Jacqueline
Irwin
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
Background
and expertise:
Originally
from Kansas, Jacqueline Irwin is a fifth generation educator. Her mother, grandfather,
great grandmother and great-great grandmother have all taught. Having completed
her doctorate in two years, Irwin is the youngest full-time faculty member in
her department.
Irwin’s expertise
is in rhetorical criticism, social protest and movement rhetoric, sports and
the media and contemporary argumentation theory. “Because I teach rhetorical
criticism,” she said, “in essence, I wish to challenge my students
and get them to think critically about the world in which they live. I want
them to make some noise and act on what they believe in.”
“Teaching is about
action and involvement – both for the teacher and the student. I want
nothing more than for my students to live their best lives and leave my classroom
with a new understanding and a new way of thinking about the world.”
When not in the classroom,
Irwin might be found at a Hornet’s basketball game. Before coming to Sacramento
State, she worked for the University of Kansas basketball program as an academic
counselor and strategic tutor for men’s basketball, and loves college
basketball. “Politics, sports and modern art are my passions.”
Irwin holds a bachelor’s
of fine art degree in graphic design and a master’s and doctorate degree
in communication studies from the University of Kansas.
Kathryn Ecklund
Kathryn
Ecklund
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Background
and expertise:
Kathryn Ecklund
teaches her students that when studying mental health services for couples,
families and children, the most effective guiding philosophy is to seek out
and build from strengths. She also advises them to seek out an understanding
of diversity, as well as the contextual system that shapes an individual.
“I believe that learning
should be engaging, active, fun and interesting,” said Ecklund, “and
a successful education depends on the presence of certain personal and interpersonal
values, including respect, cooperation, accountability, responsibility and integrity.”
Ecklund’s expertise
is in child, youth, and family psychology and mental health services; multicultural
diversity and multicultural issues in counseling; and evidence-based practices
in mental health services to children and youth. In addition to her teaching,
she also maintains a private practice specializing in psychological assessment
and psychotherapy to children, youth and families.
She has held previous faculty
positions at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California and George
Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, and served as the director of training and
psychological services at River Oak Center for Children.
Ecklund received her doctorate
and masters’ degree in clinical psychology from Biola University in La
Miranda, California.
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