Community Action

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Board Member: Celebrate: Key West’s Uncommon Journal of the GLBT Community, 2003-present.
Bravo Antiviolence Organization, Columbus, Ohio, 1997-2002; Depression After Delivery, Trenton, NJ.,
1990-1994; Stonewall Union 1981-1985.
Member, Postpartum Depression Task Force, Ohio Department of Mental Health, 1990-2002.
Member, Advisory Committee to the First Lady of the State of Ohio, 1989-90.
Conference Organizer: "Hearing Women’s Voices: The Experience and Treatment of Postpartum
Depression," held in Cleveland, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio, funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health,
1987.
Expert Witness: Sexual Harassment Hearing, Bexley, Ohio Public Schools, 1985.
Consultant: research on women’s imprisoned for infanticide by Postpartum Support International, Santa
Barbara, CA (2003); research on the mental health consequences of the California fires, funded by the
National Institute of Mental Health (1982); the women’s studies program, Kenyon College, (1981); career
training seminar sponsored by the United States Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (1981, 1979); disaster
planning, the National Institute of Mental Health (1980-81); a disaster planning project by Design
Alternative, Washington, D.C., funded by Community Services Administration (1979); women and science
workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Bethany, West Virginia (1979); planning for
aircraft accidents, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental health, Hilton Head, South Carolina (1978);
"Researching Global Disasters," conference sponsored by a Joint Committee of the United States Congress,
Washington, D.C. (1978); mental health needs Assessment survey, Open Door Clinic, Columbus (1978-79);
disasters and the elderly, Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging, Omaha, Nebraska (1977); disaster mental health
sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, Idaho Falls, Idaho (1977); workshop on emergency
medical services sponsored by city of
Columbus (1976); Greene County Mental Health and Retardation Board, Xenia, Ohio (1974-1975);
provision of mental health services in disasters, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the
Department of Health Education and Welfare, Chicago, Illinois (1974).

She seems to be very busy these days working as the department head of Sociology and academic, but she still tries to make time to give back to her community.