Raquel Chapin Stephenson

Raquel Chapin Stephenson, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCAT is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Lesley University’s Art Therapy Program, and Faculty Fellow in Lesley’s Institute for the Arts in Health. As a Fulbright Scholar, she taught at Tallinn University in Estonia and continues as a guest lecturer. Committed to improving the lives of older adults through the arts, Dr. Stephenson’s clinical work and research focuses on the intersection of arts and aging, which she has taught and presented worldwide. She was co-founder and teaching artist for the Teaching Artist, Creative Approaches to Healthy Aging program, funded by two National Endowment for the Arts ArtWorks Grants, and founder, clinical supervisor and program director of New York University’s Creative Aging Therapeutic Services. She serves on the National Advisory Council and Program Advisory Committee of Arts for the Aging. She serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Creativity and Human Development and is a member of the UNESCO-UNITWIN Chair on Life Design, Decent Work and Sustainable Development.