The Taos Institute
David Haddad, Ed.D. serves as the Editor of the New England Journal of Relational and Systemic Practice since September 2020 and holds a Professorship at William James College since January 2012. As a Co-Founder of Appreciative Action, established in January 2010, David focuses on enhancing the capacity and well-being of organizations through methods such as Appreciative Inquiry and Reflective Practice. David is also affiliated with the Taos Institute as an associate and maintains a psychology and consultation practice since 1980. Previously, David contributed as an Adjunct Professor at Fitchburg State University from September 2001 to June 2013. Educational credentials include an Ed.D. in Consulting & Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, awarded between 1986 and 1990.
The Taos Institute
The Taos Institute is a community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the social processes essential for the construction of reason, knowledge, and human value. We are a non-profit (501c3) organization committed to exploring, developing and disseminating ideas and practices that promote creative, appreciative and collaborative processes in families, communities and organizations around the world. Social constructionist theory and practice locates the source of meaning, value and action in the relational connection among people. It is through our social and relational processes that we construct the world. We achieve our educational ends through conferences, workshops, publications, a PhD program, certificate programs, distance learning programs, newsletters, and web-based offerings. We work at the interface between the scholarly community and societal practitioners from communities of mental health, social work, counseling, organizational change, education, community building, gerontology, healthcare and more. We develop and explore the ways in which scholarly research can enrich professional practices, and practices can stimulate scholarly inquiry.