Texas A&M University Central Texas - Sociology
Vice Chair Executive Board for Diversity & Inclusion/Adjunct Professor, Psychology at A&M-Central Texas
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Britt
Killeen/Temple, Texas Area
Psychological research is a fundamental component to understanding human behavior and assisting those who suffer dysfunction in mental and emotional processing. Multi-Variate analysis assists with understanding underlying issues that contribute to not only dysfunction, but also to maladjustment to societal norms and underachievement in areas fundamental to economic success, such as education and vocation. Each individual who seeks to address the various differences in how the world is perceived should have the assurance that a label of dysfunction does not identify the totality of successful outcomes and possibilities. Research assists in preparing society to adjust and to explore various initiatives and approaches tailored to individuals who need assistance; and should not merely follow a path identified by the systematic diagnosis as the map for successful assimilation.
Therefore, thorough exploration of cognitive processing, detailed psychological assessment, family and community history, and innumerable research connections to similar societal situations offer the elemental foundation for understanding how we learn and what hinders the successful transition of knowledge to wisdom. A bridge must be built that connects experience with understanding and understanding with application.
I seek to find these connections and offer assistance for those who have not yet found their voice and continue to seek their purpose.
Doctor of Education - EdD
Educational Leadership in Higher Education
The Doctor of Education program exists to create exemplary educational leaders, through a Christian framework, and focuses in one of three concentrations of study: P-12, Higher Education or Leadership in Nursing Education. These leaders will be grounded in leadership theory, application strategies, consumption/production of research, collaboration, data-driven decision making, and the blending/balancing of knowledge, ethics, and faith in the overall leadership process. The three-year program prepares graduates to engage in leadership, collaboration, decision-making, research, and reform initiatives in various educational sectors.
The UMHB Doctor of Education degree prepares students for executive leadership roles in higher education or in P-12 district settings leading to administrative positions. The roles that program graduates currently occupy include deans, principals, superintendents, program coordinators, and presidents.
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Educational Leadership in Higher Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Psychology
Studied Psychology of Religion to understand world religions as a resource for psychological treatment during psychotherapy.
Master of Science (M.S.)
Counseling Psychology
Facilitated 'Growth Groups' in the Counseling Psychology Department as a group leader. The sessions offered experience as group members for graduate students enrolled in the Group Methods course, which provided opportunities for growth as individuals and future counselors/psychotherapists.
Adjunct Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
I teach two courses in the College of Arts and Sciences for the Department of Sociology: Race and Ethnic Relations and Sociology of the Family.
College Preparation Courses
High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates