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Collection Number
Suffolk University Oral History Project (SOH-072)
Description
Dr. Paul Korn, a retired psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology discusses his 40-year career at Suffolk University. He describes the evolution of the Suffolk’s Counseling Center throughout his career, including the nature and composition of the staff, the role of the Center at Suffolk, and the Center’s community-based approach to providing mental health services for students and other members of the Suffolk community. He discusses his involvement in fostering a number of community-based programs intended to ensure acceptance, learning, and growth among students and faculty including creating a campus chapter of Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR), a Gay and Lesbian support group, a peer counseling program, and a Helping Skills Course. More broadly, Dr. Korn discusses the ways in which Suffolk’s culture surrounding mental health and anti-racism have shifted and how the counseling needs of students increased over the years. Additionally, he speaks about how his practice as a counselor was affected by the relationships he built with students and faculty inside and outside of Suffolk University’s Counseling Center. The interview concludes with a discussion of Dr. Korn’s impact on the university and how Suffolk University impacted his life.
Subject Heading
Suffolk University—History
Interview Date
2022
Publisher
Suffolk University
City
Boston
Keywords
Suffolk University—History
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Korn, Paul; Bateman, Megan; and Glina, Elizabeth, "Oral History Interview with Dr. Paul Korn (SOH-072 video recording and transcript)" (2022). Suffolk University Oral History Project. 63.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/soh/63