Jane Lewis
M.A. Organizational Psychology, 2004
When she celebrated her 40th birthday, Jane Lewis was raising two toddlers and in her third year of full-time motherhood. She thought of it as retirement from a successful yet demanding career in marketing and advertising.
"I now have a treasure chest of tools for effectively managing change and leadership development...."
She also had more questions than answers about life and purpose and where she fit in. She was drawn to entering the workforce again, but knew that any time spent away from family would have to be personally fulfilling. After researching several options, Lewis decided to pursue a degree in organizational psychology at Antioch.
"To date, it has been one of the most important and rewarding decisions of my life. In addition to the warm and caring atmosphere created by the faculty and staff at Antioch, my learning has taken me on a journey through the integration of business, science, religion, psychology and personal growth. Self-awareness and reflection are the common thread woven through an education based on theoretical and practical application – and at every turn, students are asked to self-select areas of study we feel most passionate about.
"I now have a treasure chest of tools for effectively managing change and leadership development at the individual, departmental and organizational level of a company. My consulting and coaching practice is underway and it is more rewarding than I could have imagined," Lewis says.
With the experiential learning created in practical organizational development areas such as conflict management, group facilitation and large group interventions, I feel I am making the world a better place by creating positive change, one person at a time."
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