Engagements
Conference Presentations
What do Participants Learn at Group Relations Conferences: A report on a conference series on the theme of Authority, Power and Justice, Paper, OPUS International Conference 2016, London, U.K., 11/18-11/19/16
What do Participants Learn at Group Relations Conferences: A report on a conference series on the theme of Authority, Power and Justice, Paper, Back to the Future: Learning for Leadership in the 21st Century, Innovation, Adaptation and Application in Group Relations Work, The AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems, Chicago, 9/16-9/18/16
Engaging with Community: Experiences Within and Beyond the Classroom, Panel Presentation, Learning as Social: "We participate, therefore we are", 2016 University Conference on Teaching, Learning & Technology, U Mass Boston, (with Christopher Fung, Ph.D., Nada M. Ali, Ph.D., Alexander Jerred, Ph.D., and Joseph Ramsey, Ph.D.), 5/13/16
Authority, Leadership, and Peacemaking: The Intersection of the Personal and Political in a Group Relations Conference, Paper, Living with Risk, Taking Action: The Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations in Uncertain Times, ISPSO (International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations) Symposium , San Diego, 6/8/12-6/10/12
Authority, Leadership, and Peacemaking: Innovation, Adaptation, and Research in a Group Relations Conference, Paper, Group Relations in 2010: A Symposium for Inquiry and Analysis of Society and its Institutions: Using Group Relations to help understand and effectively lead in our tumultuous world, The AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems, Chicago, 10/10/10
Transforming Conflict: A Group Relations Perspective, Professional Development Workshop, Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas, Conference for Graduate Students Studying Conflict, University of Massachusetts, Boston. 10/28/04
Managing Group Dynamics in Your Organization, Presentation, The ESC 7th Annual Nonprofit Management Conference. 11/21/02
Inside and Outside: Dialogue and Healing in the Psycho-Social Context. Workshop, Northeast Society for Group Psychotherapy, Wellesley, MA, 6/17/01. (with Jarlath F. Benson, M. Soc. Sc., M. Med. Sc., N. Ireland)
The Dynamics of Work Groups in Organizations (and managing one’s role within them). Workshop, Northern Ireland Group Psychotherapy Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 8/10/00, Northeast Society for Group Psychotherapy, 6/16/01
Experiential Group. Group Leader for Day Long Experiential Group, Northern Ireland Group Psychotherapy Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 8/14/99, 8/11/00
Boundaries, Bonding, and Belligerence: An Experiential Exercise to Explore Group Behavior Across and Within Its Own Borders. Presentation, Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Las Cruces, NM. 6/11/99
Managing Conflict in the Organization. Presentation, Social Work Grand Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital. 12/11/97
Conflict & Cooperation in Mental Health Organizations: An Experiential Simulation. Workshop, American Group Psychotherapy Association, Annual Institute and Conference. (with Jerrold M. Post, MD, CGP) 2/21/97
Workshops
The US and the World at the Dawn of 2004, Listening Post for OPUS UK (Organization for Promoting the Understanding of Society), in Boston, MA. 1/12/04, 1/11/05, 1/7/07, 1/11/09, 1/11/12
Management Sciences for Health, Boston, MA, Designed and delivered trainings in leadership courses for physicians and other public health officials from Africa and Asia (in English and French), 1998-00.
Effective Workplace Communication, Workshop, Technical Development Corporation, Boston, MA.
Managing Group Dynamics, Workshop, Technical Development Corporation, Boston, MA.
Women in Leadership, Workshop, Brandeis University, Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, International Business Women’s Group, 11/27/01
How to Work with Difficult People. Consultation, Boston Public Health Commission, Child and Adolescent Unit, Boston, MA. 12/10/00
Current Dynamics in American Society. Workshop, Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems and Center for Reflective Community Practice, MIT. Conveners: Olya Khaleelee, Miranda Feuchtwang of OPUS, UK and along with Ceasar McDowell and Travis Tatum. 9/23-9/24/00
Let’s Get Irrational. Unitarian Universalist Association District Wide Conference on Group Dynamics (for youth). 12/96
General Psychodynamic Group. Institute leader, Northeast Society for Group Psychotherapy, Annual Institute and Conference. 6/19/92
Academic courses taught
Leadership and Organization: Gender, Power, and Authority, University of Massachusetts, Gender, Leadership and Public Policy Program, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, Spring Semester 2015-
Advanced Integration of Leadership: The Self and the System, William James College, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Program (doctoral level course) 2019-2020
Advanced Leadership Seminar and Practicum, William James College, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Program (doctoral level course) 2019-2020, 2021-
Management & Behavioral Principles, Clark University Graduate School of Management (undergraduate course), 2018-2019
The Art & Science of Management, Clark University Graduate School of Management (undergraduate course), 2018-2019
Organizational Leadership, Clark University Graduate School of Management (graduate course), 2018-2019
Organizational Diagnosis and Change, University of Massachusetts, College of Management Course (graduate MBA), Blended (online and face-face) course, Spring Semester, 2014
Managerial Ethics and Social Issues, University of Massachusetts, College of Management Course (undergraduate), ONLINE and Blended formats, 2013-2017
Managing Organizations, University of Massachusetts, College of Management Course (undergraduate), Fall Semesters, 2008-2017
Creating Leadership Capacity: Developing Bench Strength, College of Professional Studies (M.S. Leadership), Blended (online and face-face) course, Winter 2013
Building Your Leadership Capacity, Northeastern University, College of Professional Studies (M.S. Leadership), Online Course, Fall 2012 (Teaching Assistant)
The Ethical Leader, Northeastern University, College of Professional Studies (M.S. Leadership),Online Course, Fall 2012 (Teaching Assistant)
Race, Class, and Gender, Lesley College, Spring 2011
Applied Group Dynamics, Lesley College, Fall 2007.
Authority and Leadership in Professional Life, Boston College Law School, consulted to class taught by Associate Clinical Professor Evangeline Sarda. Spring, 2005, and Fall 2005.
Leadership Skills for Social Work Practice, Simmons College School of Social Work, Fall 2003, Fall 2004.
Authority, Identity and Role in the Criminal Justice System, Advanced Prosecution Clinic Seminar, Boston College Law School, Spring 2003 and Spring 2004 (with Evangeline Sarda)
Authority, Identity and the Psychodynamics of Legal Systems, Independent Study Course, Boston College Law School, Spring, 2002 (with Evangeline Sarda)