CEHD Alumni Stories

Lisa Helsel, an educational psychology alumna, is the 2023 recipient of the NCTE Donald H. Graves Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing.

Tara Hartman, CSD ’22, is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) at two elementary schools in Fulton County.

Alumni Amila Shake works at Piedmont Eastside Medical Center, Piedmont Rockdale Hospital and Life Care Centers of America.

Janessa Henry (M.S. ’16) and Shekia Morant (M.S. ’16), sport administration alumni who currently work at Nike World Headquarters, came to campus to speak to current students about their work.

Meet Whitney Trapp, alumna of the Applied Behavior Analysis program and working at an autism center in Brookhaven, Ga.

Meet Gennie Hendrick (B.S.Ed. ’12, M.S. ’22), recipient of this year’s Outstanding Clinician in Communication Sciences and Disorders Award.

Gereen Francis, M.S. ABA, has applied what she’s learned to forming her own consulting business to help families understand their child’s challenging behaviors.

Ashley Gibbs is a graduate of the M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis and recently accepted a clinical director position overseas.