CHESTER Dr. Kathryn Healey of Swarthmore, a professor of psychology at Widener University, has been awarded a Trainer Faculty Fellowship by the Oskin Leadership Institute at Widener.

The fellowship provides Healey with funding to continue her research on the nature of moral injury and its relationship to ethical leadership. It also offers opportunities for several undergraduate psychology students to participate in all aspects of the research project.

According to Healey, a moral injury may result from the discrepancy between one’s action and one’s moral conscience. Feelings of profound emotional shame, a deep sense of loss similar to the mourning process and survivor’s guilt may occur. The concept is often used in reference to the mental health of military veterans who have witnessed or perpetrated a morally transgressive act in combat. Her research seeks to determine what impact such injuries have on one’s ethical leadership capabilities.

“By raising awareness about moral injury and its consequences, we can be better equipped to respond the needs of returning veterans and others who have experienced trauma and/or moral wounds,” Healey said. “These wounds are not easily seen but often deeply felt.”

In addition to the research funding Healey receives as a Trainer Faculty Fellow, she will give the President’s Invited Lecture on her research during the spring semester. The Oskin Leadership

Institute will publish an edited version of her lecture as part of the Oskin Thought Leader Series.

“The research Dr. Healey is doing is at the core of the mission of the Oskin Leadership Institute,” said Arthur J. Schwartz, executive director of the institute. “We all face moral dilemmas in our life, some more traumatic than others, but it’s how we react to dilemmas that shapes our character and determines the type of leader we will be.”

Healey joined the faculty in 1992 when the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology migrated from Hahnemann University to Widener University. She currently teaches undergraduate psychology courses as a member of the psychology faculty of the college of arts and sciences. She is an active licensed psychologist and provides assessment and treatment in an integrative psychotherapy model that incorporates biofeedback and neurofeedback. She earned her master’s in counseling and child development from Bryn Mawr College, and her doctorate in counseling and clinical evaluation from Bryn Mawr.

The Trainer Faculty Fellows program is named for Nicholas P. Trainer, a former chair of the Widener Board of Trustees and a 1964 graduate. Trainer and his family established the Trainer

Leadership Endowment Fund in 2009 to enable faculty to conduct research on topics and themes that intersect with the mission and purposes of the Oskin Leadership Institute.

The mission of the Oskin Leadership Institute is to perpetuate the university’s long and noble tradition of inspiring students to be strategic leaders and responsible citizens who possess the character, courage, and competencies to affect positive change throughout the world.

Troy University

TROY, Ala. Nicholas Zappo of Springfield graduated from Troy University during the summer semester/Term 5 of the 2014-15 academic year.

Zappo attended the University’s Global Campus and graduated with the bachelor of science degree from the college of arts and sciences.

Roger Williams University

BRISTOL, R.I. Margaret Ann McLaughlin of Media was named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Roger Williams University.

McLaughlin is a English literature major.

Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the dean’s list that semester.

Bates College

LEWISTON, Maine The following area students graduated from Bates College at the school’s 149th commencement ceremony:

David Kurey: The son of Mr. Gregory S. and Dr. Pamela H. Kurey of West Chester, graduated after majoring in environmental studies at Bates. He is a 2011 graduate of Unionville High School.

Andrew Seaton: The son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Seaton of Wayne, graduated magna cum laude after majoring in mathematics and art and visual culture at Bates. He is a 2011 graduate of Radnor High School. He graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts honor society. Seaton was inducted into the Bates Scholar-Athlete Society, an organization that honors graduating seniors who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or have received special nomination from the faculty for outstanding academic achievement in their junior and senior years, and who have participated in a varsity sport for a minimum of three years.

Salisbury University

SALISBURY, Md. Morgan Campbell of Bryn Mawr was named to the dean’s list at Salisbury University for the spring 2015 semester.

Union College

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. The following area students earned dean’s list honors from Union College for the spring 2015 semester:

BRYN MAWR: Katherine Drebin, a member of the Class of 2015, majoring in psychology, Brianna Seid, a member of the Class of 2017, majoring in psychology and economics, Samuel Stein, a member of the Class of 2019, majoring in economics, and Christopher Yao, a member of the Class of 2018, majoring in political science and economics.

HAVERTOWN: Allison Longo, a member of the Class of 2016, majoring in American studies.

WAYNE: Margaret Girton, a member of the Class of 2017, majoring in political science, and Dorothy Hazan, a member of the Class of 2016, majoring in psychology and English.

To earn dean’s list honors, a student much achieve at least a 3.50 grade point average for the semester.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. George Albert Pagano II of Media was among nearly 750 students granted degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the summer all-university commencement.

Pagano earned a bachelor of science in business administration.

University of Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa Joseph Verica of Media received a master’s degree in English from the University of Iowa at the close of the spring 2015 semester.

James Madison University

HARRISONBURG, Va. The following area residents earned degrees from James Madison University:

Erica Meehan of West Chester graduated with a degree in interdisc liberal studies, and Juliana Marie Garabedian of West Chester graduated magna cum laude with a degree in writing rhet tech comm.