Professor, Department of Modern Language Studies
California State University San Marcos
San Marcos, California
Dr. Darci L. Strother currently serves as one of two Faculty Fellows for Student Mental Health and Wellbeing, supporting and providing MHFA training to faculty across the 23 campuses of the California State University. Following an undergraduate career as a double major in Psychology and Spanish (UPenn), and several years working in the mental health field, Dr. Strother pursued Spanish as the primary discipline for her MA and PhD degrees (UC Irvine), and has taught in the Modern Language Studies Department at CSUSM since 1993. She has also served as the Vice President for the CSU World Language Council, the Vice President for the Association of Hispanic Classical Theatre, and the Director of the North County Higher Education Alliance, among other roles. Her time as a department chair and as an ongoing faculty mentor convinced her that she needed to broaden her skill set to support student success, and that knowing how to address her students' mental health needs better would make her a more effective educator.
Dr. Strother designed and taught a course called "Literatura y salud mental" (Literature and Mental Health), and directed a Faculty Learning Community at CSU San Marcos on the topic of Mental Health First Aid. She has provided faculty workshops both in the U.S. and in Latin America on the topic of mental health in higher education. Dr. Strother is particularly grateful to co-presenter Dr. Bonnie Gasior for having first introduced her to Mental Health First Aid.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
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