CDA Student Spotlight: Katie Goodman

Katie Goodman is a second year CDA student, graduating from CDA in December 2016. Thank you, Katie, for sharing some of your story with us! Q. Where are you from? A. New York City (by way of Toronto and Nairobi) Q. What did you do before CDA? A. Before CDA, I was working for an…

Posted by Marisa Flores on October 3, 2016 in Current Students

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CDA Student Spotlight: Dawn Harris

Dawn is a second year CDA student. She will complete her CDA coursework in December 2016. We asked Dawn a few questions to get to know more about her passions, her work and her plans for the future. Thank you, Dawn, for sharing your story with us! Q. Where are you from? A. I’m a…

Posted by Marisa Flores on September 13, 2016 in Current Students

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CDA Student Spotlight: Marisa Flores

Marisa was born and raised in the great state of Texas.  She attended Texas Tech University, where she studied Human Development & Family Studies with a minor in Psychology before pursuing my EC-6 Elementary Education Post Bac at Lubbock Christian University.  After working at a local summer camp for several years, she took over as…

Posted by Michelle Wijaya on May 6, 2016 in Current Students, Current students

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CDA Student Spotlight: Joseph Gutierrez

Meet Joseph, a current first-year CDA, originally from California. He double-majored in Literature and History at UCLA and graduated in 2009.  After graduating, he moved to South Korea to teach English.  He loved Korea so much that he ended up staying there for 4 years.  He ended up meeting his now fiancée there and followed her…

Posted by Michelle Wijaya on April 4, 2016 in Current Students, Current students

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Kimberly Palmer: CDA Project

2nd year CDA student Kimberly Palmer conducted her CDA practicum at Youth Encouragement Services (YES). We asked her to share a little more about her project. What is YES and how did you get involved? YES is a community-based organization providing after school support for kids from the Napier public houses at the center located…

Posted by herrodl on May 5, 2015 in Current Students, Final Projects and Theses, Current students, students

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Worker Cooperatives

2nd year CDA students Austin Sauerbrei and Patrick Cate have developed an independent study in which they visited various worker cooperatives throughout the Eastern United States. At the heart of their effort is a renewed interest in the power of alternative economies, including cooperatives, to respond to the increasing trauma of economic distress. Building upon a…

Posted by herrodl on February 10, 2015 in Current Students, Current students

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Southeast Ecological Community Conference

On October 10-12th, second year CDA students Lauren Berny, Kelsie Cox, and Elizabeth McInerney traveled to South Carolina to attend the 2014 Society for Community Research and Action regional conference Southeast Ecological-Community Conference: Transforming the Landscape: Creating Positive Community Change from the Ground Up, which was sponsored by the University of South Carolina.  

Posted by herrodl on February 10, 2015 in Current Students, Current students

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