Varying Perspectives in Action: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Gentry Torell '11
In March, Dr. Gentry Torell ’11, HAA Director, returned to the Hilltop as our second speaker in our Varying Perspectives In Action series. Dr. Torell recently returned to the Military Family Center at NYU Langone to complete her postdoctoral fellowship. During her campus visit, she met with students in all three divisions. She later highlighted her recent research and talked with Hackley’s alumni veterans Col. Trevor Hill ’93,
Dr. Avery Ching ’94, Stephanie Pfeiffer ’00 in a virtual panel discussion with Upper School students. In the evening, Dr. Torell led another alumni panel discussion featuring Arabella Liuba ’85, Col. Trevor Hill ’93, Bret Lowry ’93, and Dr. Avery Ching ’94 which focused on the experiences of veterans for alumni and current parents.
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Dr. Avery Ching ’94, Stephanie Pfeiffer ’00 in a virtual panel discussion with Upper School students. In the evening, Dr. Torell led another alumni panel discussion featuring Arabella Liuba ’85, Col. Trevor Hill ’93, Bret Lowry ’93, and Dr. Avery Ching ’94 which focused on the experiences of veterans for alumni and current parents.
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Dr. Gentry Torell has been a Director of the Hackley Alumni Association Board since 2021. An active alumna, Dr. Torell has mentored in the Hackley Networking Initiative, 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, she 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.
Dr. Torell recently attained her doctorate from the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at Fordham University. Over the past six 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. Dr. Torell 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.
Dr. Torell recently attained her doctorate from the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at Fordham University. Over the past six 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. Dr. Torell 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.
"Varying Perspectives in Action" is a new speaker series designed to bring to campus – in person or virtually – individuals engaged in meaningful projects and conversations that help us to see the world through a new lens. Our speakers cover a broad range of topics and have diverse lived experiences. Most importantly, they are doing and creating in the world to help generate awareness and ignite ongoing dialogue. Many of our speakers are Hackley alumni, creating connections between our community, Hackley students, and those that came before them.
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