NANCY ARONSON, PHD
Dr. Nancy Aronson joined the Department of Psychology in 2004 as an adjunct clinical
assistant professor in the Organizational Development and Leadership Program (ODL).
In August 2017, she assumed the role of assistant program director. She has brought
her love of learning and adult education to co-launching courses in Systems Literacy
(based on the work of Barry Oshry), Appreciative Inquiry, Leader as Meeting and Process
Designer and Facilitator, and The Adaptive Leaders Toolkit: A Lab for Collaborative
Action.
In addition to her role at PCOM, Dr. Aronson has been bringing practical, collaborative
methods to organizations and communities since the early 1980s. She has extensive
experience in designing and facilitating large group, task focused strategic meetings.
She has applied this expertise to cases related to strategic planning, critical multi-stakeholder
meetings, and leadership development. She brings this experience and commitment to
supporting the development of others into her teaching and mentoring in the ODL Program.
She is co-editor of Deep Lessons on Collaboration: How Collaboration Really Works and a contributing author to Future Search in School District Change; Connection, Community and Results and The Handbook of Large Group Interventions. She is a contributor to the recently released The Collaboration Response. She co-developed the System Coherence Framework for Change Leadership, based on an intervention and action research at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Aronson has done presentations and guest lectures for a variety of organizations
including: The PA Governor’s Institute on P-3 Collaboration, Academic Impressions,
Citi-Alliance-Penn Non-Profit Day, National Staff Development Council, Women’s Educational
Leadership Caucus of PA, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging,
Georgetown University School of Nursing and Moscow University.
Education
PhD in Psychoeducational Processes from Temple University.
Courses
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Leader as Meeting Designer and Facilitator
- The Adaptive Leader's Toolkit
Memberships
- PRODN
- Power and Systems Trainer Network
- INTERGEN