TRAVIS PETERSON Assistant Professor, Exercise Science
“Bringing together people of diverse backgrounds allows us to think about questions from innovative perspectives, and including individuals with different experiences paves the way for new generations of problem solvers to lead us into the future.”
Mel Spence, EdD, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education
APPOINTMENTS • Reviewer, Training and Education in Professional Psychology.
AWARDS • Council for Exceptional Children Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities’ (DADD) 2018 Tom E. C. Smith Early Career Award. This award is recognizes a high standard of research in intellectual disability, autism or developmental disabilities early in a scholarly career.
Bethany Simmons, PhD, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Psychology
Terry Spehar-Fahey, MBA, Senior Lecturer, Art EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Artwork included in the California Dreaming exhibit at the Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, California, May 2018.
A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S
PUBLICATIONS • “Epistemology in family systems theory” with J. Sutton. Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy, J. Lebow, A. Chambers & D. Breunlin (Eds.), Springer, 2018.
PRESENTATIONS • “Infusing social emotional learning instruction into core academic curricula” interactive session at the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence Conference, Columbus, Ohio, November 2017. • “Using the ASD program quality indicator to develop successful educational programs” at the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence Conference, Columbus, Ohio, November 2017. • “Infusing social emotional learning instruction into core academic curricula” interactive session at the Council for Exceptional Children Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida, January 2018. • “Using the Autism Spectrum Disorder Program Quality Indicator to Develop Successful Educational Programs within the Los Angeles Unified School District” at the Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Tampa, Florida, February 2018.
F A C U LT Y
PRESENTATIONS • “Feeding the ouroboros: Gregory Bateson’s food for thought and thoughtfulness” with J. Chapman at the A Difference that Makes a Difference: Systemic Change for Social and Environmental Justice, Human Science Institute Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2017.
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Ryan Sharma, PsyD, ABPP, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Psychology