Jeane Marie Rhodes, Ph.D.
Introduction:
Upon completion of my master's degree in 1991, I began teaching for Red Rocks Community College as an adjunct in psychology. This relationship continued through completion of my Ph.D, and a few years working in the foster care system. In addition to RRCC, I taught as an adjuct for Aurora Community College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Arapahoe Community College, the University of Phoenix, The Union Institute, and Jones International (online), and am currently teaching online for Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Serving on degree committees for Ph.D. candidates with The Union Institute and as a dissertation reader for a University of Melborne Ph.D. candidate has added to my expertise in higher education. See Misc. page for details. In 2001, I completed a Certificate program in online teaching through UCLA, which was used to create a blend of online and classroom techniques for my onsite classes and which enabled me to teach online for Jones International University. The newest opportunity and challenge is teaching online for Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, enabling me at long last to teach in my specialty area of Pre and Perinatal Ppsychology.
My Ph.D. research focused on body language and birth memory, making a significant contribution to research in the field of Pre and Perinatal psychology. One of my ongoing interests is in furthering academic acknowledgement of the importance of the first nine months of life through rigorous evaluation of research that is contributing to our knowledge base regarding this first stage of human development. One important aspect of this has been serving as Associate Editor of the Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine for the past six years.
My experience in the foster care system over the past ten years and in various capacities provided a very practical grounding in the social dimensions of problems created by neglect and abuse in the earliest stages of life. This awareness is essential for human beings to make true progress on a social level. On an individual level, the neurological damage that can result from neglect in early life is devastating. These issues must be approached from both individual and social perspectives. To this end, I am currently researching and writing a novel about the experience of a pregnant teen in foster care.
In recent years my private practice has included work as a Special Advocate, working with clients though Victim's Compensation, and court testimony related to these cases. This, along with other ventures, has been discontinued in order to focus on writing.
