S2 Episode 5: Beyond the Campus Counseling Center

COVID has brought new attention to what many are calling the “mental health crisis" on college campuses. A 2020 study found that nearly 40% of college students experienced depression and 13% have had suicidal ideations.

The week Lisa Levenstein talks with Gary Glass, licensed psychologist, and director of counseling and career services at Oxford College of Emory University, about the challenges facing students and the increasing pressure on faculty to address mental health concerns. Glass calls on us to expand our thinking from how to diagnose and treat individuals in crisis to how to build a broader campus community and culture that supports students more holistically.  

Following the conversation, Levenstein talks with her friend and colleague Tiffany Holland, a lecturer at UNC Greensboro and Guilford College. Holland shares her experiences embracing vulnerability and building community with students in the wake of the pandemic.

About our Guests:

Gary D. Glass, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who has been working with college students and serving various campus communities for over 20 years. Committed to an interdisciplinary perspective, his professional identity extends beyond “licensed psychologist” to include Educator, and he incorporates skills and wisdoms from his undergraduate studies in English literature and Communication, as well as his deep appreciation for music, poetry, and theology.

Read Gary’s article for Inside Higher Ed “Rethinking Campus Mental Health”

J. Tiffany Holland is a public educator, freedom dreamer, and wayward scholar. Her scholarly passions focus on the expansiveness and complexities of black identity and the potentials of black liberation. A former performing artist and middle-school teacher, Tiffany has taught history and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Guilford College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds an M.A. in history from Duke University. She lives in Greensboro North Carolina with her partner, her wonder-twin seven-year-old children, and her extended and magical queer family.

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