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Collaborating in the Field: Doubling Down on Education About the Co-Response Model

Collaborating in the Field: Doubling Down on Education About the Co-Response Model

In one way or another, Sarah E. Abbott, PhD, Director of the Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health, has spent the majority of her career at the intersection of individuals experiencing a mental health crisis and the community at large. Her first exposure to work in America (after earning her BA at home, in England) came via recruitment by a nonprofit agency in central Massachusetts where Abbott spent several nights each week in a residential group home for individuals ages 18-25 with a mental health condition. While there, she witnessed first-hand the challenges associated when police responded to calls—which didn’t always go well.

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Care in the time of Coronavirus

Self (and other) Care in the time of Coronavirus

William James College Welcomes Three VISTA Volunteers

William James College Welcomes VISTA Volunteers

2020 Commencement Goes Virtual

Commencement will look a little different this year -- with a virtual celebration taking the place of the traditional in-person gathering. On September 13, at 9 AM

Dr. Erlene Rosowsky, a Pioneer in Geropsychology, Is Honored As She Retires

Dr. Erlene Rosowsky was blazing trails in geropsychology well before the specialty was formally recognized. She is a Professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology

Second Community Town Hall Explores Ways to Build Upon DEI Initiatives

Second Community Town Hall Explores Ways to Build Upon DEI Initiatives

Dean Abby’s Many Contributions to the College Are Honored As He Retires

For more than three decades, Dean Abby has fostered connections within and across William James College’s multi-faceted communities as the College’s first—and to date, only—Director of Continuing and Community Education. Those communities wish him well in his retirement at the end of July.

Even in Remote Learning, Classes Stay Hands On

Students report high levels of satisfaction with online learning experience

Statement on ICE Guidance on International Students

On your behalf, I signed onto an Amicus Brief in support of a law suit against the recent government decision requiring international students to leave colleges that are primarily delivering online education this fall in response to the pandemic. The brief has been prepared by our professional society...

Interdependence Day

This weekend is Independence Day, the 4th of July, a day that marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If these past months have taught us anything, it is not how independent we are as a country and a world, but how interdependent we are. Our health, our economy, our educational system,...

Rainbow Alliance Hosts Virtual Event Recognizing Pride, Allyship and Social Justice

In a landmark ruling on Monday, June 15, the Supreme Court determined that the language of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans employment discrimination

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