PhD Student
University of Connecticut
Jamie is guided by her belief in the potential of human relationships with nature to improve wellbeing for humans and the more-than-human world. She has a special interest factors that influence thinking around interdependence, collective responsibility, and relations of care. Her research aims to shift anthropocentric epistemologies towards more inclusive and expansive ways of relating to the more-than-human world, towards greater mindfulness and compassion. Exploring the role of theory and interdisciplinary collaboration in furthering anti-oppressive social work policy and practice, Jamie is part of emergent global and collective efforts to advance planetary and multi-species justice. She has a particular interest in nature relations, urban agriculture and permaculture design, as well as community movements of localization, degrowth and ecological justice.
A wide range of clinical practice experiences, a passion for social and ecological justice, and a penchant for systems thinking led Jamie to research and pursuing a PhD. Her professional background includes working as a family-based therapist in Pittsburgh, PA, in wilderness-based and therapeutic boarding school settings in Asheville, NC, and most recently with a holistic community practice in Salisbury, MD, where she continues to practice clinical work via telehealth while pursuing a PhD at UConn. Jamie’s clinical practice combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with various modalities including family systems, mindfulness, and experiential therapeutic interventions.
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