Alumni journeys

Learn about Adler University alumni as they share their paths, accomplishments, and impact. These journeys highlight the diverse ways our graduates bring Adler’s mission to life in their communities and careers.

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Alumni authors: Stories that inform, inspire, and empower

Across genres and audiences, Adler University alumni are publishing titles that move beyond personal narrative or professional instruction, engaging urgent questions about how people heal, relate, and lead. The authors featured here bring that perspective into distinct contexts, offering a view into how Adler’s approach to education translates into practice, and how those ideas take shape in the lives and systems they are designed to serve. 

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‘May Contain Anxiety’: How an Adler alum fills a critical gap for food allergy families

When Tamara Hubbard’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy, she found plenty of medical guidance, but nothing to help her family cope with the anxiety. The answers she needed didn’t exist. So, Hubbard created them.

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A life devoted to teaching: Jay Colker’s Adlerian legacy

Jay Colker ’80, D.M., may have officially “retired” in 2017, but his work and his passion for teaching have not slowed down. Nearly a decade later, Dr. Colker remains deeply engaged at Adler University, serving as an industrial and organizational psychology faculty member — still in the classroom, still mentoring students, still driven by the same purpose that has guided him from the start.

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December 12, 2024

From training to career: In increasing access to care, community health settings play outsize role

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December 9, 2024

Adler alum keeps the mental health conversation going

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November 25, 2024

Art therapy alum recalls Adler as a time of self-discovery and family connection

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November 11, 2024

Adler alum leads charge in guiding the future of Army psychology

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May 14, 2024

Day in the Life: Psy.D. student helps inmates receive psychological assessments, get much-needed treatment

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May 7, 2024

Removing the ICE: An answer to veteran suicide and successful reintegration into civilian life

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February 5, 2024

Transforming trauma into stories of hope, healing, and resistance

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November 13, 2023

Vancouver graduate speaker seeks to address access-to-care gap in rural hometown

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November 8, 2023

Vancouver graduate looks back at winding journey to becoming a clinical counsellor

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October 5, 2023

Amid grief and loss, Psy.D. graduate finds strength within her community

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September 28, 2023

From immigrant to psychologist: Chicago/Online commencement student speaker seeks to inspire with her Adler journey

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August 7, 2023

Public policy student helps others comprehend the complex experiences of refugees

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