Psychology Department
Program Faculty
Diversity Management Program Faculty
Carla Carten, adjunct |
Herb Stevenson, adjunct |
Lisa P. Gaynier, adjunct |
Melodie S. Yates, adjunct |
Victoria R. Winbush, adjunct |
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C.Greer Jordan, adjunct |
Deborah L. Plummer, emerita |
Course Facilitators
FACULTY
Carla Carten, Ph. D.
Carla Carten, Ph.D. has nearly fifteen years of experience as an independent Organizational Development Consultant where her concentration has been in the areas of building cross-cultural collaborative partnerships, diversity and inclusion training, and research and practices for eliminating healthcare inequity. As a consultant and as a researcher she has conducted workshops for building organizational capacity through global partnerships in the U.S., East and West Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Dr. Carten has recently served as the Associate Director of Diversity in the newly formed Office of Diversity at the Cleveland Clinic. Previously she served as Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Diversity Management Program, Cleveland State University. Dr. Carten continues to be a faculty member of the Diversity Management Program and a member of Cleveland States’ Center for Health Equity.
Dr. Carten holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, a Masters of Science degree in Organizational Development and Analysis from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications, from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Lisa P. Gaynier, M.A., Program Coordinator, Executive Director
Throughout a highly entrepreneurial career, Lisa has developed expertise in organizational effectiveness and mediation. She has over twenty years experience as a business owner, leadership coach and consultant. Her special areas of practice are leadership development, coaching and mediation. Past clients include engineers, educators and human resource professionals at organizations such as the University of Michigan, Honeywell, Eaton, Sysco and Ford Motor Co.
Early in her career, Lisa owned and operated two successful multicultural restaurant operations. It was during those twelve years that Lisa developed skills in organizational effectiveness: creating humane work environments and profitable businesses. In addition, the challenge of working with the many independent-minded business people in her community taught her valuable lessons about effective collaboration, influencing people when you are not "in charge," and the importance of leadership and clear vision.
Steve Slane, Ph.D.
Steven Slane is the Associate Dean for Faculty of the College of Science. His training is in Social Psyhology and Statistics and Research Design from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. His research interests are in the areas of interpersonal relationships, perception/use of time, and diversity issues. He has held a variety of position at CSU and in the Department of Psychology, including chairing the Department of Departments of Psychology, Health Sciences, and Speech and Hearing. He has directed the following Psychology Department programs: Clinical/Counseling, Diversity, Consumer-Industrial, and Undergraduate.
Brenda Johnson, Ph.D.
Brenda K. Johnson earned her Ph. D. in Social-Organizational Psychology at Teachers College Columbia University. Her primary research interests are bias and discrimination in the workplace, and her teaching interests include conflict resolution theory and group dynamics. Her dissertation research examined the impact of beliefs on Whites’ reactions to interracial work situations. She has presented her empirical and theoretical work at the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association and the International Critical Management Studies Conference.
Brenda is also a certified small group consultant in the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems. Her research in organizations, as a research associate at the J.M. Huber Institute for Learning in Organizations, included studying communities of practice in the US Army, and networks in a global manufacturing organization.
Melodie S. Yates, Ph.D.
Dr. Yates joined Cleveland State University in 1981 as Assistant to the Vice President for Student Services and has served in progressively responsible positions including five years as Director of Affirmative Action for the University.
For the past thirteen years, as Director of Diversity Training and Research, she has been engaged in diversity education for the campus community through diversity training, supervisory training, classroom presentations, student leadership development, development of certification programs related to diversity/cultural competency, and research related to campus climate, student retention and diversity management. Other responsibilities include executive assistant level coordination of projects for the Vice President of Student Affairs and Minority Affairs.
In addition, Dr. Yates teaches in the CSU Diversity Management Program, a master’s level diversity professional specialization, housed in the Department of Psychology and until 2004 served as the administrative coordinator of the program.
Victoria R. Winbush
Vikki provides consultation to individuals, groups and organizations as the owner and principal of VR Winbush, Inc. Previously she served as the director of a diversity training institute for mental health professionals, and has been as an administrator of health care and social services organizations.
She is a member of the teaching faculty at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and serves as a co-chair for the Gestalt Training Program. Vikki is also an adjunct faculty member for the Smith College School for Social Work where she is a doctoral fellow. Her clinical research interest in understanding how adolescents make meaning of the experience of taking medication for mood and behavior disorders. Her organizational research interest is examining the intersection between diversity and change management.
Deborah L. Plummer, Ph.D
Deborah is a nationally recognized psychologist and diversity solutions thought leader. She is a consultant and founder of D.L. Plummer & Associates, a firm specializing in diversity management and organizational development for over twenty years. She has consulted for a variety of national and local corporations including Fortune 500 companies, community mental health agencies, public and private school systems, and faith-based institutions. Deborah also has extensive experience inside organizations and has held past roles as a chief diversity officer, university professor, founding director of a graduate degree program in diversity management, and a staff psychologist.
Deborah is the Editor of the Handbook of Diversity Management and author of Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations through Friendships. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the American Institute for Managing Diversity in Atlanta, the nation’s leading nonprofit think tank dedicated to promoting and advancing diversity leadership through research, education and public outreach.
COURSE FACILITATORS
C.Greer Jordan, M.B.A.
C. Greer Jordan is a Ph.D student at Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Organizational Behavior. She worked for 19 years in engineering and management positions in the automotive industry.
She holds an M.B.A. form the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit.
Charles A. (Bud) Stuppy
Charles A. (Bud) Stuppy is the president of C. A. Stuppy & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of human capital performance strategies, organizational change and culture development programs and employee engagement activities.
Bud has been a senior human resource leader in the healthcare, financial services, retail and manufacturing industries. He has created and implemented innovative employee retention programs, talent management solutions, leadership development programs as well as integrated, total compensation solutions. He has been a featured speaker on trends in Human Resources as well as strategic staffing, and has designed and conducted training programs from career planning to designing effective workshops.
Bud has a master’s degree in Psychology, with a Diversity Specialization, from Cleveland State and a master’s degree in Organization Development and Analysis from Case Western Reserve University. He was a founding member of the OD Connection, a charter member of the Northeast Ohio Human Resource Planning Society, and volunteers on several advisory boards for non-profit organizations throughout the Greater Cleveland area.
Debra L. Dunkle, L.I.S.W., Ph.D.
Debra Dunkle is a psychotherapist in Cleveland Heights and is on the faculty at the Gesalt Institute of Cleveland. Her professional passion is empowering people to speak across differences; she consults with regional organizations around that theme, including religious denominations and for-profit organizations.
Clinically, she specializes in working with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) communities, with mixed-class couples, and with people in the arts.
Herb Stevenson, MA.
Herb is President/CEO of the Cleveland Consulting Group, Inc., and has been an executive coach for over 20 years. He is a member of the faculty at Cleveland State University's graduate program in diversity management. He is the founder of the Medicine of Men male initiation program. He teaches native American healing practices at workshops around the country.
John Murphy, MA.
John is an organizational development consultant with fifteen years experience in strategic planning, team building, organizational assessment, and board and fund development.
Throughout his consulting career, he has specialized in working with organizations on issues having to do with cultural diversity. He has been responsible for designing and implementing programs that diagnose systemic strengths and impediments including appropriate and feasible targets of organizational change, increasing skills in making organizational change and designing specific plans in the areas of staffing, interpersonal relations, management styles, employee support and advancement, and organizational norms and structures.
Lalei E. Gutierrez, Ph.D., R.P.P., S.M.F.T.
Lalei is a holistic psychologist, an approved supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, a Registered Polarity Practitioner, a life and wellness coach, a body process therapist, a holistic health educator, and a certified healing Tao Instructor and Reiki Master.
She is a faculty member of the Gesalt Institute of Cleveland’s programs “Couples/Family and Small Systems”, “Working with Body Process”, and the post-graduate Gesalt Training Program. She is also a faculty member of the Diversity Management Program at Cleveland State University.
In her integrative and holistic practice with individuals, couples, families, professional groups, and organizations, her range of interests and expertise include bridging Eastern and Western approaches, and the integration of body-mind-spirit and diversity processes in therapy, consultation, mentoring, holistic health education, and life and wellness coaching.
Philip R. Belzunce, PhD, SMFT, DAPA, RPP, CPE, CPC
Dr. Belzunce is a diplomate in psychotherapy, and a psychotherapist, lecturer, worldwide consultant, and supervisor for AAMFT. He applies a systemic approach integrating Gestalt, Ericksonian hypnosis, and family therapy methodologies. His training includes family therapy with Virginia Satir, Jay Haley, and Chloe Madanes. He is a certified Tao instructor and a Reiki Master.
He is also certified in polarity therapy and as a spine realigner. He is the author of What Really Matters Is the Heart and Heart Shadows, and the co-author of Once upon a Doggie.
John M. Clochesy, Ph.D.
Dr. Clochesy is a widely published author and educator with more than 30 years experience. His professional interest includes creating safe learning and work environments by supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives. He has consulted for a variety of educational, governmental and healthcare institutions, and manufacturing companies across the country. His recent experience in complex work environments has focused on acknowledging and valuing the culture of gender and generational differences.
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Cleveland State University
Dept. of Psychology
2300 Chester Rm 166
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
2300 Chester
Room 166
Phone: 216-687-2587
Fax: 216.687.9294
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