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Kathryn Gerken
School Psychology Associate Professor Kathryn Gerken has worked at the Iowa City Broadway Neighborhood Center, where she and her graduate students provided skill assessment, functional analysis, and tutoring weekly for five-year-olds at the Center.
Professor
Gerken and other members of the Education Committee of the Iowa City Human
Rights Commission also hosted several community events at the Center including
an annual job fair called "Building Blocks of Employment." Graduate
students in school psychology played an active role in both of these initiatives.
Professor
Gerken currently volunteers at West Campus, the alternative high school
in Tiffin formerly known as ECHO. She and her graduate students provide
"Community Education" for 80 minutes each week. The lessons
vary. This semester, Professor Gerken, Professor Christine Novak and three
graduate students have focused on "Respecting Differences" via
films, and interactive activities. For example, they used the film, "A
Place at the Table" to start discussions about racism, sexism, homophobia,
and classism. The graduate students do systematic observations and plan
lessons.
A member of the Iowa City Community School District Equity Committee for over 13 years, Professor Gerkin has helped plan an annual community picnic to celebrate diversity, and has worked on a program to provide food at Thanksgiving to those in need of assistance.
