Donna C. Owens (she/her), PhD — Supervisor of Academic Affairs and Visiting Assistant Professor, GSASS-Expressive Therapies Department. Donna has a BA in Women’s Studies from Trinity College and an MA in Expressive Arts Therapies/Mental Health Counseling and PhD in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University. Donna teaches in the master’s and PhD programs and is the course mentor for the program’s social and cultural diversity course “Examining Power, Privilege, and Oppression in Clinical Practice.” Donna’s scholarly interests include multicultural counseling in the helping professions, use of poetic transcription in evaluation, and the role of spirituality in healing. Her areas of specialization include program evaluation and nonprofit management. Donna has published on participatory action research with youth and arts-based spiritual practice. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Poetry Therapy.
