Varying Perspectives in Action: A Conversation with Dr. Gentry Torell ‘11

Dr. Torell has been a member of the Hackley Alumni Association Board since 2021. An active alumna, she has mentored in the Hackley Networking Initiative, has served as a panelist at the HackleyConnect: Higher Education event, and wrote a Class Notes 2020 article entitled, “The Aegis of the Hackley Experience.” After graduating in 2011, Dr. Torell completed her undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University, where she majored in Psychology with a minor in Communications. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in 2015.  

 

Dr. Torell continued her education and recently attained her doctorate from the Counseling Psychology PhD program at Fordham University. Over the past 6 years, She has worked in various clinical settings, including at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. The majority of her clinical training has focused on trauma-related care for military and civilian populations. She recently returned to the Military Family Center at NYU Langone to complete her postdoctoral fellowship as she prepares for independent licensing.  To learn more about Dr. Torell’s work, please read her op-ed piece written for the New York Daily News.  

Join us virtually for a discussion and panel session with Dr. Torell and U.S. veterans, all graduates of Hackley School. Dr. Torell will share highlights of her recent research, de-mystify what it means to serve as a veteran, and engage Hackley’s veterans in a panel discussion. 

Dr. Torell’s talk is part two of a two-part series. If you would like to view the recording from our first session, “The Talk” with Mr. Makinde ‘03, a short film screening featuring an intimate moment between a Black father and his son as the son learns to drive, please follow this link.