Dr. Amy Chapman is currently on the faculty Ed.D. program in Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton College of Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University and the Director of Operations for the New Jersey Psychological Association. In this role, as in prior administrative roles in nonprofit organizations, she manages NJPA’s membership, continuing education offerings, and charitable foundation. As a researcher, Amy uses qualitative approaches to understand how people define, develop, and change communities. She has published widely on both how social media can be used within educational contexts and how spirituality impacts school culture, mental health, and holistic wellness. She also maintains a small spiritual direction practice.
Before her current roles, she served as the Director of the Innovating Forward Initiative at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, which provided seed grants to innovative community or campus-based partnerships to support spirituality for mental health and overall thriving.
A New Jersey native, Amy spent many formative years in Boston. While there, she taught in a small Jesuit middle school and in a large public high school. She also served for fifteen years in parish ministry, ten of which were spent as the Director of Faith Formation at St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Amy has spent considerable time in communities around the world which have deeply influenced her thinking and practice of education, including Dublin, Ireland; Camden, New Jersey; West Kingston, Jamaica; San Salvador, El Salvador; and most especially Tacna, Peru.
Amy has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Education Technology (EPET) from Michigan State University's College of Education. She holds three degrees from Boston College: an A.B. in history and secondary education; an A.M. in Developmental and Educational Psychology; and a C.A.E.S. in Religious Education.
Before her current roles, she served as the Director of the Innovating Forward Initiative at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, which provided seed grants to innovative community or campus-based partnerships to support spirituality for mental health and overall thriving.
A New Jersey native, Amy spent many formative years in Boston. While there, she taught in a small Jesuit middle school and in a large public high school. She also served for fifteen years in parish ministry, ten of which were spent as the Director of Faith Formation at St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Amy has spent considerable time in communities around the world which have deeply influenced her thinking and practice of education, including Dublin, Ireland; Camden, New Jersey; West Kingston, Jamaica; San Salvador, El Salvador; and most especially Tacna, Peru.
Amy has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Education Technology (EPET) from Michigan State University's College of Education. She holds three degrees from Boston College: an A.B. in history and secondary education; an A.M. in Developmental and Educational Psychology; and a C.A.E.S. in Religious Education.