Mad Topics

 

Mad Topics: Newsletter

 

Mad Topics: Anxiety and Depression in Education

Professional Panel Discussion at Tennessee Tech, Live Stream & In-Person (Stonecipher Hall) April 5, 2025, 3–5 p.m. | Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for Pre-Tabling & Resources!

Hear About:

- Anxiety & Depression in Education
- Comorbidities of PKU like Anxiety
- Anxiety/Depression Lived Experiences

Email Address: madtopics@tntech.edu Website: tntech.edu/madtopics

Funded by Faculty Grant Program. Additional partners and sponsors include the College of Education & Human Sciences, the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, IMPACT Cookeville and IMPACT TTU.

 

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Mad Topics: Panelist Overview

Professional Panel Discussion at Tennessee Tech, Live Stream & In-Person (Stonecipher Hall) April 5, 2025, 3–5 p.m. | Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for Pre-Tabling & Resources!

Panelists

- Ben Craft, MS, LPC-MHSP: Clinical perspective + lived anxiety & depression experience. Role: Panelist
- Derrick Edwards, PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC: Clinical perspectives: anxiety/depression, trauma. Role: Panelist
- Todd Schultz, EdD: Lived experience with anxiety & Phenylketonuria (PKU). Role: Panelist
- Katie Mixon, BS: Lived experience with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Role: Panelist
- Doug Hensley, M.A. Role: Moderator

Hear About:

- Anxiety & Depression in Education
- Comorbidities of PKU like Anxiety
- Anxiety/Depression Lived Experiences

Email Address: madtopics@tntech.edu Website: tntech.edu/madtopics

Funded by Faculty Grant Program. Additional partners and sponsors include the College of Education & Human Sciences, the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, IMPACT Cookeville and IMPACT TTU.

 

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Mad Topics: Panelists Spotlight

Anxiety and Depression in Education — Professional Panel Discussion at Tennessee Tech, Live Stream & In-Person (Stonecipher Hall). April 5, 2025, 3–5 p.m. | Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for Pre-Tabling & Resources!

Panelists

- Doug Hensley, M.A. - Moderator
- Derrick Edwards, PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC - Clinical perspectives: anxiety/depression, trauma - Panelist
- Ben Craft, M.S., LPC-MHSP - Clinical perspective + lived anxiety & depression experience - Panelist

Stay tuned! Look out for our other panelists sharing their lived experiences with Anxiety or Depression.

 

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Mad Topics: Panelists Spotlight

Anxiety and Depression in Education — Professional Panel Discussion at Tennessee Tech, Live Stream & In-Person (Stonecipher Hall). April 5, 2025, 3–5 p.m. | Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for Pre-Tabling & Resources!

Panelists

- Todd Schultz, EdD - Lived experience with anxiety & Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Panelist
- Katie Mixon, B.S. - Lived experience with Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Panelist

Did you know the term Mad Topics was created from Mad Studies and is ultimately what brings the panel to life today?

What are Mad Studies? A research field which examines the lived experiences of people who would have previously been termed “Mad,” such as those with mental disorders or disabilities (International Mad Studies Journal, 2023).

 

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Mad Topics: Director and Coordinator Spotlights

Anxiety and Depression in Education — Professional Panel Discussion at Tennessee Tech, Live Stream & In-Person (Stonecipher Hall). April 5, 2025, 3–5 p.m. | Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for Pre-Tabling & Resources!

Panelists

- Kinsey Simone, PhD - 2024 Mad Topics Panelist, Shared lived experiences with OCD - Role: Director
- Lydia Schultz, B.A.
Counseling & Psychology Graduate student at TN Tech
Role: Project Coordinator
- McClane Oakley, B.S. - 2024 Mad Topics Moderator, Counseling & Psychology Graduate Student at TN Tech - Role: Partner Coordinator

 

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Coming Soon Fall 2025: Mad Topics Lending Library

A FREE lending library for anyone to lend out books on different “MAD” Topics! Over 30 books for all ages on mad topics like:

- Anxiety
- Depression
- OCD
- PTSD
- ED
- ADHD
- PKU
- Autism
- Complex PTSD

Check out self-help, graphic novels, children books, nonfiction, fiction and more!

Sponsor: First-Generation Student Success.

 

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Thank you to our 2025 Title Sponsor: Rural Reimagined Grant Program

2025 Sponsors: Tennessee Tech College of Education & Human Sciences; Department of Curriculum & Instruction; Office of First-Generation Student Success.

Past TN MT sponsors include IMPACT Cookeville and TN Tech’s Student Government Association SOLO fund on behalf of IMPACT TTU.

2025 Campus Partners: Access, Education Center; ASPIRES SANE Program; Center for Addiction Prevention & Support; Chi Sigma Iota; College of Education & Human Science; Launchpad Student Success Center; Center for Counseling and Mental Health Wellness; IMPACT TTU; Office of First-Generation Student Success; Rural Reimagined; Women's Center

 

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Thank you to our mad scholars!