Assistant Professor (Nyack Campus) |
Mrs. Lopez-Humphreys began teaching at Nyack in 2004 |
Degrees Earned: |
MSW,Hunter College School of Social Work
BA, Hunter College |
Publications: |
PUBLICATIONS
Araujo, B, Williams, S., & Lopez-Humphreys, M. (2005). Examining the relationship between language barriers and life satisfaction among immigrant children: An evaluation of a pilot intervention. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Mizrahi, T., & Lopez-Humphreys, M. (2005). Status of client participation in social programs in the U.S. from service recipients to collective advocates. Manuscript submitted for publication.
PRESENTATIONS
5/05 National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE)
· Workshop: Relational-Cultural Model- an approach for facilitating a "Live Encounter" with Culturally Diverse Student Populations
4/05 Higher Education Opportunity's Program
· Workshop: Doing the Right Thing: Values, Ethics and Integrity
3/05 Nyack College
·Moderator: Building Healthy Campus Community
2/05 Nyack College
·Panel member: The State of Black America
10/04 The Haven
- Panel member: Social Justice: Our Responsibility as Community Members
10/04 National Association of Christian Social Workers
·Workshop: Strategic-Theological Reflection: A Tool for Building Leadership Capacity in Faith Organizations
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Ministries: |
Church Plant Team Member
Board Member: Generation Xcel/ Faith-based Youth Development organization
Organizer: Lower Eastside Voter Registration Drive
Fund Raiser/Event Planner: Primitive Christian Church/ College Endowment
Trainer: Esperanza USA/Community Development |
Personal Questions |
Tell us about your spiritual journey. |
For the last fifteen years of my life, community participation and education continue to a mutual life call of mine. The biblical context for my life call can be found in Jeremiah 29:7- "Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city... Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." My practice and research seeks opportunities to bridge the gap between what I have learned professionally as a social worker, and what I have personally experienced and connected with as a female, Christian, Puerto Rican living and participating in divested communities in New York City. |
Tell us about your family |
| I live in Harlem, with my husband, Jose Humphreys of nine years. Together we collaborate on a variety of community projects (currently a church plant on the Lower Eastside), and enjoy reading and traveling together! |
Any outside interests or hobbies? |
| I enjoy the moments in which I get to practice the three R's (RRR)- Restaurants, Reading, and Resting. |
How were you led to Nyack and/or why are you here? |
| In January 2003, I was hired as an adjunct instructor, providing me with the fulfilling opportunity of combining my spiritual beliefs and my academic backgrounds- teaching and social work. Subsequently, in August of 2003, I was asked to join the full-time social work faculty of Nyack College. |
What does your faith mean in your classroom or discipline? |
| My faith allows me the freedom to share and make sense of how deeply connected the Lord's call to advocate & serve the margins of society can be fulfilled through the profession of socal work. |
What does your faith mean in relationships (particularly with students)? |
I walk into a classroom with the hopes of facilitating an environment that stimulates both students and myself to critically think, reflect and advocate on the incredibly important, but often dreaded topic of social welfare policy. I can already see the eyes glazing over, brains are building mental barricades that include the following thoughts: "policy is boring", "its irrelevant to the 'real work' that needs to be done in disenfranchised communities", "that's stuff that politicians concern themselves with-not practitioners" and my favorite, "Christians are hear to simply serve the poor not to change systems that cant be redeemed". Yes, I've listened to it all, reflected and prayed, "Lord how do I impart the simplicity and value of social welfare policies?" That since the times of Micah, Isaiah and Amos, social welfare policies have existed as divine safeguards against the deprave tendencies of humanity, who time and time again will violate God's desire for the collaborative sanctity of His justice and love. So I pray, hope and await what the Lord will do with a group of committed souls who desire to live out the call to build His Kingdom.
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What are your favorite courses to teach? |
| Understanding Diversity and Social Welfare Policy & Economic Justice |
What is/are your favorite book(s)? |
Transforming the City, by: Robert A. Evans
Can You Drink the Cup?: Henri J. Nouwen
Show and Tell, by: Kent Humphreys
God of the Oppressed, by: James H. Cone
The Search For Significance: Seeing Your True Worth Through God's Eyes,
by: Robert McGee
When I was A Puerto Rican, by : Esmeralda Santiago
Wasting Time With God, by: Klaus Issler
Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation and the Restoration of the Soul, by: Dallas Willard
A Theology of Liberation, by: Gustavo Gutierrez
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by: Paulo Freire
Race Matters: Cornel West |
Thanks for Coming Home to Nyack!
A big thank you to those who took the time and effort to attend Homecoming 2008—truly a weekend that will long be remembered. And congratulations to the classes of ‘53, ‘58, ‘63, ‘68, ‘73, ‘78, ‘83, ‘88, ‘93, ‘98... 
