Carlota Ocampo, PhD, associate professor of psychology and provost at Trinity University in Washington, D.C., will give a talk “Hidden in Plain Sight: Acknowledging and Addressing the Impacts of Racist Incident Based Trauma,” on March 30, 2022 at 7 p.m. on campus in Fairfield’s Alumni House.
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The College of Arts and Sciences' Magis Core Lecture and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Keynote Capstone Event with Carlota Ocampo, PhD, associate professor of psychology and provost at Trinity University in Washington, D.C., will give a talk entitled, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Acknowledging and Addressing the Impacts of Racist Incident Based Trauma,” which will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, on the Fairfield University campus in Alumni House.
As provost at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C., Dr. Ocampo oversees academic affairs, assessment, and planning. She has also served as associate provost for academic assessment, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences where she directed academic advising and the first-year experience, and as well as served as chair of the Psychology and Human Relations programs.
Dr. Ocampo also serves on the national advisory board for the Steve Fund/Equity in Mental Health Framework for Students of Color in Higher Education. She is a volunteer peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and since 2005 has chaired or participated as a team member on accreditation reviews.
Her teaching and research interests encompass interactions among diversity, structural inequity, health, and education.
In-person event. Free and open to the public. RSVP to Johanna Garvey at jkgarvey@fairfield.edu. This lecture is sponsored by: The Humanities Institute, Magis Core, Honors program, Latin America and Caribbean Studies, Peace and Justice Studies, Health Studies, Psychology Department, Biology Department, Sociology and Anthropology Department, and Public Lectures and events.
Posted On: March 24, 2022
Volume: 53 Number: 72
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