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We are so excited about our upcoming social justice symposium. Please make sure you register and make plans to attend this free online event. Today we are sharing a bit of information about our presenters. Remember, this event is happening this Saturday; to participate, all you need to do is register!
Meet Our Presenters
Abby Staley is a 1st year Psy.D. student at Antioch University Seattle. She is currently involved in the Decoloniality Social Privilege Awareness Initiative group at Antioch and is exploring her passion for working with LGBTQ+ communities and adolescent and youth populations. Clinically and professionally, Abby is interested in learning more about trauma-informed practices through a holistic approach and an integrated lens of decoloniality and social justice.
Cynthia Scheiderer is a graduate student pursuing a doctor of clinical psychology degree at Antioch University Seattle (AUS). She is a member of the Decoloniality and Social Privilege Awareness Institute (DSPAI) at AUS, and her research interests include professional identity formation and training models in clinical psychology. Before beginning her clinical psychology training, she earned an M.A.Ed. degree in adult education and training and practiced as a facilitator, trainer, and educator with nonprofits, grantmakers, and government. During this career, she worked on social justice in a variety of settings, including child welfare and foster care, marriage equality, and healthcare. She is a facilitative mediator certified by the King County Dispute Resolution Center and a lead mediator in King County District Court, Small Claims.
Aishwarya Lonikar is a Clinical Psychology PsyD student at Antioch University Seattle. She earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Michigan State University. Prior to this, she grew up in India. Aishwarya’s research interests are social justice and decoloniality, decolonizing feminism, studying trauma from a cultural lens, and somatization of emotions in Indian cultures and diasporas. At present, she is involved in research projects related to reproductive justice and decolonizing gender, resilience in trauma, and a decolonized theoretical model that looks at the historical perspective of clients in clinical work.
Aishwarya is currently a fellow at her university and works as a student-therapist at her university’s community counseling clinic. She aspires to bring decolonized theoretical perspectives to cultural conversations across the globe.
Heather Morris Tuip is a second-year Psy.D. student at Antioch University in Seattle. Her current interests are in immigration, disability rights, reproductive justice, and looking at positive psychology through a decolonial lens. She is learning to be a more effective advocate and ally through her participation in AUS’s Decoloniality and Social Privilege Initiative (DSPAI) group and AUS’s Student Council.
Jack Krizizke is a current graduate student in the APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Doctorate (Psy.D) program at Antioch University Seattle and an active member of the Decoloniality and Social Privilege Awareness Initiative (DSPAI). His current research interests are rooted in dissecting the embedded impacts of colonialism within the field of psychology. He is currently investigating and encouraging the implementation of a social justice and decolonial pedagogy in doctoral clinical psychology programs. His commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion earned me the Antioch University Seattle 2022 Diversity Fellowship and guides his work as a graduate student, researcher, and practitioner.
Quynh Tran is a 5th year Psy.D. student at Antioch University New England. She is currently doing her doctoral internship at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. In her clinical work, Quynh is passionate about integrating cultural humility while maintaining a keen awareness of social justice and advocacy matters through a relational psychodynamic lens. Her clinical and professional interests include working with LGBTQ+ and Queer Trans People of Color (QTPOC) communities, trauma, and relationship issues.
Henna Chandel is a rising third-year in the Clinical Psychology program at Antioch University, New England. Her current clinical interests are in Neuropsychology, specifically neurodegenerative disorders, altered states of consciousness, music-based therapies, and trauma. Her research interests are rooted in the intersection of social justice, neuropsychology, and health psychology, focusing on interlocking systems of oppression and the need to work toward structural-level changes to promote social justice and equity. In pursuit of harmony for humanity, she is currently a member of the Diversity and Social Justice Research Collaborative, Pikeville Rotary Club, an AUNE Cabinet – Student Representative, and active in her role as an ally, advocate, and social justice activist.
Susana Gomez is a 3rd-year doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University New England (AUNE). She is a graduate of psychoanalytic fellowships through the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis (MIP), and has also been engaged in the study of Jungian psychology over the last decade. Her attention to neurodiversity and its relevance to liberation has unfolded alongside her work as a psychotherapist, her participation in grassroots coalitions for Indigenous sovereignty, and her involvement with disability justice work led by Autistic colleagues. With a deep interest in subjects such as the disenfranchisement of grief, orientations to psychology that involve the nonhuman and unseen worlds, quantum theory, liminality, and potential space, Susana is dedicated to addressing oppression as it involves the ways in which people imagine and define reality, and constrain others to do the same.
Jude Bergkamp, PsyD is currently core faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department at Antioch University Seattle and clinical faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He is currently licensed as a psychologist and mental health counselor in Washington State. He earned both a master’s degree in family therapy and a doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University Seattle. He was trained in forensic and neuropsychology and has worked in the Washington State Department of Corrections and most recently, as a forensic evaluator at the Center for Forensic Services at Western State Hospital. In addition, Dr. Bergkamp was a research fellow with the American Psychological Association studying cultural competency and minority health disparities.
Dean Hammer, PsyD, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Antioch University New England in 2003, his master’s degree in religion from Yale Divinity School, and his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College. He completed his internship and postdoctoral training at the Danielsen Institute (Boston University). Dr. Hammer has taught in the clinical psychology department at AUNE since 2009 and practices as a licensed clinical psychologist in Vermont. He continues to pursue his special interests in clinical supervision, peace psychology, social justice, and spiritually oriented psychotherapy.
Kate Evarts Rice, PsyD, from Hartland, Vermont, graduated from Antioch University New England’s (AUNE) PsyD program in 2017. She has worked in community mental health, college counseling, correctional, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center settings throughout her training. Kate is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice and a position on the core faculty of the clinical psychology department at AUNE. Kate also serves as Director of Student Affairs. Kate’s clinical and research interests include, but are not limited to, sexual and gender diversity, social justice, attachment, relational psychodynamic theories, and trauma. She is also interested in qualitative research, program development and evaluation.