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Ruth C. White,
PhD MPH MSW
Dr. White spent 7 years as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California, where she taught leadership, management, program evaluation and social policy to graduate students. Prior to that she gained tenure during her 11 years at Seattle University, where she taught social policy, data analysis, research methods, race & ethnicity, global social welfare, and community organizing. In addition, she led an interdisciplinary study-abroad program in Belize, and founded/managed a health improvement program in Uganda. Dr. White has also taught at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State, and Fordham University. As a social worker, she has worked in child welfare, substance abuse and residential treatment settings in Canada, the UK and the USA.
With more than 20 years of speaking to thousands of people in a wide variety of sectors across the globe, Dr. White has built a reputation for thought-provoking keynotes, lectures and workshops that lead to paradigm shifts, organizational change and personal growth.
Dr. White writes for Thrive Global, and authors a popular blog on the Psychology Today platform. She also blogs on Medium. She is the author of 4 books including The Stress Management Workbook and Everyday Stress Relief. Ruth was educated at UC Berkeley, McGill University (Canada), London School of Economics and the University of Ottawa (Canada). Born in the UK, she grew up in Jamaica and Canada and now resides in California. She is the mother of an adult daughter, with whom she shares a passion for outdoor activities.
