Programs:

• Community Psychology, Ph.D. Program, College of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, NLU
• All doctoral programs, National College of Education, NLU

Classes:

• LAP 605: Introduction to Community Psychology
• LAP 670: Cross-Cultural Communication in Global Dynamics
• LAS 660: Leadership & Organizational Change
• ESR 616: Mixed-Methods Research
• LAP 698: Dissertation Proposal Writing

Tiffeny is involved in a few broader areas of action-inquiry-reflection: 1) developing innovative community psychology co-education/co-laboring models grounded in a liberatory critical approach, 2) participating in and supporting transdisciplinary inquiry to address multiple social problems simultaneously through rhizomatic educational opportunities promoting transformational systems leadership; 3) facilitating community-based and community-level participatory inquiry/investigations to uncover ideological structures driving the function of dominant cultural community systems, and 4) uncovering larger processes and impacts of colonialism while promoting embodied decolonial praxis as a guiding and generating force locally.

Tiffeny intentionally works with a number of compost-activists and artists across disciplines and beyond the academy. Current scholarship projects include: 1) uncovering ideologies of colonialism influencing interorganizational collaboratives; 2) collective education for cross-cultural communication within a global decolonial context; 3) articulating foundations of relational ethics through re-examination of community psychology praxis; and 4) developing an institutional philosophy of scholarship that connects student voice and inquiry with streams of public scholarship using multi-modalities.

Ph.D. 2012                                                                                                                      Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan                                                          Major: Ecological-Community Psychology                                                                      Minor: Theories & Methods of Social Change                                                                Dissertation: Attending to Deep Structures: Exploring How Organizational Culture Relates to Collaborative and Network Participation for Systems Change  Chair: Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

M.A. 2007                                                                                                                      Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan                                                      Major: Ecological-Community Psychology                                                                            Thesis:  NIMBY Strikes a Clubhouse: How a Setting Facilitated an Empowering Experience Chair: Deborah Salem, Ph.D.

B.A. 2003                                                                                                                                San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California                                                     Major: Psychology

Tiffeny Reyleen Jiménez

Community Psychologist. Educator. Mestiza, queer, alternative world compost-activist. Member of the Village group that emerged from the Decolonial Racial Justice Action group. Active with The Rooted Global Village and The Emergence network. Internal collaborative evaluator for CLAVE: Colaborando con las Comunidades Latinx para AVanzar en Educación / Collaborating with Latinx Communities to AdVance Education. Founder and co-creator of Critical Global Education for Community Psychology. Since 2012 she has worked hand in hand with people located all around the Chicagoland area, and places around the world, through transdisciplinary student-driven rhizomatic co-laboring educational inquiry projects on various topics, including: understanding Black mother activism, supporting entrepreneurial efficacy to address economic inequality, uncovering roots of systemic oppression within law enforcement, exploring how naturally-occurring mentorships emerge within a Mexican cultural context, and understanding internalization of the model minority myth among Southeast Asian students in higher education. Current service involves developing an institutional philosophy of scholarship that connects student voice and inquiry with streams of public scholarship using multi-modalities. Additional collective actions include: supporting organizational capacity building for local Mexican, immigrant and refugee communities; community organizing and advocacy on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); promotes accurate education on Native American History in Chicago Public Schools; and recently organized with local Potawatomi tribes and artists on addressing land rights with the Whose Lakefront initiative https://www.whoselakefront.com/. 

Tiffeny is the recipient of the 2019 NLU Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Inquiry Award, and is currently working to co-develop the ideological infrastructure needed to support ethical and deliberate community engagement across NLU for communities we serve in the Chicagoland area. She is most active in co-developing Critical Global Education for Community Psychology, The Rooted Global Village (https://www.rootedglobalvillage.com/), The Emergence Network (https://www.emergencenetwork.org/), and the Society for Community Research and Action (https://www.scra27.org/). For more information see: https://tiffenyjimenez.wordpress.com/

Scholarship Interests:

• Embodiment of Decoloniality
• Collective Action Scholarship
• Community Psychology Education within a Global Historical Context
• Understanding Whole Communities & Building Decolonial Villages   

Teaching Interests:

• Liberation Oriented Pedagogy/Andragogy
• Rhizomatic Education
• Mixed & Creative Methodologies
• Cultural, Structural & Organizational Change
• Transformative Systems Leadership

Selected Publications:

• Jimenez, T.R., Mingo, E., Viola, J., Olson, B. & Balthazar, C. (In Press, 2022). Foundations of Relational Ethics: Introducing a Continuum of Community Psychology Praxis. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice.
• Jimenez, T.R., Lee, G. (In Press, 2022). Radicalizing Psychology; Embodying Decoloniality. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice. Global Journal of Community Psychology Praxis.
• Jimenez, T.R., Lee, G. Masud, H. & Mingo, E. (Eds.) Special Issue: Community Psychology and the Epistemological Turn: Embodiment as a Praxis of Decoloniality. (In Press, 2022). Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice.
• Jimenez, T. R.(2020, June 1). A Checklist for Decolonizing the University. https://tiffenyjimenez.wordpress.com/blog-2/
• Jimenez, T.R., Hoffman, A. & Grant, J. (2019). Chapter 5: Theories. Introduction to Community Psychology Online Textbook. https://press.rebus.community/introductiontocommunitypsychology/chapter/theories/
• Jimenez, T. R.(2018, July). To Liberate and be Liberated with: A Commitment to Realizing Freedom. American Evaluation Association – AEA 365 Blog. See: https://aea365.org/blog/to-liberate-and-be-liberated-a-commitment-to-realizing-freedom-by-tiffeny-jimenez/
• Jimenez, T.R.,Sánchez, B., McMahon, S.D. and Viola, J. (2016). A Vision for the Future of Community Psychology Education and Training. American Journal of Community Psychology, 0:1-9. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12079
• Wolfe, S., Chien, V. & Jimenez, T.(Eds.) Community Psychology Practice Competencies: A Global Perspective. (2013). The Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 4(4). See: http://www.gjcpp.org/en/
• McGroarty, E., Jimenez, T., Linley, J., Li, Y., Granberry-Russell, P., Williams, K. (2013). Importance of External Funding in Promotion and Retention of Assistant Professors in STEM Disciplines and Differential Impact by Gender. Journal of Academic and Business Ethics, 8.
• Carolan, M., Onaga, E. Pernice-Duca, F. & Jimenez, T.(2011). A Place to Be: The Role of Clubhouses in Facilitating Social Support, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 35(2), 125-132.
• Davidson, W., Jimenez, T., Onifadee, E., & Hankins, S. (2010). Student Experiences of the Adolescent Diversion Project: A Community-Based Exemplar in the Pedagogy of Service-Learning. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(3-4), 442-458.
• Foster-Fishman, P., Jimenez, T., Valenti, M., & Kelley, T. (2007). Building the Next Generation of Leaders in the Disabilities Movement: The Role of Mentoring, Networking, and Experiential Learning. Disability & Society, 22(4), 339-354.

Policy Papers:

• Jimenez, T. R., Beals, A., Smith, C., Fernandez, J., & Thomas, D. (2019). Statement in Support of Christchurch, New Zealand, in Condemnation of White Supremacy: Call to Action. The Community Psychologist, 52(3), Summer 2019.
• Jimenez, T. R., Gleason, K., Langhout, R., Fernandez, J.S., Buckingham, S.L., Permut, M. (2016). SCRA Public Policy Committee Rapid Response: Statement of Solidarity with Tribal Nations Opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Email: tiffeny.jimenez@nl.edu