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Pat Russell

Roles:
Author

Affiliation:
City University of Seattle

Biography

 

Heracademic background includes:

  • Psy. D., Antioch University where her Area of Concentration focused on the unique application of theories & assessments when working with African American families & children.
  • She is a graduate of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & Related Disabilities (LEND) training program at the University of Washington. This program prepares professionals including policy makers, faculty, clinicians and researchers to lead the maternal and child health work force.
  • Transforming Historical Harms: Certified Trainer, Eastern Mennonite University. A program that addresses historical injustices and their present manifestations through the lens of intergenerational trauma & the social structures that act as present-day transmission mechanisms
  • BA, Antioch University; Area of Concentration: Psychology
  • And one of the educational achievements she is most proud of was receiving her AAS in Visual and Applied Communications at Seattle Central Community College

 

 

Amongher areas of expertise are administration and operations, program developmentplanning and implementation, fund development, curriculum development, workingtherapeutically with diverse individuals and communities to heal historicaltraumas, cultural and anti-bias education, family therapy, substance abuseawareness and counseling, and youth and family services. 

 

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Amongthe many things Dr. Russell has participated in, here are but a few:

·        ·        Facilitator for Race the Exhibit, City ofSeattle.

  • Moderator:  Seattle Public Library’s Facing the Future: Families’ Legacy of Slavery series
  • Assessment Referral Follow-Up & Follow-Through with A Homeless Family: A Case Study, University of Washington, LEND
  • Co-Facilitator, Cornish College of the Arts Faculty Colloquium, Diversity Training: Now What? Diversity in the Classroom.
  • Healing Historical Harms Co-Facilitator for the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia Dismantling Racism Training Team
  • Healing Together: A Workshop for Coming to the Table sponsored by Eastern Mennonite University
  • Co-Presenter at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE) 2022 "From Zero to Foundational: Implementing DEI at a PWI"
  • Moderator - Seattle’s Taproot Theater’s “Brownie Points”: A guided, collaborative discussions exploring the themes of race, identity and motherhood in the play Brownie Points.
  • Presenter at Step Up 2022: "Recognizing & Rectifying Historical & Intergenerational Trauma"

 

 

Currentlyshe is the Dean of the School of Health & Social Sciences at City Universityof Seattle and an active member of the Social Justice Coalition at the localand national level.