The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

TCSPP Chicago to Host 2010 IPA Convention
November 4-6

The Chicago School: Advocacy in the Supreme Court!
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear Snyder v. Phelps, a case in which The Chicago School of Professional Psychology joined the John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic in filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in support of Snyder.

TCSPP to Host International Council of Psychologists Conference
Renowned psychologists from around the world will converge in Chicago this week for compelling workshops and discourse at the 68th Annual International Council of Psychologists (ICP) Conference. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), the nation's largest nonprofit graduate school focused exclusively on psychology and related behavioral sciences, will host the conference in its role as ICP Secretariat.

The Chicago School Opens Campus in Heart of Nation's Capital
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), the nation's largest nonprofit graduate school focused exclusively on psychology and related behavioral sciences, will open its newest campus in the heart of the nation's capital this August.

Dr. James Shaw Forges Path to Address Youth Violence
Chicago School Professor Dr. James Shaw Forges Path to Address Youth Violence

Meet the Next President of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology …
Earlier this afternoon, our national search to find the next president of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology reached a conclusion. I am privileged and honored to formally announce that the Board of Trustees has named Dr. Michele Nealon-Woods as the school’s new leader and successor to President Michael Horowitz.

Commencement 2010 Updates

Francis-Thornton, Miller Elected to Head Alumni Council

Board Elects Chaifetz, Cohen as Newest Trustees

After 10 Years of Service, Dr. Michael Horowitz Announces his Transition

A Message from President Horowitz

Academics and Staff set Continuous Goals for Improving Quality

TCS SoCal Academic Dean Accepts Invitations to Serve on Three Boards
Dr. Marty Harris, Academic Dean, Southern California Campuses, has been appointed to serve on the Initial Review Board of the American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program (APA-MFP).

Peru Students Visit Chicago Campus

L.A. Faculty Member Connects with Community at a Local Gathering
Faculty member spearheading TCSPP’s Latino Mental Health Initiative in Southern California is also taking steps to build community relationships that will benefit students as they carry out community service work throughout the region.

First Recipients of President’s Awards for SoCal Announced
In a special ceremony before staff and faculty at the downtown Los Angeles Campus, Dr. Debra Warner and Dr. Rachel Findel-Pyles received the first two President’s Awards for Academic Leadership in Southern California

TCS Volunteers Participate in MLK Day of Service
Shyma El Sayed, a TCS student, helped kids write their names in hieroglyphics, giving them a glimpse of Egyptian culture.

Federal Funding Brings Mental Health Services to Chicago’s South Side
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and the Community Mental Health Council, Inc. to Provide Additional Treatment to At-Risk Populations

Adjunct Professor Appears on The Biggest Loser
As a contestant this fall on the hit NBC series, The Biggest Loser, adjunct professor Shay Sorrells inspired millions around the world with her drive, determination, and positive spirit

Using Psychology to Help Rwanda Heal from Genocide
Two TCS faculty teach, learn in six-day workshop in Kigali; hope torefine curriculum for a train-the-trainers program to branch out throughoutcountry

ABA Experts to Converge at Conference Sponsored by LA Campus and CCBS
"Applied Behavior Analysis: Evidence Based Solutions for Helping People,” a one-day conference hosted by the L.A. Campus

Professor’s Passion for Reading and Literacy Honored
Professor’s Passion for Reading and Literacy Honored with Naming of Nancy Davis Collection at Garfield Park Preparatory Academy Library

Forensic Center Town Hall Meeting on Youth Violence
More than 100 City High School Students and Community Leaders Visit Chicago Campus for Forensic Center Town Hall Meeting on Youth Violence

Three Staff Members Won TCS’ Inaugural President’s Vision Award
True to the Core, How Three Staff Members Won TCS’ Inaugural President’s Vision Award

TCS Forensic Center Hosts S.O.S Program Town Hall Meeting
The Chicago School Forensic Center Hosts Save Our School Children (S.O.S.) Program Town Hall Meeting.

US Leading Child Welfare Advocates Visit TCS to Discuss Rights of the Child
Two of the Nation’s Leading Child Welfare Advocates Visit TCS to Lead Discussion Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.

TCS 30th Anniversary Panel Brings Presidents Together, Past and Present
October was history month for The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

The Chicago School Model of Education Goes to Press; Implementation begins
“Preparing engaged professionals,” three words out of nearly 40,000 that comprise the newly published Chicago School Model of Education, but three that perhaps best capture its doctrine.

Adjunct Professor Competes on the Hit TV Series The Biggest Loser
For years Chicago School adjunct professor Shay Sorrells motivated clients and students by reflecting on her personal story—one involving homelessness, a struggle with her weight, and a parent wrestling with addiction.

A New Kind of School for Garfield Park
It was clearly a family affair. As dozens of moms and dads, aunts and uncles, and grandparents stood proudly by, 120 children found nametags and desks and settled into freshly painted classrooms.

Chicago Forensic Chair Michael Fogel Elected to ABFP Board of Directors
Dr. Michael Fogel, chair of the Department of Forensic Psychology, was elected this summer to the American Board of Forensic Psychology (ABFP) Board of Directors.

Croatia Added to International Partners List
The Chicago School’s focus on global outreach expanded last month when the University of Zagreb and the Croatian Institute for Brain Research became the school’s most recent international partners. The three-year agreement will provide for student and faculty exchanges, joint conference participation, collaborative student research projects, and the development of a certificate program.

CIS Director, Dr. Nancy Dubrow, Appointed as U.N. Representative
Dr. Nancy Dubrow,director, Center for International Studies and associate professor hasbeen appointed by the International Society for Traumatic StressStudies (ISTSS) as the organization’s representative to United NationsHeadquarters in New York, Geneva and Vienna.

The Chicago School Named One of Nation’s ‘Great Colleges to Work For’
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is among a select few colleges and universities named this month to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual list of “great colleges to work for.”

ABA Thesis Defense Held June 4
The ABA Department held their annual thesis defense day June 4 in Chicago.

Alumni Council Taps Dr. Grant White as 2009 Distinguished Alumnus
Dr. Grant White (Psy.D. ’93), whose work as a faculty member and an alumnus have significantly broadened The Chicago School’s impact on underserved communities, will be honored at the June 12 Commencement as the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Dr. Yael Danieli Brings Trauma Expertise to New International Ph.D. Program
Positioning The Chicago School as a leader in the emergent discipline of international psychology is a tall order—one that demands the expertise and guidance of a giant in the field.

TCS Joins Renaissance 2010 Movement with Garfield Park Preparatory Academy
In one of its most high-profile partnerships to date, The Chicago School has teamed up with the Chicago Public Schools on an ambitious project to improve educational opportunities for children on the city’s west side and offer TCS students unique practicum and internship experiences.

Mideast Trip Offers Insight into the Psychological Toll of Ongoing Conflict
It was “the wall”—the barrier that separates Israel and the West Bank—that made the biggest impact on Forensic Psychology student Yasmeen Musa during her December visit to the Middle East.

TCS Makes President's Community Service Honor Roll for Second Year
For the second straight year, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts to the community.

1979–2009: Looking Back at 30 Years of TCS History
It was the year of Three Mile Island, the American hostages in Tehran, the Steel City winning the Super Bowl and World Series, and Margaret Thatcher becoming Great Britain’s first female prime minister.

Sri Lanka Project a Transformative Experience for TCS Students and Faculty
Over the past four years, TCS Adjunct Professor Mike McNulty has spentmore than 300 hours by air and another 125 hours on the ground trekkingback and forth to Sri Lanka, a small island nation still wrestling withthe effects of the catastrophic tsunami that struck southern Asia in2004, not to mention an ongoing civil war. When he returned for hiseighth visit this past December to continue his work directing the SriLanka Project, with him were four Chicago School students and twofellow faculty members.

TCS-LA Taps Dr. Albert Edwards as Lead Faculty for West Coast I/O Program
The Chicago School’s Los Angeles Campus welcomes a new lead faculty for its Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I/O) program.

Mart Phase II Project Nears Completion, Slated to Open in January
The moving van is once again parked at The Chicago School’s 325 N.Wells Street building, this time to transport one academic department and three centers across the street to 30,270 usable square feet of newspace in the Merchandise Mart.

ISPA Plants Roots at The Chicago School
The Chicago School took another step toward greater internationalization this semester as the Chicago Campus opened its doors to the International School Psychology Association’s (ISPA) central office.

Playwright and Director Luis Valdez Discusses “The Power of Zero”
“The future belongs to those who can imagine it.” With this sentence celebrated playwright, theater director, and filmmaker Luis Valdez concluded his provocative talk titled “The Power of Zero,” the second event in The Chicago School’s ongoing “Starting from Scratch: The Psychology of Beginning” lecture series.

Students and Faculty Attend National Latino Psychological Association Event
A collection of eight Chicago School faculty and students traveled to Costa Mesa, Calif., in November to attend the biannual National Latino Psychological Association (NLPA) conference. The theme for the November 14–17 forum was “La Cultura Cura: Healing Traditions and Models of Care with Latina/o Families & Communities.”

The Chicago School Unites with CGI, Expands Number of Southern Cal Campuses
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCS) formally announced today a merger with the California Graduate Institute (CGI). As a result of the affiliation, The Chicago School’s physical presence in Southern California surges from one campus, in downtown Los Angeles, to three with the addition of CGI’s locations in Westwood and Irvine, Calif.

Psy.D. Prof. Uses EEGs to Study Effects of Art Therapy
Dr. Lukasz Konopka is convinced that the way to understand behavior is to study the brain. An example he cites—the subject of an article he co-authored and recently published in Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association—is the use of EEGs to measure the effect that painting and drawing have on brain activity in a therapeutic setting.