SHSS Faculty Presents Collaborative Work at AIS Conference

Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D., associate professor and Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies.

Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D., associate professor and Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), recently gave a presentation at the Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference held this year at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa on Oct. 8-11, 2009. Her presentation was entitled, “Transformational Narratives: Integrating Writing, Family Therapy, and Conflict Resolution to Create New Paradigms for Individual and Social Change.”

Arlene Gordon, Ph.D., director of the Brief Therapy Clinic in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) and Richard Toumey, M.F.A., adjunct professor in DMS in SHSS collaborated with McKay on the project and the preparation of the presentation.

McKay is also the director of Community Resolution Services (CRS). CRS offers trainings and workshops, as well as mediation, facilitation, conflict coaching, and consulting services to individuals, families, groups, and organizations to resolve conflicts on the NSU campus and out in the broader community. It is a provider of Continuing Mediation Education (CME) units. CRS is especially committed to providing access to conflict resolution services for our underserved community members and partners with many community agencies and groups. CRS provides services and training to NSU employees at reduced rates.

For further information about CRS please contact CRS Coordinator Erika Freeman at 954-262-4237 or efreeman@nova.edu or CRS Director Dr. Judith McKay at 954-262-3060 or mckayj@nova.edu.