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Committee on Student Mental Health and Wellness

In 2019, the College of Arts and Sciences established a Committee on Student Mental Health and Wellness. Members of this committee include faculty, staff, undergraduate students, and graduate students.

If you're interested in serving on this committee please fill out this quick form [CT: add form].

Mission Statement

Foster a culture of mental health and wellbeing among ASC students by curating and sustaining resources; facilitating communication between and among extant student-facing organizations and leaders; and, when necessary, leading new initiatives that respond to local and immediate student needs. 

Goals 

  1. Create and sustain channels of communication and care coalitions between and among representatives from: ASC undergraduate and graduate student bodies; centers and institutes who serve ASC students; instructors and staff who regularly interact with ASC students; and other stakeholders who attend to ASC students’ mental health and wellbeing. 
  1. Destigmatize matters of mental health and wellbeing among ASC students by normalizing conversations about mental health and making visible the resources that exist to support students’ wellbeing.   
  1. Promoting and/or raising awareness with ASC students (and, when appropriate, staff and faculty) about the wide range of mental health and wellbeing resources already offered by various university communities. 
  1. Partner with college leadership in imagining sustainable ways to meet ASC students’ mental health and wellbeing needs. 

 

 

Committee Chair: 

Jen Cheavens 
Professor, Psychology
cheavens.1@osu.edu 

Committee Members: 

Corinna Ash 
Graduate Program Coordinator, Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
ash.33@osu.edu  

Lindsey Chamberlain 
Assistant Dean and Director, Arts and Sciences Honors Program
chamberlain.55@osu.edu 

Alec Clott 
Graduate Student, Political Science
clott.1@osu.edu  

Julia Diehl Catalano
Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience
diehlcatalano.1@osu.edu

Naudia Ferbrache
Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry
ferbrache.15@osu.edu

Sarah Gartland 
Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry 
gartland.24@osu.edu  

Robin Gordon
Graduate Student, Arts Administration, Education and Policy
gordon.215@osu.edu

Terry Gustafson
Professor and Vice Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
gustafson.5@osu.edu

David Horn 
Associate Executive Dean, Undergraduate Education
horn.5@osu.edu  

Brian Orefice 
Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies
orefice.1@osu.edu 

Laura Mason
Graduate Student, Psychology
mason.872@osu.edu

Tiara McKenzie
Undergraduate Student, Psychology
mckenzie.431@osu.edu

Ann Rottersman 
Director, Student Programs
rottersman.1@osu.edu  

Yvette Shen 
Assistant Professor, Design 
shen.1049@osu.edu 

Wendy Smooth 
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 
smooth.1@osu.edu 

Jessica Vandevord
Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
vandevord.1@osu.edu