ISE Team

Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D., Director

Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D. is the Director of the Institute on Social      Exclusion (ISE) at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL. Dr. Todman earned a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Master’s in City Planning (M.C.P) and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Todman’s areas of interest include urban poverty and community development. She is especially interested in the ways in which social, political, and economic structures systematically marginalize urban populations. Her work is multidisciplinary, drawing on fields such as economics, political science, sociology, public health, and systems’ dynamics. She has lived and worked in Sweden, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and most recently in Italy where she worked with urban sociologists investigating the impact of urban transport policy on social welfare and the role of community participation in community development processes. Dr. Todman is a member of the American Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association, and the American Planning Association. Outside of work, she is on the boards of Heartland Alliance, a human needs and rights organization; the Chicago Committee of Human Rights Watch; the Chicago Committee of the African Women’s Development Fund; and the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School. She is also a member of the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Social Sciences at MIT and a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for International Studies, also at MIT.

J. Sherrod Taylor, J.D., Faculty Fellow

Sherrod Taylor conducts public policy research on social inclusion, marginalization, and stigmatization. He received his B.A. in history from the University of Georgia, his M.A. in history from the University of New Mexico, and his J.D. in law from the University of Georgia School of Law. He is the author of Neurolaw: Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries and numerous other publications appearing in six different countries. A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, he is a former adjunct instructor at the Emory University School of Medicine. Mr. Taylor is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and on the editorial board of the journal Brain Injury Professional. In 2007, the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) awarded Mr. Taylor its highest honor – the NABIS Star – recognizing his lifetime achievement in the field of brain injury studies.

Kerry Cochrane, MA, MSW, LCSW, Faculty Affiliate

Kerry Cochrane is the Director of Library Services, member of the Academic Leadership Team, and Faculty Affiliate for the Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She currently serves as Secretary of Faculty Council and sits on the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Program committee.  Ms. Cochrane earned her BA and MA from the University of Iowa. She also earned a clinical MSW from Loyola University Chicago, and maintains a small clinical practice. Before coming to the Adler School, she held faculty appointments at Loyola University Chicago and at University of Illinois at Chicago. She has extensive experience teaching online research in psychology and related social sciences at the undergraduate and graduate level; in academic materials selection in a variety of formats; and in writing, planning, and administration. As Faculty Fellow she has participated in the development of the strategic vision for the ISE, the creation of Social Exclusion Simulations, and proposal writing.

Janna A. Henning, J.D., Psy.D., C.T., B.C.E.T.S., Faculty Affiliate

Dr. Henning earned her B.A. in Political Science at Indiana University and J.D. in law at the Indiana University School of Law. She earned her M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School. She has been designated a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, Diplomate through the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She also holds a Certification in Thanatology (Death, Dying and Bereavement) through The Association of Death Education and Counseling, and has received advanced training in clinical hypnosis. Dr. Henning teaches courses and conducts research in trauma-focused approaches to intervention, cognitive-affective and biopsychosocial aspects of health and disorder, and intellectual assessment. Her interests include trauma-related dysfunction across the lifespan, dying and bereavement, vicarious traumatization and burnout, social interest and social responsibility, gender and multicultural issues, positive psychology, spirituality and psychology, giftedness, and relational constructivist approaches to therapy. She provides individual and group therapy to survivors of trauma, chronic illness, bereavement, and loss in a group practice setting.

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Adler Student Simulation Team

ISE Simulation Team: (back row left to right) Heather Digby, Amanda Epolito, Erica Szotek, Kat Cline, Elena Ballantyne, Jared Berger, (front row) Margaret Cornell, Tanya Zhao, Ava Haji-ghasemi, Ingrid Hogge. Not pictured: Oriana Kilgore, Mark Cottrell