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Institute for Clinical Social Work Commencement 2020

June 6, 2020 Celebrating our thirty-first commencement

Institute for Clinical Social Work Thirty�First Commencement

Welcome Michelle Curtain Stewart, Ed.D., President

Greetings Freda Friedman, Chair, Board of Trustees

Nicole Johnson Roberson, Ph.D. Candidate

Commencement Address

Alex Kotlowitz

Presentation of Degrees Joan Servatius, Ph.D., Academic Dean

Virtual Processional

Alumni Toast Leah Harp, Ph.D., Alumni Relations Committee

Closing Remarks

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Alex Kotlowitz, Commencement Speaker

For over forty years, bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz has been telling stories of struggle and perseverance. Recognized for his perceptive portrayals of poverty, race, and immigration, Kotlowitz has brought an acute and empathetic lens to on-the-ground reporting in many forms of media—print and radio journalism, documentary ilm, and books— from his breakout book, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America to his latest An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago.

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Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Social Work Jennifer Bulow Dissertation: Therapist Experience: Re‐Envisioning Politics in Psychotherapy Xhosa Burford Dissertation: The Role of Attachment Style in Weight‐Loss Surgery Outcomes Ellen Dal Pra Dissertation: Impact of Cell Phones: Family’s Experience of Cohesion and Flexibility Latasha Ellis Dissertation: Culture into Practice: African American Doctor‐Patient Dyad Alexis Jaeger Dissertation: Maternal Reverie and the Transition to Motherhood Caroline Moore Dissertation: I Am Billy’s Sister: The Psychological Life of Siblinghood Nicole Johnson Roberson Dissertation: Divorce in Black America: Narratives from Divorced Black Men

Wendy Selene Dissertation: Young Adult Parent Loss: An Exploratory Study Virginia Shropshire Dissertation: 4 All Time I Am with U: The Prince Fan Experience

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Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Social Work David Sisk Dissertation: Working with Parents In Psychodynamic Child Psychotherapy Pass With Distinction Katherine Romey Smaller Dissertation: Video Therapy: Attitudes among the Psychodynamic Community Pass With Distinction

Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling and Psychotherapy Jasmina Bourgeois Ariel Carter Nicholas Krysztopik Natalia Maltsev William Singerman Maxwell Weiss

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Faculty of the Institute for Clinical Social Work Andrea Alpert, Ph.D.

Harriet Meek, Ph.D.

Paula L. Ammerman, Ph.D.

Judith Newman, M.S.W.

Judith Aronson, Ph.D.

Joseph Palombo, M.A.—Emeritus Director

Karen Baker, M.S.W.

Louis Pansulla, M.S.W.

Joan Berzoff, Ph.D.

Caryle Perlman, M.S.

Karen Bloomberg, Ph.D.

Michelle Piotrowski, Ph.D.

Kers n Blumhardt, Ph.D.

Geoffrey Rees, Ph.D.

Lynn Borenstein, MSW—Emerita

Miriam Reitz, Ph.D.—Emerita

Michael Casali, Ph.D.

John W. Ridings, Ph.D.

Sue Stollenwerk Cebulko, Ph.D.

Greg Rizzolo, M.A.

Joseph M. Cronin, M.S.W.—Emeritus

Ida Roldá n, Ph.D.

Karen Daiter, Ph.D.

Gabriel Ruiz, M.A.

Santiago Delboy, MBA

Charles Saltzman, M.S.W.—Emeritus

Joan Di Leonardi, Ph.D.

Louise Saltzman, M.S.W.—Emerita

Denise Duval Tsioles, Ph.D.

Erika Schmidt, M.S.W.

Amy Eldridge, Ph.D.—Emerita

Gretchen Schmutz, Psy.D.

Sherwood Faigen, M.A.

Allan Scholom, Ph.D.

Robert Feldman, M.A.

Patricia A. Seghers, Ph.D.

Linda Freedman, Ph.D.

Joan Servaius, Ph.D.

Freda Baron Friedman, Ph.D.

J. Peter Shaft, M.S.W.

Carol Ganzer, Ph.D.

R. Dennis Shelby, Ph.D.—Emeritus

William Gieseke, Ph.D.

Brenda Solomon, Ph.D.

Mead Goedert, Ph.D.

Jonathan Spiegel, M.S.W.

Constance Goldberg, M.S.—Emerita

Cynthia Stone, Ph.D.—Emerita

James Grabowski, M.A.

Andrew Suth, Ph.D.

Madelyn Greenberger, M.S.

Michelle Sweet, Ph.D. Boris Thomas, Ph.D.

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Board of Trustees of the Institute for Clinical Social Work Freda Baron Friedman, Chair Barbara Berger, Secretay Fady Bebaway, Treasurer Barbara Alexander Robert Feldman Jeffrey Greenberger Leah Harp Elaine Klemen John Moynihan, Student Represenative Steve Nichols

Administration of the Institute for Clinical Social Work Michelle Curtain Stewart, Ed.D. Michael Bauman, M.S. Andrea Dunbar, M.S.W. Kenneth Frierson, M.Ed. Ramona James, Ed.D. Shawna Jennings, B.S. Joan Servatius, Ph.D. Elree Smith, B.A.

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Our Mission The mission of the Institute for Clinical Social Work, an institution of higher education, is to prepare scholars and practitioners to advance the knowledge and quality of practice in the fields of clinical social work and counseling and to serve diverse communities through professional and academic contributions.

Our Vision As a highly-respected institute, to become well-known for diverse and accessible psychodynamic educational programming.

Our Values In keeping with our roots in social work and our commitment to social justice, we develop psychodynamically informed professionals who recognize and celebrate diversity, practice compassionately, and have the knowledge and skills to empower people to lead meaningful lives.Â

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