Past Research:
A Survey of Online Dispute Resolution:
Past Practices, Present Challenges and Future Possibilities Publication On File with Department, Graduate Terminal Project at University of Oregon 2010
Objectives: Paper surveyed past practices, present challenges, and future possibilities within the Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) field. Key chapters include: the History of ODR, Advantages of ODR, Challenges of ODR, Current Utilization in ODR, and the Future of ODR. Literature review included: scholarly journal articles, books, online websites, online blogs, and online discussion board threads. Two semi-structured interviews were conducted via in-person and telephone.
Results: This project added to the existing body of literature in this field by providing meaningful insights into ODR’s history, current use and its promising future.
A Survey of Online Dispute Resolution:
Past Practices, Present Challenges and Future Possibilities Publication On File with Department, Graduate Terminal Project at University of Oregon 2010
Objectives: Paper surveyed past practices, present challenges, and future possibilities within the Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) field. Key chapters include: the History of ODR, Advantages of ODR, Challenges of ODR, Current Utilization in ODR, and the Future of ODR. Literature review included: scholarly journal articles, books, online websites, online blogs, and online discussion board threads. Two semi-structured interviews were conducted via in-person and telephone.
Results: This project added to the existing body of literature in this field by providing meaningful insights into ODR’s history, current use and its promising future.
Future Research:
Objectives: I hope to gain a greater understanding in the role neuroscience plays in the affects and effects of the prolonged grieving process for some people. Why do more than ten percent of those affected by loss and grief remain stuck in their loss after a year? These individuals often have a diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) or go undiagnosed from PGD. I hope that my future research will yield valuable real-world techniques and strategies in treating those with PGD.
Objectives: I hope to gain a greater understanding in the role neuroscience plays in the affects and effects of the prolonged grieving process for some people. Why do more than ten percent of those affected by loss and grief remain stuck in their loss after a year? These individuals often have a diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) or go undiagnosed from PGD. I hope that my future research will yield valuable real-world techniques and strategies in treating those with PGD.
Advocacy
As a counselor in training, client advocacy is not only privilege but a professional mandate for our field. I have had the honor of advocating and connecting my clients to housing, medical, mental health, food, and crisis resources. My advocacy work is a result of my beliefs about leadership.
My leadership philosophy highly values collaboration, integrity, competency, respect (for self and others) and diverse perspectives. Leadership is an ongoing collaborative influencing process between the leaders and their group members. A good leader creates a respectful and helpful atmosphere in which differing perspectives can be voiced and heard. From this conversation, mutual goals and creative opportunities can help a group come up with solutions for real world application. My leadership philosophy incorporates democratic and solution-based leadership ideals. Conversely, ineffective and damaging leadership philosophies perpetrate black and white thinking systems and devalue differences and diversity. This is largely due to unexamined assumptions and belief systems amidst a lack of exposure to diverse populations. Being a good leader means being able to wear various hats via cognitive flexibility while modeling competent supportive respectful behavior towards others.
I also have past community advocacy experience as a Volunteer Restorative Justice Mediator at a community agency. In this position, I co-mediated cases, prepared written restitution agreements, and developed rapport during intakes using a strength-based perspective.
As a member of several professional organizations (American Counseling Association, Oregon Counseling Association and Chi Sigma Iota), I will use my voice to continue to advocate for marginalized and underserved populations. As a counselor in training, client advocacy is not only privilege but a professional mandate for our field. I have had the honor of advocating and connecting my clients to housing, medical, mental health, food, and crisis resources. My advocacy work is a result of my beliefs about leadership.
