School of Education and Human Development

Dean's Dialogue Series

Anxious America: Mental Health & Healing in the Era of Anxiety

6 p.m. Doors Open / Resources Fair
6:30 p.m. Panel Presentation

In a time marked by cultural unrest, pandemic aftershocks, social media saturation, academic pressure, and collective unease, anxiety in America has reached unprecedented levels across all age groups and sectors. Join Dean Evelyn Bilias Lolis, PhD, as she brings together a panel of cross-disciplinary experts to explore the impact of anxiety and the roles that educators, healthcare and mental health clinicians, families, spiritual advisors, and community partners can play in responding with empathy, strategy, and systems of care.

Host:
Dean Evelyn Bilias Lolis, PhD, Educational Psychologist | Author | Researcher | Blogger | Child Wellness Advocate

The panel will include:

• Natasha Booker, PhD, LCSW — Clinical Social Worker and Private Practitioner | Professor of the Practice and Field Clinical Director, MSW Program

• Danielle Conklin, DNP — Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Assistant Professor, Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies | Candidate, Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, NYU

• Martin Pino, PsyD — Clinical Psychologist | Fairfield University Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellness

• Frank Rodriguez, MEd, SYC'07  — Alumnus l K-8 Principal, Strawberry Hill Inter-District Public Magnet School l Urban Education l ELL & Special Education 

• Michael J. Testani, MEd — Superintendent of Fairfield Public Schools

This signature event is ideal for first-year students new to Fairfield, undergraduate and graduate students, and K–12 educators and mental health providers.

Prior to the panel discussion, attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about helpful resources that support students’ minds, bodies, and spirits from Campus Ministry, Counseling & Psychological Services, the Koslow Center, the Murphy Center, and the Office of Accessibility.

Light refreshments will be served.

This event is an FYE Health and Wellness Event for first-year students.