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MEREDITH J. CARTER Education: Ph.D., M.A., Suffolk University (Clinical Psychology); B.A., Colby College (Psychology and Sociology). Background: Specialization in working with college students at a number of New England universities including: Suffolk University’s Ballotti Learning Center, Emerson College Counseling Center, University of New Hampshire Counseling Center (pre-doctoral internship), and Boston College Counseling Service (post-doctoral fellowship). Additional counseling experience in community mental health and at a veteran’s hospital. Adjunct faculty positions held at Suffolk University. Professional Interests: Individual strengths and resilience; process of identity development and trusting oneself; possible selves and self-image; social comparison processes and emotions; eating and body-image; sense of humor; family dynamics; relational and cultural perspectives; empowerment; gender identity; learning styles and helping students learn in a way that best suit their individual style; balancing academic and personal lives; managing stress and anxiety. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising) BSC Liaison: interim liaison (2008-09) for Winthrop House Personal: Grew up in a small Massachusetts town on the North Shore. Married. Greatly value time spent with family. Enjoys many outdoor activities including skiing, swimming, horseback riding, rafting and hiking. Other interests include having a good laugh and eating good food. GHAZI KADDOUH Education: Psy.D., The Wright Institute (Clinical Psychology); M.A., John F. Kennedy University (Consciousness Studies); B.A., University of California Berkeley (Psychology). Pre-doctoral internship at University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center. Post-doctoral fellowship at University of California Berkeley Counseling and Psychological Services. Background: Dropped out of college in Lebanon due to the civil war. After coming to the U.S., attended Junior college and graduated Valedictorian. Earned an Alumni Scholarship to UC Berkeley and graduated with highest honors. After college, took time off from serious psychology studies, and attended a light and spiritual Master’s program at J.F. Kennedy University. Eventually returned to clinical studies at The Wright Institute, in Berkeley, California, for my doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts and California. Professional Interests: Cross-cultural issues in psychology and multi-cultural adjustment; spirituality and meditation; the use of imagery and metaphors in counseling; the relationship between stress and mental and physical illness; time management, study skills, and career choices. Helping students cope with anxiety and stress, and helping them achieve a balanced lifestyle. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Mindfulness, Balance, and
Academic Life; Personal: Originally from Lebanon; came to U.S. in 1984 during the war, after a shell exploded in my bedroom. Traveled a lot at an early age, and lived in many countries. In addition, came across various cultures and met different people and values during nine years of travel as a flight attendant. Married to another world traveler, and have two lovely children. My wife’s Chinese ethnicity influenced my interest in Asian cultures. Traveled numerous times to Asia, and dabbled with Chinese medicine, including acupressure and flower essence therapy, becoming certified in both. Personal interests also include exercise, hiking, camping, and eating good and nutritious foods. ABIGAIL LIPSON, DIRECTOR Education: Ph.D., Duke University (Clinical Psychology); B.A., Hampshire College (Psychology and Education). Post-doctoral clinical internship at Harvard University, NIMH post-doctoral research fellowship in cognition at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Background: Dropped out of high school in pursuit of an education. Studied psychology and cognitive development at Hampshire College and clinical psychology at Duke University. Came to Harvard for a postdoctoral clinical internship at UHS, and then joined the Bureau for almost 15 years. Directed the American University Counseling Center in Washington DC for eight years. Returned to the Bureau in 2005. Still happily in pursuit of an education. Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Professional Interests: How students learn and grow in college; how people make and remake life decisions and live with the consequences; the relationships between learning, motivation, achievement, and creativity; persistence in the face of failure; persistence in the face of success; the creative process in the arts and sciences. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
BSC Liaison:
Adams House Personal: Grew up in New England; have lived and traveled in many other countries. Love spending time with my multicultural/multilingual/multireligious/multiracial/multinational extended family. FRANK J. McNAMARA Education: Psy.D., Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; M.A., Lesley University (Counseling Psychology); B.A., University of Massachusetts (Psychology). Clinical internships at the Behavioral Medicine Program, Cambridge Hospital and the Trauma Center, Human Resource Institute; practica in college counseling and community mental health clinics. Background: Trained in multiple approaches to physical and emotional self-regulation. Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts; in private practice. Professional Interests: The emotional, psychological, and moral development of the individual; the relationship between self-development and education; the dynamics of social influence and self-deception; the influence of theoretical frameworks on the process of counseling and psychotherapy. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: What Are You Doing With
Your Life?; Roots: Where Are You Coming From? Where are You Going? Personal: Grew up in Boston. Married with two sons. JENNIFER C. PAGE Education: Ph.D., University at Albany (Counseling Psychology); B.A., Williams College (Psychology & History). Pre-doctoral clinical internship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Counseling & Psychological Services. Post-doctoral clinical fellowship at Pace University Westchester’s Counseling and Personal Development Center. Background: Trained as a Counseling Psychologist with a specialization in college counseling. Received additional training in learning issues at the University of Pennsylvania’s Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program. Licensed psychologist; a grief and loss consultant for Hold the Door for Others, Inc., a September 11th inspired, non-profit organization. Professional Interests: Exploring learning styles and strategies; helping students develop coping skills for mastering ADHD at Harvard; navigating the fine line between healthy achievement and perfectionism; eating and body image concerns; self and career exploration; coping with grief, loss and trauma; exploring the self in relation; and finding balance and self compassion in a competitive academic environment. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising) Workshop/Discussion Group Leader: ADD/LD Group; What We May Be: Body, Mind and Spirit Group; Perfectionism: A Double-Edged Sword Workshop; Learning Styles Workshop BSC Liaison: Eliot House, interim liaison (2008-09) for Kirkland House Personal: Grew up in a historic sailing town on Boston's North Shore. Value the personal meaning that I find in my professional work, my relationships with family and friends, and being perfectly imperfect. Interests include yoga, music, sports, movies, people's stories, wine tasting, and being near the ocean. SHEILA M. REINDL Education: Ed.D., Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education (Counseling and Consulting Psychology); A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe (Biology). Background: Former teacher of expository writing. Former Acting Director of Harvard Writing Center. Author, Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia (Harvard University Press, 2001). Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts; in private practice in Cambridge. Professional Interests: Experience of coming to sense and trust one's self; use of the self in the service of something beyond the self; the experience of shame and its relevance to teaching, learning, intimacy, and growth; development of voice and authority in writing and in life generally; experience of working-class students in a college setting; the nature of intimacy in the teacher-student relationship; the role of curiosity, playfulness, and acceptance of imperfection in our relationships with self, others, and our creative endeavors. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Senior Thesis Workshops;
What Should I Do? A Workshop for Friends, Lovers, Roommates, and
Relatives of People with Eating Disorders; Taking Stock: A Workshop
for Students Considering Whether (and When) to Commit to Recovering
from Disordered Eating; Seasons of Grief; What Are You Doing With
Your Life?; Roots: Where Are You Coming From? Where Are You Going? Personal: Born and raised in Madison, WI. Interests include color and design, fabric and fibers, writing, and stories of how people learn to love. Married with two stepdaughters M. SUZANNE RENNA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Education: Ed.D., Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education (Administration, Planning, and Social Policy; Special Program for Counseling). Clinical internship: Matthew Thornton Health Plan, Nashua, NH. Training in psychosynthesis and spiritual psychology, The Concord Institute in Concord, MA. Mediation Training at The Massachusetts Center for Dispute Settlement and the Northeast Center for Dispute Settlement. Background: Former Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Divinity School. Currently a consultant in faculty development to secondary schools and colleges. Professional Interests: Learning and development across the life span; cross-cultural issues; world religions; relationship of parents with their adolescent and grown children; concerns about eating and body image; gender issues in the classroom. Mediator for conflict resolution. Interested in talking with students about where they are headed in life, who they are becoming, and how they are getting there. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Time Management; Study
Skills; What Should I Do?: A Workshop for Friends, Lovers, and
Roommates of People with Eating Disorders; Creative Relating; What
We May Be: Body, Mind and Spirit; Workshop in Studying at Harvard Personal: As a child, started school in Taipei. Later returned to Asia when a leave of absence from college turned into 11 years abroad. Lived in India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, where I dabbled in public health and education, studied dance and music. Five grown children (two daughters and three stepsons), four grandchildren. Concern for world peace, international development and cultural survival. Interest in Asian music, dance, and art; ceramics, photography; growing vegetables organically; retrofitting an old house with renewable energy sources; hiking and enjoying the outdoors CRAIG F. RODGERS Education: Psy.D., George Washington University (Clinical Psychology); J.D. with Honors, George Washington University (Law); Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education (Adolescent Risk and Prevention); S.B., S.M. (M.B.A. with thesis), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Business/Finance/Real Estate). Background: Field Instructor/Course Director, Outward Bound and other wilderness-based, experiential education nonprofits (mostly with adjudicated and at-risk adolescents). Psychology Associate, DC Superior Court. U.S. Army Reservist. Stockbroker. Attorney. Wilderness First Responder. Coordinator, Harvard College Marathon Challenge. Currently, Coordinator of AAPEX (sport psychology for Harvard College student-athletes); Member, U.S. Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry; Certified Consultant in Sport Psychology, AASP. Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts Professional Interests: Adjusting to college life; balancing academic demands with non-academic interests; conflict resolution, sensibly & sensitively (with authority figures, boyfriends/girlfriends, parents, peers, roommates, teammates, etc.); decision-making; group dynamics; identity & labeling; problem-solving; sexuality; sport psychology; substance use (alcohol, etc.); undergraduate thesis-writing; vocational choices and concerns. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Senior Thesis Workshops;
Student-Athlete Workshops Personal: Enjoy running, good food, free food, answerable questions, questionable humor, common sense, glimpsing the ephemeral "big picture", and exploring Boston's fringe industrial areas, genteel architecture, and graciously dilapidating infrastructure AURORA SANFELIZ Education: Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education (Human Development and Psychology); Re-specialization in Clinical Psychology, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Educational Psychology/Curriculum and Instruction); B.A., Universidad Anahuac-Mexico City (Communication and Social Sciences) Background: Associate professor at Universidad Anahuac-Mexico (1981-1988) and Wheelock College (1994-1998). Staff psychologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (1997-2008). Licensed psychologist in Massachusetts; in private practice; cultural consultant in health and education. Professional Interests: The impact of culture and family on the individual’s meaning-making process; the power of interpersonal and therapeutic relationships on the construction of narratives of hope, healing and growth; learning styles and strategies to enhance academic performance; embracing diversity and fostering tolerance on campus; empowering minority, international and non-traditional students. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising) BSC Liaison: Elm Yard (Canaday, Matthews, and Weld); interim liaison (2008-09) for Graduate School of Education; Peer Group Supervisor: ESL Peer Consultants Personal: Originally from Mexico City, I feel at home almost everywhere. I am excited about languages, traveling, ethnic food and music. I love gardening and watching life grow. I have two sons and a puppy, Lola. NITI SETH Education: Ed.D., Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education (Counseling and Consulting Psychology); Diploma, Family Institute of Cambridge; M.S., Boston University (Film, School of Public Communications); B.A., Beaver College (Honors); Jr. B.A., University of Bombay, Bombay, India (Economics and Political Science). Clinical internships at Dorchester Multi-Service Center, Brookline Mental Health Center, Tufts University Counseling Center. Background: Work with village women in Gujarat, India, in an ongoing rural development project. Teaching and administrative experience at MIT in educational video resources (12 years), at Boston University in film (2 years), and at Harvard Graduate School of Education and Lesley University in counseling psychology (4 years). Clinical work at Wellesley College Stone Center (2 years). Supervisory work at Northeastern and the Kantor Family Institute (8 years). Currently, Dean of School of Psychology and Counseling (2 years), Director, (4 years), and Professor in Counseling Psychology (20 years) at Cambridge College. Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts; in private practice in psychotherapy of individuals, couples and families in Belmont. Professional Interests: Cross-cultural issues; multi-ethnic families and cross-cultural couples; consulting to groups. Consultation and outreach on different learning styles, interpersonal issues in classes and residences, diversity on campus. International development, human rights, peace education, film analysis, and indigenous textiles. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Workshop in Studying at
Harvard; Dissertation Writers’ Support Group; Time Management; Exam
Taking; Study Skills Personal: Born and raised in Bombay, India; came to U.S. as undergraduate transfer student from University of Bombay (1967). 2 children. SUNGLIM A. SHIN Education: Ph.D., M.A., University of Rochester (Clinical Psychology); B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton (Psychology). Background: Staff psychologist at Harvard Business School working with MBA students; staff psychologist at Temple University Hospital mostly working with medical patients. Internships at Department of Psychiatry of Temple University Hospital and at the Counseling and Psychological Services of University of Rochester. Professional Interests: Learning and development across lifespan, speaking up and assertiveness especially for international students and women, meditation and mind-body connection, sexual violence, self-compassion, impact of race, gender, culture on development and identity. Bureau Activities: Iin addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Speaking Up in Class;
Dissertation Writers' Support Group; Meditation; Creative Relating;
Seasons of Grief, workshops for HGWISE (Harvard Graduate Women in
Science and Engineering) Personal: Born in Seoul, Korea, immigrated to U.S. in 1970. Grew up in the Bronx. CLAIRE P. SHINDLER Education: Ph.D., M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston (Clinical Psychology); B.A., Bard College (Religion). Background: Clinical experience includes individual, couples and group counseling training in college settings at University of Massachusetts Boston and Harvard University (Bureau of Study Counsel Intern) and in medical settings at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Arbour-HRI Hospital (Center for Women's Development). Teaching assistantships in psychology and psychological assessment. Professional Interests: Ways to find our place in the world and determine what is valuable to who we are and hope to be; the relationship between sense of self, spirituality, faith, and religion; learning about life and the world through fiction; all aspects of identity exploration; the role of formal education in personal and intellectual development; developing study strategies; perfectionism and the way that internal and external expectations influence choices. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Speaking Up in Class;
Time Management; Personal: Married. Born in Brooklyn, NY. Raised by the ocean in Queens. Interests include fiction, being near the ocean, baseball, movies. DIANE A. WEINSTEIN Education: M.Ed., Cambridge College (Mental Health Counseling); advanced studies at Harvard Graduate School of Education; A.M., Harvard University (Classics); A.B. (1969), Cornell University (Classics). Background: Resident Tutor and Senior Adviser at North (Pforzheimer) House (5 years). Teaching Fellow at Harvard in General Education and Classics. Instructor of expository writing at Lesley College. Instructor, Harvard Extension School. Professional Interests: Teaching/learning process, including the teacher-student relationship; experience of nontraditional students; issues of social class in a college setting; the nature of human resilience. Value opportunities to talk with students about the wide range of concerns involved in learning and growing. Bureau Activities: (in addition to counseling, consulting, teaching the Reading Course, and academic advising)
Workshop/Discussion
Group Leader: Procrastination Group;
Returning to Harvard; Speaking Up in Class; Making the Best Use of
Reading Period; Second-Semester Jump Start: Taking Stock and Moving
Forward Other: Regular presenter at Bok Center Teaching Conferences, member of OPUS Study Group (Originality, Plagiarism, and Use of Services) Personal: Married, two grown children, one grandchild. Interested in community and environmental concerns such as public schools and community-supported agriculture. Greatly prefer biking and walking to automobile use. Enjoy and support the local arts scene.
Professional staff on leave 2008-09
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS BY
BUREAU STAFF Basseches, M. Dialectical Thinking and Adult Development. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Co., 1984. (ISBN 0893910171) Ducey, C. Harvard happiness and its relation to early wishes, autonomy and intimacy. The Harvard Crimson, January, 1999. Ducey, C. Student difficulties as disguised efforts at adaptation. Harvard/Radcliffe Parents Newsletter, Winter, 1998. Lipson, A. The road to Digitopolis: Perils of problem solving. School Science and Mathematics. 95(6), 1995, pp. 282-289. Lipson, A. The confused student
in introductory science. College Teaching, 40(3),
1992, pp. 91-95. Lipson, A. Learning: A Momentary Stay Against Confusion. Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry, 4(3), 1990, pp. 2-11. Lipson, A. School is Hell: Metaphors for Learning. Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry, 4(1), 1990, pp. 11-20. Lipson, A. Academic amnesia. Harvard Magazine, January-February, 1988. Morimoto, K., with Judith Gregory and Penelope Butler. Notes on setting the context for learning. Harvard Educational Review, 43(2), May 1973, pp. 245-257. Morimoto, K. On trying to
understand the frustrations of students. Harvard
University Bureau of Study Counsel, 1972 (pamphlet,
out of print). Perry, W. G., Jr. On advising and counseling. Harvard University Bureau of Study Counsel, Annual Report 1972-73 (pamphlet, out of print). Perry, W. G., Jr. Examsmanship and the liberal arts: An epistemological inquiry. Harvard University Bureau of Study Counsel, Report to the Committee on Educational policy of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, March 1963 (pamphlet, out of print). Perry, W. G., Jr. On the relation of psychotherapy and counseling. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 6(3), November 1965, pp. 396-407. Phillips A., Basseches, M., Lipson, A. Meetings: A swampy terrain for adult development. Journal of Adult Development, Volume 5, Number 2, 1998. pp. 85-103. Phillips A., Lipson A., Basseches, M. Empathy and Listening Skills: A Developmental Perspective on Learning to Listen. In Interdisciplinary Handbook of Adult Lifespan Learning. JD Sinnott (ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 301-324. Reindl, S. Sensing the Self. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002.
Many additional materials by Bureau Staff are available
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