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Accolades: Joan O’Mara, Otto Wahl
Posted 5/24/2005
Joan O’Mara, associate professor of speech and drama, Hillyer College, was invited to participate in a panel, “Best Practices: Interactive Classroom Activities and Exercises to Promote Active Student Learning,” sponsored by the Interpretation, Performance, and Theatre interest group, at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) held in Pittsburgh. O’Mara, who is chair of the ECA Teaching Fellows Selection Committee, presided at that group’s meeting to choose new Fellows. She also chaired a panel, “Greater Expectations for Deeper Dialogue: Interracial Marriage,” sponsored by the Voices of Diversity interest Group.
Otto Wahl, professor of clinical psychology and director, Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, made several presentations this spring.
On April 11, he presented “Media Images of Mental Illness” for the centennial celebration of Monadnock Family Services, a mental health services center in Keene, N.H. In his address, Wahl spoke about the depiction of mental illnesses in the mass media and the damaging impact those images may have on those who are mentally ill.
On May 6, he provided the keynote speech, “Maddening Images of Mental Illnesses,” for a conference sponsored by NAMI [National Alliance for the Mentally Ill]-Champlain Valley and Behavioral Health Services North, in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
That same day, Wahl gave a presentation on “Confronting Stigma” for the President’s Speaker Series at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He discussed the stigma experienced by people with mental illnesses, how it affects their lives, and efforts to reduce it.
Otto Wahl, professor of clinical psychology and director, Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, made several presentations this spring.
On April 11, he presented “Media Images of Mental Illness” for the centennial celebration of Monadnock Family Services, a mental health services center in Keene, N.H. In his address, Wahl spoke about the depiction of mental illnesses in the mass media and the damaging impact those images may have on those who are mentally ill.
On May 6, he provided the keynote speech, “Maddening Images of Mental Illnesses,” for a conference sponsored by NAMI [National Alliance for the Mentally Ill]-Champlain Valley and Behavioral Health Services North, in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
That same day, Wahl gave a presentation on “Confronting Stigma” for the President’s Speaker Series at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He discussed the stigma experienced by people with mental illnesses, how it affects their lives, and efforts to reduce it.
