Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D., Running for APA Presidency

2024-01-24T13:02:01-08:00

Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President of Fielding Graduate University, Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D., is running for the presidency of the American Psychological Association (APA). For 16 years, Dr. Williams has been involved with the APA and brings extensive experience in executive leadership and governance in academic and nonprofit organizational leadership throughout her career. Leveraging her expertise in wellness in work and leadership context for diverse populations, Dr. Williams is running on a platform of Radically Well Together. From her campaign website, Dr. Williams articulates the following: “Being radically well involves applying the clarity and [...]

Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D., Running for APA Presidency2024-01-24T13:02:01-08:00

Fielding Provost Dr. Wendi S. Williams Delivers Keynote at APA 2023

2023-12-24T05:16:58-08:00

Fielding Provost and Senior Vice President Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D., delivered a strong keynote address at the annual American Psychological Association (APA) 2023 conference held in Washington D.C. earlier this month. Provost Williams's presentation was titled "On Refusal and Recovery: What Black women teach us about reclaiming our wellness in our work." In her keynote address, Dr. Wendi Williams explained to a standing-room-only packed auditorium how Black women's refusal and recovery offer key lessons to positively shape our collective reclamation of wellness in our work lives. Black women have a complicated relationship with labor in the U.S. context and beyond. [...]

Fielding Provost Dr. Wendi S. Williams Delivers Keynote at APA 20232023-12-24T05:16:58-08:00

Fielding Provost Wendi Williams Selected as Keynote Speaker for APA 2023

2023-07-27T08:01:37-07:00

The American Psychological Association (APA) selected Fielding Provost and Senior Vice President Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D., as a keynote speaker for the annual APA 2023 conference. The event will take place from August 3rd to the 5th in Washington D.C., with keynote presentations also being live-streamed. Provost Williams will be speaking on the main stage in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Friday, August 4th, at 2 pm Eastern. Friday, August 4 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. ET WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, LEVEL 3, BALLROOM A AND B/ MAIN STAGE LIVESTREAM (Virtual Experience tickets available here) APA keynote speakers [...]

Fielding Provost Wendi Williams Selected as Keynote Speaker for APA 20232023-07-27T08:01:37-07:00

OPINION: Donald Trump’s Never Ending Legal Woes Puts NY Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis In The Line Of Fire

2023-04-13T17:51:08-07:00

What more can we expect from the man who has a documented history of disparaging Black women? (L-R) New York Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County GA District Attorney Fani Willis. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images and Photo by David Walter Banks) Two Black women are leading the way to hold Donald Trump accountable—and he is using every trick in the book to discredit them. While this is the behavior people have come to expect from the former president, his actions actually reflect the tragic and historical treatment of Black women in the workplace in this country. And [...]

OPINION: Donald Trump’s Never Ending Legal Woes Puts NY Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis In The Line Of Fire2023-04-13T17:51:08-07:00

Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D., earns distinguished APA Presidential Citation

2023-03-21T11:47:19-07:00

Provost and Senior Vice President Wendi Williams, Ph.D., recently received one of the most distinguished honors from the American Psychological Association (APA).   Provost Williams was awarded an APA Presidential Citation from APA President Thema S. Bryant, Ph.D., for “her outstanding efforts in applying her work as a psychologist, advocate, and educator at the intersection of education and psychology to her scholarship and leadership during the past two decades.”  Learn more about the APA Presidential Citations Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology Student Tiffany Parisi, Clinical Psychology faculty April Harris-Britt, Ph.D. "My first meeting with Dr. Thema [...]

Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D., earns distinguished APA Presidential Citation2023-03-21T11:47:19-07:00

Black Women At Work: On Refusal and Recovery, a New Book from Provost Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D.

2023-03-10T04:46:48-08:00

"Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery," is the latest publication from Fielding Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D. The book details, and offers vignettes to illustrate, how patriarchy and white supremacy have restricted Black women at work, both historically and currently. Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery Key features: Offers a common-sense, theoretically based systems analysis of Black women's experiences in the workplace Articulates reasonable and realistic approaches to remedying intersectional inequity for Black women (and others) in the workplace Provides a generalizable framework to make individual and systemic changes and/or cope within a range of [...]

Black Women At Work: On Refusal and Recovery, a New Book from Provost Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D.2023-03-10T04:46:48-08:00

Black Excellence at Fielding: Student Donica Harper and Faculty Anthony “AGee” Greene Receive the Inaugural Clinical Psychology Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

2023-02-06T06:58:34-08:00

As the Fielding Community joins in to honor Black History Month, we are thrilled to celebrate Black Leaders at our university. The Clinical Psychology Program’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Award recognizes the contributions students and faculty make to advance DEI work. Clinical Psychology student Donica Harper and core faculty AGee Greene, Ph.D., are the award’s inaugural recipients. Donica Harper “Donica and Dr. Greene were clear candidates for the inaugural award,” said Clinical Psychology DEI Committee Outgoing Chair and core faculty Lauren Mizock, Ph.D. “They have gone above and beyond to contribute to the program, including program [...]

Black Excellence at Fielding: Student Donica Harper and Faculty Anthony “AGee” Greene Receive the Inaugural Clinical Psychology Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion2023-02-06T06:58:34-08:00

Black Student Association hosting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Movie Night on Jan. 16

2023-01-06T10:58:42-08:00

The Fielding community is invited to the Black Student Association’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Movie Night on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at 7 p.m. PST during the School of Psychology’s 2023 January Global Session at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.  The event, sponsored by the Offices of the Provost and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, will feature a showing of the “13th” documentary and a panel discussion. According to Netflix, where the documentary is available for streaming, “13th” is a “thought-provoking documentary” in which “scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African-Americans and the U.S. prison boom.” [...]

Black Student Association hosting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Movie Night on Jan. 162023-01-06T10:58:42-08:00

A Winter Break Message From Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D.

2023-01-03T06:59:26-08:00

To dream, to rest, to turn away from the toxicity of grind culture are radical acts of love for ourselves and our culture. I often speak about how naps will not save you if you are still upholding anti-Blackness, white supremacy, ableism, and patriarchy. All these things are the opposite of love and care. We cannot to continue to dream up new ways of being while still supporting systems of domination. We can’t simply talk about the hopes of a world centered in justice while we continue to exhaust ourselves and each other and remain in allegiance with grind [...]

A Winter Break Message From Provost Wendi Williams, Ph.D.2023-01-03T06:59:26-08:00

Getting to Know Our New Provost and Senior Vice President Wendi Williams, Ph.D.

2022-12-07T11:50:13-08:00

In October 2022, Wendi Williams, Ph.D., joined Fielding as its Provost and Senior Vice President. Since that moment, she has quickly adapted to her role in collaboration with members of the Fielding community. Provost Williams brings with her two decades of academic and administrative experience, applying her work as a psychologist, advocate, and educator at the intersection of education and psychology to her scholarship and leadership praxis. Previously, she was the Dean of the School of Education at Mills College and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Bank Street College, Graduate School of Education. In these positions, she cultivated [...]

Getting to Know Our New Provost and Senior Vice President Wendi Williams, Ph.D.2022-12-07T11:50:13-08:00

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