Janette McDonald

 Janette McDonald

Janette E. McDonald

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Biography

Capital University - Psychology

Professor at Capital University
Janette
McDonald
Columbus, Ohio
My areas of teaching, writing and research interests include: meditation & mindfulness practices, hope, suffering, evil, grief & end of life care, social madness, and effects of social media and electronic communication on psychological and emotional health. I also have training in dialogue & deliberation, diversity and prejudice, group process and facilitation, and student development and adult learning theories.


Experience

  • Capital University

    Professor

    Teaching, researching, and writing primarily in psychology; significant experience as group process facilitator, especially in areas of diversity and prejudice; bereavement educator & hospice chaplain; meditation instructor; published author & poet with additional interests in creative non-fiction and memoir; frequent presenter on interdisciplinary topics including hope, evil, suffering, grief, beauty, friendship, meaning-making, spirituality in higher education, systems theory; social media and electronic technology in the 21st century.

  • Washington Theological Union

    Director of Alumni Relations

    Worked with major donors on a capital campaign raising over 12.5 million dollars for bricks and mortar, scholarships, endowed funds, and annul funds. Responsible for grant-writing, stewardship, and solicitation of funds.

  • Semester At Sea / ISE

    Admissions Director

    After sailing around the world on board the S.S. Universe I served in admissions recruiting students and faculty from 135 universities around the United States. Enrollments grew by over 50% for my areas of recruitment.

Education

  • The Ohio State University

    Master of Arts (M.A.)

    Student Personnel & Counseling Psychology

  • Fielding Graduate Institute

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Human & Organizational Systems

  • Otterbein College

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    Speech Communication and Rhetoric

  • Upaya Zen Ceter

    Certificate in Hospice Chaplaincy

    End of Life Care