The MI PEACE Team
Leveraging their vast experience in the field, Dr. Nadia Ward and Dr. Aaron Haddock of Clark University created MI PEACE to support comprehensive school mental health systems. Utilizing a state-of-the-art mobile application as the primary interface, MI PEACE dramatically improves outcomes for youth by centralizing and coordinating care on one platform.
MI PEACE LEADERSHIP
Nadia Ward, M.Ed, Ph.D.
Director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise
Professor of Practice, Education Department and Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology
Dr. Ward came to the Mosakowski Institute from Yale University, where she served as Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) and the Deputy Director of Clinical Training in Clinical and Community Psychology, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; and the Director of Urban Education & Prevention Research and Senior Evaluation Consultant with YaleEVAL at the Consultation Center at Yale.
Her extensive work in the area of academic achievement for racial and ethnic minority students has spanned more than 20 years and has included training and consultation to universities, public school systems, and private organizations; curriculum development; program development; implementation; and community-engaged research and evaluation.
Aaron Haddock, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Director of Behavioral Health Initiatives, Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise
Associate Professor of Practice, Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology
Dr. Haddock has worked in school and community settings as a teacher, school psychologist, program evaluator, and consultant. His areas of expertise include social-emotional learning, child and adolescent behavioral health, and school-based prevention and intervention.
By linking his extensive experience in multi-tiered systems of support, program evaluation, academic achievement, and education policy directly to issues of social justice and education, Dr. Haddock leverages the reciprocal relationship between research and practice to promote positive outcomes for all youth.
Joe has led operations, program design & delivery, and strategic planning across education’s public and non-profit sectors at the graduate, post-secondary, and K-12 levels. Prior to joining Clark, he spent more than a decade working in international education. Joe holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University, an M.S. from Boston University, and a B.A. from Salve Regina University. Joe has also earned a certificate from the University of Southern California.
jarangio@clarku.edu | 617-678-9046
Letisha Amuwo
Administrative & Executive Assistant
Letisha is a lifelong educator who began her career as an AmeriCorps Fellow in New Bedford, MA where she supplemented classroom texts with missing BIPOC voices. After continuing her teaching career in Boston, she transitioned to government policy work that focused on providing more access, representation, and retention for teachers and families of color. Letisha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she double minored in Afro-American Studies, and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies.