Armchair Scholars

Welcome to Office Hours!   

In this episode Nic and Brendan discuss what we thought about our interview with Dr. Robbin Rasbury, PsyD. 

There is so much to learn in the field of Psychology and we both thoroughly enjoyed the interview. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the thoughts and perspectives we share in this edition of office hours.   If your the type of person to read an entire show description and have made it this far, your probably also the type of person who would subscribe to this channel and show us some love!

Would you like to see Brendan fumble with difficult scenarios? Well that is exactly what we have here for you. 

In this new side series, Brendan gets thrown in the hot seat while Nic asks him for his opinions on moral dilemmas.   

If you enjoy this segment, drop a like and let us know in the comments! We had a great time recording this, and would love to do more. Thanks for tuning in! We appreciate the support.  

MORAL DILEMMA SCRIPT:  A pregnant woman, who is leading a group of 10 people out of a cave near the coast, is stuck in the small mouth of that cave. In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless she is unstuck, they will all drown except the pregnant woman, whose head is out of the cave. Fortunately, or unfortunately, someone has with him a stick of dynamite. There is no way to get the pregnant woman loose without using the dynamite which will inevitably kill her; but if they do not use it everyone will drown.  What should they do?

In this episode of the Armchair Scholars Podcast, Brendan and Nic sit down with Dr. Robin Rasbury, PsyD.   

WHO IS OUR GUEST?  Robin Rasbury, PsyD is a an Associate Professor at John F. Kennedy University and graduate of California School of Psychology with emphasis on multicultural competency. She is now Core faculty in the Doctor of Psychology program at JFKU after starting as Core Faculty in the MFT MA in Counseling Psychology Program from 2010 to March 2018 and Program Chair from 2015 to 2018.  Dr. Rasbury teaches attachment, psychodynamic theory, clinical skills, family life cycle, foster and adoption, children, adolescents and family treatment and interventions; and crisis and trauma, and multicultural competence. She enjoys advising and mentoring students and facilitated a monthly support group for African American students in the MA and PsyD program for five years. On the University level, Dr. Rasbury is an Executive Faculty member on the Faculty Senate and Chair of the Multicultural Curriculum Committee; and has served on hiring committees for faculty and staff. In 2017, Dr. Rasbury was an External Reviewer for a MFT program in the Bay Area.  Prior to working at JFKU, Dr. Rasbury was the Supervisor of the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program for high-risk adolescents. This involved recruitment and training of specialized foster parents to parent these teens and collaborating with probation officers and social services who referred the youth. The purpose of this program was to reunify the youth with their parents of origin after completing the program. At Oakland Children’s Hospital as liaison clinician providing parent-infant therapy to incarcerated women of color and their babies.  

TOPICS Some of the topics we discuss are adoption, parenting, foster care, the role of psychologists during the Covid-19 and racial pandemics and more. Stay tuned to hear how Dr. Rasbury's role has shifted since the Covid-19 pandemic.   

OFFICE HOURS Stop by "Office Hours" to hear Brendan and Nic dive deeper into topics discussed on today's episode that they want to know more about, which will be posted 1 week following the upload of this video.   Be sure to check us out on all social media platforms @armchairscholars for future episodes and more!

In this segment, Brendan infiltrates Nic's mind by asking him several Would You Rather questions to reveal his true identity. 

Hope you all enjoy this side series. Let us know your thoughts or what you'd say in response to these questions on our social media @armchairscholars on all platforms. 

If you'd like to see a video version of this episode, check out of our YouTube channel @armchairscholars. 

Be on the lookout for a new conversation with a professor this upcoming Sunday! 

Welcome to Office Hours! 

In this episode Nic and Brendan discuss what we thought about our interview with Dr. Cloward. There is so much to learn in the field of Political Science and we both thoroughly enjoyed the interview. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the thoughts and perspectives we share in this edition of office hours. 

If your the type of person to read an entire show description and have made it this far, your probably also the type of person who would subscribe to this channel and show us some love! 

In this episode of the Armchair Scholars Podcast, Brendan and Nic sit down with Dr. Jeremy Cloward, PhD.   Jeremy Cloward, PhD is a political science professor and author living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He has taught at the junior college and university level for the past 14 years and is the author of three books and multiple articles that have been published in the Oakland Post, the Hampton Institute, Socialist Worker, Project Censored, and the East Bay Times.  Some of the topics we discuss the potential strategies for reappropriating funds in the federal budget, some of the issues with the current political landscape,  and he shares his opinion on how it could be improved.   

If you'd like to know more about Jeremy Cloward, PhD, check out his website!   https://www.jeremycloward.org/  Stop by "Office Hours" to hear Brendan and Nic dive deeper into topics discussed on today's episode that they want to know more about, which will be posted 1 week following the upload of this video.   Be sure to check us out on all social media platforms @armchairscholars for future episodes and more!

Welcome to Office Hours!

This segment is all about Nic and I taking some time to reflect on our conversation with Dr. Haldeman. We discuss some of our favorite parts of the interview and some things we learned from his amazing story. 

This will be a recurring segment of the show so please be on the look out for our Office Hours after future episodes. 

In this episode of the Armchair Scholars Podcast, Brendan and Nic sit down with Dr. Doug Haldeman, PhD.   He is a professor and department chair of the clinical psychology doctoral program at John F. Kennedy University. He was the California Psychological Association President in 2017, and is best known for is public advocacy for social justice.   We discuss the role psychology has played in his life, and the work that he has done himself.  Stop by "Office Hours" to hear Brendan and Nic dive deeper into topics discussed on today's episode that they want to know more about, which will be posted 1 week following the upload of this video.   Be sure to check us out on all social media platforms @armchairscholars for future episodes and more!

In this episode of the Armchair Scholars Podcast, Brendan and Nic sit down with Dr. Doug Haldeman, PhD.   He is a professor and department chair of the clinical psychology doctoral program at John F. Kennedy University. He was the California Psychological Association President in 2017, and is best known for is public advocacy for social justice.   We discuss the role psychology has played in his life, and the work that he has done himself.  Stop by "Office Hours" to hear Brendan and Nic dive deeper into topics discussed on today's episode that they want to know more about, which will be posted 1 week following the upload of this video.   Be sure to check us out on all social media platforms @armchairscholars for future episodes and more!

Genesis 1 - the origin story

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