Adjunct Faculty

KOSTAS BAGAKIS.  BA in Communications and Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, 1963.  MA in Philosophy, San Francisco State University, 1971.  PhD, History of Consciousness, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1981. Kostas has been a Lecturer in Philosophy at San Francisco State since 1983.  He is interested in continental European philosophy, logic and dialectics, and educational theory, especially the ideas of Paolo Freire. Kostas is a long-time adjunct faculty member at WISR.bagman@sfsu.edu

MARCIA CAMPOS.  Marcia Campos was born in Santiago de Chile and was an active participant in the School of Psychology of the University of Chile in the students’ movement that supported the government of President Salvador Allende. She was a political exile in Mexico after the coup.  Marcia was a tenured Professor-Researcher in the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico. She holds a Masters Degree in Sociology from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) and pursued Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Political Science at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).  She has been in California since 1986, where she continues her lifelong work as a human rights activist. She was elected president of the Alameda Council on Developmental Disabilities.  She co-produced, with WISR PhD student, Uwe Blesching, the film Viva Chile M , a film about the life, poetry and politics of the late Fernando Alegria, internationally famous Chilean poet and for many years an active member of WISR’s Board of Trustees. MCampos@lafamiliacounseling.org

WOODY CARTER. Dr. Carter holds a PhD from the Graduate Theologial Union in Berkeley, and he heared Master’s Degree from the City University of New York and an undergraduate degree from Howard University, in Washington, D.C. Woody is the Executive Director of the Bay Area Black United Fund, Inc. (BABUF), a position he has held since 1997. The organization serves five San Francisco Bay Area counties. Since 1997, BABUF has distributed well over $1,000,000 in funding and allocations to over 60 agencies providing a wide and diverse array of direct services to address African American community self-help projects. In 2001, BABUF assumed the role of convener and resource “broker” for what is now referred to as the Bay Area African American Health Initiative (BAAAHI) which is a public/private partnership between three Bay Area public health departments, Kaiser Permanente, the YMCA of the East Bay, over a dozen non-profit organizations, a network of complimentary healers and community leaders working, together, to address the health crisis facing Bay Area African American communities. In this role BABUF has convened three Bay Area African American Health Summits in 2003, 2005 and 2007—attracting a combined attendance of well over 10,000 participants. The Fund also has launched what is fast becoming a movement to recruit, train, and support 4,650 Critical Mass Health Conductors through 2009. Harriet Tubman is the patron saint of this initiative and her life informs this work. Prior to accepting his position at BABUF, Dr. Carter was an Associate Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco; served as Director of Foundation Support for the American Red Cross Bay Area, and Grants Manager for the National American Red Cross’s Special Disaster Relief Fund set-up after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. wcarter@babuf.org

OSAHON CHRIS EIGBIKE. BSc in Political Science, University of Benin, Nigeria, 1981. DPhil in Divinity Studies (Holistic Spirituality and Counseling), Institute of Theology, Birmingham, 2004. PhD in Higher Education and Social Change, Western Institute for Social Research, Berkeley, 2011. Dr. Eigbike is currently working on an MPH in Preventive Primary Healthcare, University of London. A Nigerian-Canadian, Osahon has done extensive teaching internationally (Nigeria, Southern Africa and Canada) in social studies, counseling, development studies, culture and spirituality at secondary/university levels. He has also worked as a career consultant (employment counselor and case manager), and as manager of a capacity-building poverty alleviation project. He has served on the boards of many community-oriented organizations, including Mennonite Employment Development, Mennonite Church Canada, African Multicultural Centre – all in Canada, and development agencies in Nigeria and Southern Africa. Currently semi-retired, he does contract teaching and consulting in community development, culture and spirituality, and preventive primary healthcare. Visit Osahon’s Wisrville blog: Nature is The Teacher: A Development and Freedom Principle for all Peoples. osahonc@wisr.edu

STEVEN FLETCHER. MA (2007) from Excelsior College in Albany, New York with a specialty in the use of stories for healing and growth and a BA (1976) in Expressive Arts from Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. He earned two California teaching certificates in 1976. He is currently pursuing a PhD at WISR in higher education and social change. His background is wide and varied, touching fields as diverse as software development, music (two CD’s), literature (two anthologies of short stories, see http://peacefulpages.com/ and http://gentleplace.com), writing and production of avant-garde plays and productions. Other publications include two recent books published at Guizhou University on poetry and on second language acquisition theory and practice. He is the developer of HILL (Holistic Integrated Language Learning), a program at Guizhou University in China, sponsored by Micro Steps, as well as of the TOE educational model and the concept of Delta Stories. He is the cofounder and current president of Micro Steps, has chaired the Motherlode Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee, served on the board of Beyond Limits and the founder of Relief Services. His current focus is on healing and growth through both formal and informal educational processes using music, stories and the creativity found in us all. He resides in Guiyang, China where he is currently investigating the possibility of assisting a small number of Chinese students to study and obtain advanced degrees at WISR while residing in China. You may contact him at steve.fletcher@wisr.edu .

BRIAN GERRARD.M.A. Counseling Psychology, University of British Columbia. PhD Counseling Psychology, University of Toronto. PhD Sociology, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Brian is tenured, Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology Department, University of San Francisco. He holds teaching awards from two universities. He has extensive experience teaching a wide variety of Master’s and Doctoral level courses in counselor education. Brian developed USF’s masters MFT program and for 14 years served as MFT Coordinator. His orientation emphasizes an integration of family systems and problem-solving approaches. He is an experienced administrator and has been Chair of the Counseling Psychology Department twice. Currently, he is also Executive Director of the University of San Francisco Center for Child and Family Development. The Center has for 25 years managed the largest longest-running School-Based Family Counseling program of its type in the USA. Its Mission Possible Program has served more than 10,000 children and families in over 100 Bay area schools. Brian is Chair of the Institute for School-Based Family Counseling. The Institute sponsors the International Journal for School-Based Family Counseling and the Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling. He is also Symposium Director for the Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling which is an international association with members in 22 countries and which meets at Brasenose College, Oxford University in even years and other international sites in alternate years. gerrardb@roadrunner.com

JENNIFER FREUNDLICH GUEDIRI.Jennifer has a Masters of Arts in International Administration with a specialization in International Human Services from The School for International Training in Vermont, and a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Social Anthropology from Long Island University’s Global College. She is an artist, acculturation trainer and mother, with a broad international understanding and twenty years of experience in developing, facilitating and implementing cross-cultural communication programs. She is currently writing and illustrating a series of children’s books which emphasize connection with and the resourcefulness of nature. The stories encourage inner confidence and well being through the discovery of imagination. Jennifer’s interest in culture and behavior began as a child growing up amongst two special needs siblings, and living and traveling throughout the European Community with her family. As an undergraduate, she spent many months in Southeast Asia, living with a Sherpa family in Nepal, and conducting social anthropological research along the Thai-Burmese border. Some of her observations were transcribed into acculturation curriculum used to assimilate Cambodian refugees into American society. As a graduate student, she pursued comparison studies of indigenous groups in Bolivia and Peru. Jennifer has lived in India, Israel and North Africa. jfguediri@yahoo.com

RICHARD LAWRENCE. Richard graduated from Albion College in Michigan with a BA and secondary teaching certificate in English, German and social studies. He has a Master of Divinity Degree in social ethics from the University of Chicago and completed the post-graduate Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School. He is a retired Methodist clergyman whose ministry is committed to social justice. He organized and serves as co-chair of the San Diego Affordable Housing Coalition. The Affordable Housing Coalition is an active member of ACCORD (A Community Coalition for Responsible Development). He is also currently an adjunct faculty member at the Springfield College San Diego Campus. Richard has contributed leadership to dozens of community organizations including several in San Diego: Southeastern Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), the Center on Policy Initiatives, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, and others including Chair of Negotiations for Operation Breadbasket (PUSH) – Chicago, the Englewood Action Committee – Chicago, Cummins Engine Foundation Minority Community Development Program – Chicago, Greater Lawrence (MA) Community Foundation, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO – NYC), the Chicago and National Black United Funds. Richard was a founder and charter member of the Association of Black Foundation Executives, and he recently was named a Civic Ventures Purpose Prize Fellow. He was active in the civil rights movement and participated in the Selma to Montgomery March as well as marches for open housing with Dr. King in Chicago. ralawrence1015@yahoo.com

DEBORAH PRUITT. BA in Anthropology, University of Maryland, 1985. MA in Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, 1986. PhD in Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, 1993. Deborah applies her anthropological perspective to helping community benefit organizations achieve extraordinary impact with greater success and personal fulfillment. To this end, she founded Group Alchemy™ Consulting in 1996. Through more than 20 years of cross-cultural research and consulting with hundreds of nonprofit, education, and community organizations she has developed a model of the distinct patterns of behavior that characterize highly successful groups that she calls the Group Alchemy Formula. This holistic model guides groups through the proven strategies that unify diverse talents and perspectives around a shared vision and develop a sustainable culture of success. This approach to group effectiveness is presented in her forthcoming book, Group Alchemy: The Six Essential Elements of Powerful Groups. Her website: www.groupalchemy.net In addition to consulting, facilitation and workshops in Group Alchemy, Deborah teaches courses in introductory anthropology and religion at the local community college. She has served on the faculty at WISR since 1998. Deborah’s research areas include organizational culture, social inequality, gender, tourism, social change, and social interaction. Her publications include articles on the cultural impact of tourism in Jamaica, women and family law in Jamaica, teaching introductory anthropology–relevance and accessibility, ethics and cultural pluralism. Deborah served on WISR’s core faculty for many years, and for the time being, has scaled back her involvement due to other pressing commitments, but will continue to do occasional work with students as a WISR adjunct faculty member.debpruitt@groupalchemy.net