The Riggs Difference: Where Understanding Leads to Recovery
Part of the 2025 Virtual Fall Conference - Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights
An intergenerational discussion among early career and young professionals in healthcare and academia, with seasoned leaders from a variety of institutions: Healthcare, education, and the military will illustrate commonalities and divergence in the experience of institutional trust and mistrust, the changing opportunities for professional engagement and advancement, and the emerging research about how technology now shapes the experience of both the self and institutional engagement.
Moderators:
- Daniel Knauss, PsyD | Director of Training, Austen Riggs Center
- Jane Tillman, PhD | Evelyn Stefansson Nef Director of the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy, Austen Riggs Center
Presenters:
- Chloe Campbell, PhD | Deputy Director, Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London
- Carly Lingenfelter, PhD | Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
- Angela Coombs Mumuni, MD | Associate Medical Director, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services; Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Medria Connolly, PhD | Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice
- Retired Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson | U.S. Air Force
- Michael Roth, PhD | President, Wesleyan University
- Steven Rathje, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU; Incoming Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
- Nic Weststrate, PhD | Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
- Christina Wusinich, MS | Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology, NYU
Other courses from the 2025 Fall Conference: