James Graham Hometown: Novi, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Favorite Quote: “A sign of strong character, when once the resolution has been taken, to shut the ear even to the best counter-arguments. Occasionally, therefore, a will to stupidity.” -Friedrich Nietzsche in Beyond Good

Aya Aldhalimi Hometown: Dearborn Heights, MI Program: MA with ABA concentration Book I would recommend:  I’m a huge book nerd. I would highly recommend Land of the Living by Nicci French. Favorite Quote: “So dawn goes down today, nothing gold can stay” – Robert Frost. What would people be surprised

Ray Kaidbay Hometown: Beruit, Lebanon Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb Favorite Quote: “Everything is temporary.” What would people be surprised to know about you?  After the Beirut port export, I founded an NGO called Be Brave Beirut that provided remote free, and

Aly Mosher Hometown: Charlotte, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: The Color Purple  by Alice Walker Favorite Quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou What would people be

Samer Shebak Hometown: Livonia, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Mind Gym: An Athletes Guide to Inner Excellence by Gary Mack Favorite Quote: “How you do one thing is how you do everything.” What would people be surprised to know about you?  People would be surprised to know that I

Shivani Saini Hometown: Saginaw, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: Think Like A Monk  by Jay Shetty Favorite Quote: “Just because my path is different, it doesn’t mean I’m lost.” -Gerard Abrams What would people be surprised to know about you?  I’m a mother of two children and a

Philomena Kurzawe-Breault Hometown: Berlin, Germany Program: MA with ABA concentration Book I would recommend: The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk Favorite Quote: “Let go or be dragged.” What would people be surprised to know about you?  People are usually surprised that I’m an immigrant from Germany

Siba Alzohaili Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard Favorite Quote: “Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we

Jordan Jones Hometown: Westland, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me by Hal Straus and Jerold Kreisman Favorite Quote: “Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.” -Kobe Bryant What would people be surprised to know about