Ph.D.*

Crossroads 203 Join the Director of Adventure Education for Sharing Circle.

1:30p – 5:00p Critical Psychology Program Content, Advising Sebastienne Grant, Ph.D.

Sinagua A Join the Director of Critical Psychology for program-related content.

1:30p - 5:00p Come Speak with Peter Sherman, Director of the MA in ES Peter Sherman, Ph.D.

Crossroads 205

Get information on developing projects, Capstones, and Theses; help with moving on towards

doctoral programs or jobs; funding your research; writing tips for academics; oral

presentation tricks of the trade; or whatever else is on your mind.

1:30p – 5:00p Social Justice and Community Organizing MA Thesis,

Capstone, and Panel Presentations

Zoe Hammer, Ph.D.

April Ruth Hoffman, Ph.D.

ITV Classroom

In this session, Second Year SJCO MA students will present their Thesis Projects and Capstones

and First Year On-Campus SJCO students will present a panel on their Urban Field Orientation

in Los Angeles. (On-Campus students are required to present and attend all

presentations. Online students are enthusiastically invited to attend in person or via Zoom,

and are welcome to present MA Capstone Projects in person or via Zoom, individually or on

panels, but are not required to do either.) A video recording of the presentations will be made

available to all Online students

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Friday, November 15, 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium (continued) Student Presentations

1:30p – 5:00p ED Student Presentations Centae Richards, Ph.D., facilitator

“We Gonna Be Alright” Jennifer Bronson

Crossroads 204

My thesis question is the following: How does a conscious awareness of mental health

education contribute to holistic socio-emotional regulation within the Southern African

American community. My presentation will be centered my question, data, and findings.

Audience would be whomever is interested in my research.

Crossroads 204

.

“Communicating Resistance: Seeking Choices vs. Errors in Student

Writing”

Hannah Mueller

What happens to students’ writing experience when teachers ask about their choices rather

than mark their errors? Following a practicum at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Writing

Center, this presentation offers theoretical background and practical tips for building critical

language awareness—both our own and our students’. By reframing errors as choices, we can

begin to help students use their writing to challenge the racio-linguistic ideology of Standard

American English. The presenter shares her perspective on applying these learnings in the

graduate writing center, a community ESOL program for immigrants, and in a creative writing

LRU Prescott class.

Crossroads 204

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“Making the Connections: Equine Assisted Learning, Anxiety, and

Neuroscience”

Alison Osborn

This presentation reviews the results of a quantitative case study of an Equine Assisted

Learning program for adolescents with anxiety. This presentation will also propose that in

order for EAL to be a viable intervention within the school system for struggling students there

needs to be more research grounded in scientific fields, specifically neuroscience.

2:30p – 4:00p AE Workshop: Exploring Ecological Identity: Theory and

Practice for Educators Deb Matlock, MA*

Crossroads 203

During this workshop, participants will explore ecological identity in both theory and practice.

Consideration will be given as to what ecological identity is, why it is important, how it impacts

our sense of self and personal decisions, and how it can be explored and nurtured in an

educational setting. Through discussion and experiential activities, participants will gain a

better understanding of their own ecological identity as well as the importance of exploring

ecological identity within their own unique academic and professional interests.

4:00p – 5:00p MBA in Sustainability Leadership Workshop: Managing Your Brand Rich Ormond

Ironwood D

Join Rich Ormond of Prescott College’s Career Advising to learn about managing your brand to

support your professional and personal objectives. The presentation will include a primer on

basic strategies for LinkedIn and social media.

Student Presentations

4:10p – 5:00p “Job-Related Stress in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare” Robert Lee

Crossroads 203

This presentation will describe the unique pressures of working in Outdoor Behavioral

Healthcare (OBH) with a particular focus on field guides. It will discuss the susceptibility of

OBH field staff to stressors that can lead to burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious

trauma. The implications of said job-related stress will be discussed in terms of their

implications for employers, in terms of human resources, as well as the overall efficacy of their

services.

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Student Presentations

4:15p – 5:00p “The Gosar Sibling Ad Rollout - A Failure to Distinguish Between Media

Attention and Controlling the Narrative” Jay Ruby

Crossroads 202

In the Fall of 2018 the Gosar Sibling political ad skyrocketed to attention in the political world. It used testimony and the reflection of creative territory that I had learned as an actor at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards. The ad about the Gosar siblings won numerous awards and got media attention but failed to shift the narrative in Arizona's 4th Congressional District. This presentation will be about that process and how media attention is not the same as controlling the narrative.

5:00p – 7:00p Reception and Dinner

Crossroads

Community Room

Please join us for a reception and dinner with faculty, fellow students, visiting experts, and our

Keynote Speaker.

7:00p – 9:00p

Keynote Address - Tohono O’odham Rights Advocate/Community

Organizer and Co-Founder of the Tohono O’odham Hemajkam Rights

Network (TOHRN)

Amy R. Juan*

Crossroads

Community Room

“Himdag ‘o wud t-Gewkdag, Our Culture is Our Power”, is the foundational principle from

which Amy Juan will be sharing her work on indigenous food sovereignty, youth/people

empowerment and the impacts of U.S. Border Policies on Indigenous Peoples human rights.

Growing up on the Tohono O’odham Nation amidst historical transformations in O’odham

Himdag (Culture), traditional food revitalization and border militarization, she is a firm believer

in traditional O’odham values and using them as a catalyst for her current work on the

International Indigenous Human Rights platform. She has been featured in many panels

ranging from local communities to the United Nations, and in articles from The Intercept, High

Country News, and most recently MTV News.

Saturday, November 16, 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium Presentations and Activities

7:30a – 9:30a Hike (Optional) Ellen Greenblum, MFA

Café Parking Lot Start your day with a morning hike! Transportation will be provided.

8:30a – 9:30a Fruit and Coffee

Crossroads

Community Room Stop by for complimentary fruit and something to drink to start your day.

Breakout Sessions: Professional & Career Development Panels (choose one):

9:30a – 11:00a Using Business for Good: The Creation of an Ecopreneurial

Venture

Marna Hauk, Ph.D.*

Dan DeClercq, MBA*

Bill Prado, DBA*

Hava Villaverde, JD/MBA

Crossroads

Community

Room

Interested in starting your own sustainable business, non-profit, co-op, community-based

organization or other entrepreneurial venture? Join this session to discuss the ins and outs of

starting your own venture.

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Presentations and Activities

9:30a – 11:00a Professional & Career Development Panel:

Activism/Organizing

Zoe Hammer, Ph.D.

April Ruth Hoffman, Ph.D.

Michael Belt, MA*

Parris Wallace

Rachel Herzing, MA*

Maddox Wolfe, MA*

Luis Perales, MA*

ITV Classroom

This Q&A session offers a panel of professionals working in diverse fields related to organizing

and movement building. Panelists will describe their jobs and then answer student questions

regarding skills, career pathways, daily work experiences, and any other career-related

questions they may have.

9:30a – 11:00a Professional & Career Development Panel: Public Agencies

and Non-Profit Organizations

Ron Steffens, MFA

Lori Curtis, MS

Leslie Graser*

Crossroads 202 Join our experienced panel members as they provide guidance on how to build careers related

to service in government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

9:30a – 11:00a “Identifying and Removing Barriers: Creating Inclusive Outings” Aaron Leonard*

Crossroads 203

Everyone should have the opportunity to explore and enjoy the outdoors. Unfortunately, there

exist many barriers that prevent everyone from having that opportunity. Aaron Leonard will lead

participants in briefly examining the history of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the

outdoors. The discussion then becomes a workshop where you will break into small groups and

help to identify barriers that exist today in a sample community (Bronx County, New York), along

with ways that those barriers can be eliminated or mitigated.

11:00a – 12:30p MS Online Environmental Studies – Leveraging Your

Practicum

Meriel Brooks, Ph.D.

Lori Curtis, MS

Crossroads

Community

Room

How can your practicum be used to enhance your Capstone and Career? Work with Lori Curtis,

MS and Meriel Brooks, Ph.D. to plan for how your required courses can enhance your program

of study.

11:00a – 12:30p Sustainable Food Systems – Learning Circle/Peer Advising;

Capstone Consultations with Advisors Robin Currey, Ph.D.

Crossroads 201

Large group-facilitated peer-learning/advising session with opportunities to break out into small

group or individual Capstone advising sessions; new students have the opportunity to learn

more about the MSFS program.

11:00a – 12:30p Arts & Humanities Program Content Ellen Greenblum, MFA

Crossroads 202 Join the Director of Arts and Humanities for program-related content.

11:00a – 11:30a Adventure Education Student Presentations Forrest Schwartz, Ph.D., facilitator

Crossroads 203

“Empathy in Experiential Learning Environments” Abigail Stroven

This presentation will be a report of my findings from a mixed-methods study measuring

changes in empathy in a group of 21 people who participated in a three-week immersive

experiential learning program for high school students. I observed them briefly during their

week of theology classes and extensively during their week of service-learning. I traveled with

the group from Boston to Reykjavik, Iceland. I spent ten days observing their behavior as well as

their interactions between each other and anyone else they encountered while traveling.

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Presentations and Activities

11:30a – 12:00p Qualifying Presentation: “Early Garden-Based Learning in Phoenix” Lisa Jennings

Crossroads 203

I will be presenting on early childhood garden-based learning. I will begin by showing how my

classroom’s empty garden plot has evolved since the beginning of the school year in August. Our

emergent curriculum has woven our garden care into a kindness curriculum where my students

are learning to respect and care for the more than human world through their daily garden

hour. I will discuss the garden expansion that is currently underway. We have also been able to

focus on mapping in various ways through our garden. I have lots of photos I will be sharing as I

speak.

12:00p – 12:30p “Completing an S.A.S for Western University of New Mexico” Katie Bigbee

Crossroads 203

I will be presenting on the Self-Assessment Study process for becoming accredited by the

Association of Experiential Education. In this presentation, I will share the work I am doing with

Dr. Kathy Whiteham to accredit the Outdoor Recreation Department of Western University of

New Mexico (WUNM) to the standards laid out by the Association of Experiential Education. We

are achieving this goal through the guidance of Self-Assessment Study (SAS). This presentation

will cover the importance, the criteria, and the process to become accredited by the AEE as it

pertains to the Outdoor Recreation Department of WUNM.

11:00a – 12:30p Professional & Career Development Panel: The Peaks and

Valleys of Non-Traditional Education

Centae Richards, Ph.D.

Deb Matlock, MA

Crossroads 204

Join the Assistant Dean of Education and invited panel guests in engaging the topic of non-

traditional forms of education through an interactive discussion panel. Invited guests will

investigate the triumphs, challenges, employment pathways, safety, salary implications, and

ethical considerations of educators involved in a wide variety of disciplines pertaining to fields of

study and employment considered to be non-formal versions of education. Participants discover

information through interactive activities, panel discussions, and a Q&A session.

11:00a – 12:30p MA Environmental Studies Program Content Peter Sherman, Ph.D.

Crossroads 205 The MA ES program is being “Taught Out”. What does this mean for you? This session will

answer all your questions about the final semesters of the MA ES.

11:00a – 12:30p MBA in Sustainability Leadership Course

Advising/Capstone Consultations Hava Villaverde, MBA/JD

Ironwood D Discussion of Program Tracking System, Capstone Project ideas and group discussion; advising

sessions.

11:00a – 12:30p Social Justice and Community Organizing Career Planning

Sessions

Zoe Hammer, Ph.D.

April Ruth Hoffman, Ph.D.

ITV Classroom

April Ruth Hoffman will facilitate a Career Planning session for mid-career professionals focused

on how to maximize your SJCO MA educational experience to reach your career goals. Zoe

Hammer will facilitate a Career Planning session for entry-level organizers focused on how to

identify your career goals, develop a career plan, and organize your Practicum, Thesis, Elective,

and Capstone to reach your personal, political, and career objectives.

11:00a – 12:30p Resilient and Sustainable Communities – Professionalization

Follow-Up Laird Christensen, Ph.D.

Cicada

To follow-up on the morning’s professionalization panel, students will consider possibilities in

their own bioregions for finding partners for Applied Professional Projects, as well as networking

opportunities.

11:00a – 12:30p Critical Psychology Program Content Sebastienne Grant, Ph.D.

Sinagua A Join the Director of Critical Psychology for program-related content.

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Presentations and Activities

12:30p – 1:30p Lunch

Crossroads

Community

Room

Join us for a complimentary lunch provided by the Prescott College Café.

1:30p – 3:30p Deep Green Enterprise Pitchfest Hava Villaverde, MBA/JD

Crossroads 201

Hear the pitches of future ecological enterprises from graduate scholars who have been

designing nonprofits, public benefit corporations, and cooperatively structured endeavors

inspired by ecological and social justice and vision. In this dynamic session, along with a panel

of business experts, you will have a chance to catch inspiration and to offer feedback and

support. Get a sense of what projects learners at Prescott College are incubating. Multiple

pitches from an array of projects and graduate programs present a view into Prescott's

Ecopreneurship course.

1:30p – 3:30p Climate Change, Race & Wealth Inequality - Panel

Discussion

Zoe Hammer, Ph.D., Moderator,

Amy Juan, Kaitlin Noss, Ph.D.*

Crossroads 202

This roundtable session features Colloquium Keynote Speaker, Amy Juan and Director of the

New York University Prison Education Project, Dr. Kaitlin Noss (PC’02). In a conversational

format, panelists will discuss their research and activism, presenting historical and

contemporary analysis of relationships between climate change, racialization, and wealth

inequality. Each panelist’s work engages with specific territorial configurations, from colonial

and postcolonial Kenya, to the Tohono O’odham nation, to the expanding global archipelago of

increasingly militarized borders dividing the Global North from the Global South. Presentations

will emphasize emergent possibilities for Climate Justice.

1:30p – 3:30p Precautionary Tales and Tales of Righteousness: Why and How

People Engage in International Sustainable Development Robin Currey, Ph.D.

Crossroads 203

Many environmental, food and social justice challenges have their foundations in colonialism.

One could frame colonialism as “international development” gone terribly wrong, but

development practitioners are challenging that discourse and reframing around the study of the

processes that cause inequities and prosperity at the individual, community and international

level. Applying that knowledge with existing knowledge systems can impact our shared, global

challenges. Hear impact stories from international development practitioner/scholars and learn

how to apply your passions to our toughest sustainability challenges.

1:30p – 3:30p Student Presentations Peter Sherman, Ph.D., facilitator

ITV Classroom

“Reframing the Picture Frame” Jayanna Killingsworth

Do you own a picture frame? If so, you need to hear this! Through an instrumental case study,

this research explores the concept of sustainability inside the picture framing industry. The

picture frame is a centuries old art form, yet they have largely become another background

object of everyday life. However, picture frames are a substantial industry that is tied to global

supply chains and helped generate around two billion dollars of US sales in 2018. Come learn

what concepts like the UN Sustainable Development Goals, supply chain management, and

understanding adult learning do to facilitate expanded dialogue and education.

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Presentations and Activities

ITV Classroom

"A Population Assessment and Comparison of Crisis Restoration

Treatments for An Endangered Species in Del Norte County, California” Greg Jacobs

This presentation considers Ammophila. arenaria as an invasive species that alters and

homogenizes coastal dune ecosystems, creates ecosystem-modifying foredunes, and threatens

rare, seriously endangered, and endemic species such as Phacelia argentea. This study analyzed

the degree of success in restoring P. argentea populations. The methods used for this study

included an intuitive meander approach, flagging P. argentea plants, collecting GPS waypoints

for spatial analysis, and outlining identifying features such as width and size classification for

every counted plant. The results of the population study were compared to previous population

counts to assess the degree of efficacy for recovery efforts.

3:30p – 5:30p “Open Space in Prescott: Granite Dells as a Timely Case Study” Walt Anderson, Ph.D.

Candidacy*

Crossroads

Community

Room

Walt Anderson, former PC instructor and co-founder of the Granite Dells Preservation

Foundation, leads a digital presentation that will share the distinctive values of the Granite Dells

and Granite Creek, provide historical context on recreation and conservation, describe proposed

development in the heart of the Dells, and suggests action steps to protect this community

resource. Walt's presentation will be followed by a hike into the Dells on Sunday morning,

providing real-life context for the land issues facing this iconic landscape.

3:30p – 5:30p Network Weaving: Building Cross-Program Networks Lisa Trocchia, Ph.D.

Crossroads 201

Food connects with everything! Everyone is encouraged to attend this dynamic participatory

network-building workshop that will establish the interconnections between programs

represented at the residency, bioregional assets, and the experience and knowledge held by

fellow Prescott students and faculty. Learn how elements of the food system connect with your

interests and the value of cultivating diverse and complex networks. Discover colleagues and a

new interdisciplinary social network that will help you build capacity for transformative and

sustainable change in the world.

3:30p – 5:30p “Education Power and Privilege in Society” Centae Richards, Ph.D.

Cottonwood A

Join Centae Richards, Ph.D., Prescott College Director, Education and Professional Preparation,

for this workshop where participants take a hands-on and collaborative approach to understand

the patterns of power dynamics within the education system. Participants examine power

structures in the education system from a variety of political and socio-economic perspectives

with the goal of understanding their execution, conservation, and negotiation. The classroom,

informal education structures, bias, administration, and community power are also examined.

3:30p – 5:30p “Hope in the Time of Climate Change” William Throop, Ph.D. *

Crossroads 203

A great challenge of living in our times is avoiding the despair that can come from paying

attention to systems change in our natural world. Hope is necessary for those who wish to

create change, and also for a fulfilling life. Cultivation of this character trait is the topic of the

workshop led by William Throop, Ph.D.

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Sunday, November 17, 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium Presentations and Activities

8:00a – 8:30a Breakfast

Crossroads

Community Room Enjoy a quick breakfast provided by the Prescott College Café.

8:30a – 9:00a Load onto Bus for Trip to Granite Dells

9:30a – 12:00p The Granite Dells: Developing Perspective Walt Anderson, Ph.D. Candidacy

Hilltop Pavilion

at Heritage Park

Walt Anderson will lead a hike on the Willow Dells Trails to look at the scenic beauty of the

Granite Dells, examine some of its natural history, and provide real-life context for the land use

issues facing this iconic landscape.

12:00p – 1:00p BBQ Lunch at the Dells

Hilltop Pavilion Hikers will enjoy a BBQ lunch, courtesy of the Prescott College Café.

Student Presentations

8:30a – 11:25a Adventure Education Student Presentations Denise Mitten, Ph.D. facilitator *

8:30a – 9:10a

Crossroads 205

“CHALLENGE: The Journey from Concept to Trail” Gwendolyn Lyons

AE grad student Gwen Lyons will discuss the process of designing, planning, and implementing

an outdoor adventure club, aptly called Challenge, at Prescott High School in Prescott, AZ.

Challenge was the brainchild of a group of alumni from a similar afterschool program in Phoenix

in the 1970s and 1980s. Partnering with the Azimuth Quest Foundation, and the Prescott Unified

School District, Gwen has worked to mesh programmatic ideas, philosophies, and desired

outcomes into a program aimed at facilitating meaningful outdoor adventure experiences for

high school students.

9:15a – 9:55a

Crossroads 205

“Self-Reflection as a Tool to Enhance Space Analog Experiences” Erin Bonilla

With the rise of commercial human space exploration and the growing need for long-duration

space missions (e.g. to the Moon, Mars, and beyond), the demand for space simulated research,

also known as space analogs, is increasing exponentially. As more people participate in space

analogs, it is important to evaluate, and, if possible, enhance the participant experience. To

support this need, this study was designed to evaluate if critical self-reflection could enhance the

participant experience. The findings were overwhelmingly positive and support a strong

argument to integrate transformative learning methods into space training programs.

10:00a – 10:40a

Crossroads 205

“Relationships with Nature Through Experience” Amy Fischer

Over the summer I embarked on a theory-based study about the relationships that humans

have with nature. After spending time on my own solo trip as well as a backpacking trip with my

mom, I compared the experiences and determined that humans have varying degrees of

relationships with more-than-humans on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level. The degree of

this relationship was impacted by experience, the perceived importance of Place, the concept of

agential realism, and the anthropomorphization of nature. This study will expand to gauge how

teenagers create relationships with nature, and how that relationship can change after

experiences in the outdoors.

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Sunday, November 17, 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium (continued) Presentations and Activities

10:45a – 11:30a “Does Wilderness Therapy Improve Family Relationships?” Carley Nelson

Crossroads 205

Through this presentation, we will explore a case study from the Anasazi Foundation. A

wilderness therapy program that focuses on improving family relationships. This exploration

focuses on the outcomes of participants and their families, tracking data up to a year after they

have left the program.

1:00p – 2:00p Closing Circles & Reflection

Crossroads 201 Sustainable Food Systems

Crossroads 202 Arts & Humanities

Crossroads 203 Adventure Education

Crossroads 204 Education

Crossroads 205 MA Environmental Services

Ironwood A Social Justice and Community Organizing

Cicada Resilient and Sustainable Communities

Sinagua A Critical Psychology

Sinagua B MS Environmental Services

Ironwood D MBA in Sustainability Leadership

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Nov. 2019 Annual Master’s Colloquium Presenter Biographical Links

Walt Anderson, Ph.D. Candidacy *

Michael Belt *

Meriel Brooks, Ph.D. *

Laird Christensen, Ph.D. *

Robin Currey, Ph.D. *

Lori Curtis, MS *

Dan DeClercq, MBA *

Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Ph.D. *

Matt Gilmer *

Leslie Graser *

Sebastienne Grant, Ph.D. *

Ellen Greenblum, MFA *

Zoe Hammer, Ph.D. *

Wendy Sue Harper, Ph.D. *

Marna Hauk, Ph.D *

Rachel Herzing *

April Ruth Hoffman, Ph.D. *

Amy Juan *

Aaron Leonard *

Deb Matlock, MS *

Denise Mitten, Ph.D. *

Kaitlin Noss, Ph.D. *

Luis Perales, MS *

Bill Prado, DBA *

Centae Richards, Ph.D. *

Peter Sherman, Ph.D. *

Forrest Schwartz, Ph.D. *

Ron Steffens, MFA *

William Throop, Ph.D. *

Lisa Trocchia, Ph.D. *

Hava Villaverde, MBA/JD *

Parris Wallace *

Alexis Weiss, MLS/MA *

Maddox Wolfe, MA *