About Us

Philosophy and Description of the Project



Emotional trauma is both a cause and product of discrimination. As a product of discrimination mental illness can be the source of a multitude of problems including homelessness, poverty, joblessness, and violence.

Furthermore, discrimination against individuals because of disability, religion, race, ethnicity, age, and gender, and sexual orientation can produce emotional and mental health problems that manifest themselves in social and personal dysfunction.

The Weibling Project for the Psychological Treatment and Study of Discrimination addresses the reciprocal links between mental illness and discrimination at work, school, and in the community.

The students and faculty engage in direct intervention, education, and research to try and break the discrimination -- mental illness -- dysfunction cycle.

Our Center is unique because we treat discrimination and mental illness as a compounded and complex psychological problem, rather than as two separate issues, one that falls in the domain of law and another that falls in the domain of psychology. The relationship between mental illness, discrimination, and social dysfunction is a current problem stubbornly resistant to efforts at social amelioration.

Our Center will provide a new model for addressing these issues through the interaction of legal and psychological interventions. Center professionals and trainees interact with victims to improve social well-being and encourage improved day-to-day functioning.

Staff and Activities

Director

Richard Wiener

Richard Wiener

Director of Legal Services

Ryan Sullivan

Ryan Sullivan

Director of Clinical Services

Debra Hope

Director of the Psychological
Consultation Center (PCC)

Mary Fran Flood


Co-Principal Investigator
Discrimination Research

Sarah Gervais

Graduate Student Assistant
Psychology/Law

Katherine Kimble

Graduate Student Assistant
Clinical Psychology

Chandra Chappell

Chandra Chappell

Graduate Student Assistant
Psychology/Law

Katlyn Sorenson Farnum

Katlyn Farnum

Graduate Student Assistant
Psychology/Law

Ena Brnjic

Ena Brnjic