Trained Faculty Mental Health Advocates can be found in each college to provide information and resources to support students experiencing mental health concerns. Utilizing their training alongside empathy and active listening skills, they help connect students to support and educate their colleagues. Faculty Mental Health Advocates also:
- Educate colleagues on the warning signs of mental health issues, how to have conversations with students and what resources are available to support them.
- Lead events and create partnerships to help facilitate conversations among faculty, staff and students and raise awareness.
Faculty Mental Health Advocates
- Pallavi Doradla, Physics and Applied Physics - Francis College of Engineering (FCE)
- Lynne Gauthier, Physical Therapy and Kinesiology – Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences (ZCHS)
- Bhavna Gupta, Chemistry - Kennedy College of Sciences (KCS)
- Michelle Hunt, Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences - Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences (ZCHS)
- Akshay Kokil, Plastics Engineering – Francis College of Engineering (FCE)
- Cathy Levey, Criminal Justice – Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS)
- Hilary Lustick, Education – Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS) / Graduate, Online and Professional Studies (GPS)
- Elissa Magnant, Management - Manning School of Business (MSB)
- Spencer Ross, Marketing – Manning School of Business (MSB)
- Johannes Weis, Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences - Kennedy College of Sciences (KCS)