Judith Frankel:  

Post high school, I attended New College at Hofstra University, an experimental 3 year BA awarding college from which I graduated in 1968. At the time, I had not been certain if I would major in English or in Psychology. Ultimately, I concentrated in Psych and went on to graduate training in Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut. I was awarded my PhD in Clinical Psych with a minor in Social Psych in 1972. I met my husband, Anthony D'Augelli, at New College; we married in 1968. When we moved to State College, Pennsylvania, we decided to have children and Jennifer Hadley Frankel was born on November 17, 1977. Rebekah Lindsey Frankel followed on August 26, 1979. They were wonderful, bright, curious children who kept us on our toes in fun ways. They went to a creative Montessori preschool. They also began Sunday School at Congregation Brit Shalom, then under the inspiring auspices of Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat. Jen became Bat Mitzvah in June 1990, Rebekah in June 1992. I was very involved in various positions on the JCC Board and in the Sisterhood and Hadassah. I taught on the faculty of PSU for quite a number of years, in Human Development and Family Studies and in Social Welfare. I had also opened my private practice in State College in the 70s, and I remained in that practice throughout the time I lived there. With a number of other psychologists and allied health professionals, I established a professio...Expand for more