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Who We Are



Mary Lee Morrison, LCSW, PhD.
Founder, President, and Director

Dr. Morrison holds a Ph.D. in Educational Studies/Curriculum and Instruction from the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Iowa. A former practicing clinical social worker for over 20 years, she has taught educational foundations and courses in global social work and sociology, peace and global sustainabilty at several universities. She has authored books and articles on peace education and has been providing consultation and trainings for schools and community groups for the past eighteen years. Dr Morrison is the co-author of Peace Education (with Ian Harris) McFarland, 2003 and of the Elise Boulding: A Life in the Cause of Peace (McFarland, 2005). Dr. Morrison is on the board of the National Peace Academy, participating actively in the annual peacebuilding and peacelearning intensives sponsored by NPA. www.nationalpeaceacademy.us She is an advocate for bicycling, walking, green city living, new economics, food justice and conversations at local farm markets.

 

Board of Directors

Carol Shaw Austad - Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University

Ray Boucher - Alternatives to Violence Project

Carolann Boucher - Hartford Friends Meeting

Diane Desnoyers, Chair, Board of Directors, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)

Diane Weinholtz - Head of Watkinson Middle School

 

2008-09 HIPP Coordinator

Kate Cota - Kate has a B.A. in Psychology and English from Fairfield University, with a minor in Eastern European Studies. She recently returned from the Republic of Georgia, having received a Fullbright grant for travel, research and involvement in community and non profit educational and humanitarian initiatives. She now teaches high school English in New Orleans with the Teach for America Program.

Student Interns

Chassidy Swaby - Student Intern Spring 2009 - Senior, Big Picture High School, Bloomfield, CT

 

Kaitlyn Newman - UCONN Student intern - Spring 2008

 

Jessie Agnesi - Saint Joseph College intern - Fall 2007

 

Student Associate

 

Jacob Ritter - 2007 Student Associate

 

 

Diane Desnoyers, Chair, Board of Directors
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)

 

 

 


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