Dorothy Jean Tillman, de 17 años, obtiene su doctorado
Excelsior University alum Dorothy Jean Tillman recently received her Doctor of Behavioral Health at Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions. Her dissertation research focused on the impact of implementing an outreach and education program aimed at reducing the stigma associated with using campus mental health services among college-aged students. Tillman made national headlines by being the youngest person to ever graduate from the program.
Tillman, que es de Chicago, Illinois, comenzó su andadura en la educación superior a los 10 años, obteniendo su título asociado en el College of Lake County de Grayes Lake, Illinois. Se convirtió en la graduada más joven de Excelsior en 2018, obteniendo su licenciatura en Artes Liberales cuando tenía 12 años antes de continuar para obtener un máster en el Unity College de Unity, Maine, a los 14 años. Tillman es la fundadora y directora ejecutiva del Dorothy Jeanius STEAM Leadership Institute, que crea vías para que los estudiantes infrarrepresentados tengan éxito en campos relacionados con la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería, el arte y las matemáticas.
“My Excelsior experience was inclusive and supportive,” said Tillman. “Access to my instructors was always at the tip my fingers. The standard of learning was innovative and provided context for making global impact on humanity.”
To read more about Tillman, visit:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/12/26/24007802/dorothy-jeanius-tillman-ph-d-17-years-old-teen-mental-health
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/dorothy-jean-tillman-chicago.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/she-earned-her-first-college-100000187.html
