Given “Mover & Shaker” Healthcare Heroes Award
The Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board honored PAU alumna Jodi Pinn, PhD, with the 2021 Mover & Shaker Award. Dr. Pinn was honored for bringing telehealth to outpatient behavioral health services at Santa Clara County-Valley Medical Center hospitals and clinics throughout the pandemic.
April is Autism Awareness Month. The CDC estimates that approximately 1 in 54 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is a broad range of conditions “characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.”
California was decades ahead of federal legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Action, which was passed in 1990.
APA Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race published “Protecting and Defending our People: Nakni tushka anowa (The Warrior's Path) Final Report.” The Report is a groundbreaking document calling for the decolonization of APA, the field of psychology, and psychology degree programs.
Kristina Mendez, a 2020 graduate of the Clinical Psychology PhD program, is a member of The Warrior’s Path Task Force and contributed to the report.
Mendez had been a member of Division 45 for sev
Brings Humanity to Technology
PAU alumna Jessica Byrd-Olmstead, PhD, describes her career as an adventure, a river trip with many twists and turns. Lots of rapids, too, it seems.
PAU Alumnus Jonah Paquette is interested in positive psychology and well-being and he may just have the antidote to the fatigue and stress many of us have experienced in 2020 and 2021.
Dr. Paquette’s new book, "Awestruck: How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Connected," explores the life experiences that cause awe and wonder.
Paquette starts off "Awestruck" by reminding us of the solar eclipse in 2017.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To highlight the importance of work done on behalf of survivors of domestic violence, we spoke with PAU alumna Amanda Harris (née Feldman), J.D., Ph.D., a psychologist and attorney representing domestic violence survivors.
We spoke with three members of the PAU class of 2020 to learn about their journey to and through PAU - and to see what the future might hold for each of them!
Sheila Park, Class of 2020, B.S. in Psychology and Social Action
Why PAU?
When I took my first psychology class in community college, it really resonated with me. Psychology encompassed an empathetic understanding of helping others and it had scientific appeal.
While working as a Corrections Officer for Santa Clara County in the 1990s, Dr. White-Cooper found her true calling as a clinical psychologist.