{"id":163129,"date":"2025-12-15T14:32:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=163129"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:40:54","slug":"wright-state-psychologist-featured-in-wallethubs-most-caring-cities-in-america-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/12\/15\/wright-state-psychologist-featured-in-wallethubs-most-caring-cities-in-america-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State psychologist featured in WalletHub\u2019s &#8216;Most Caring Cities in America&#8217; study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/12\/15\/wright-state-psychologist-featured-in-wallethubs-most-caring-cities-in-america-study\/52365-jim-hannah-latrelle-jackson-interim-dean-of-the-school-of-professional-psychology-1-9-20-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-163134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-163134\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2025\/12\/LaTrelle-Jackson-52635_002-508x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a>LaTrelle Jackson, Ph.D., clinical professor in Wright State University\u2019s School of Professional Psychology, was featured as an expert contributor in WalletHub\u2019s recent \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/most-caring-cities\/17814\">Most Caring Cities in America<\/a>\u201d study.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said that caring communities are built on more than volunteerism or charitable giving. She noted that meaningful connection, open communication and opportunities for residents to engage with one another are essential to fostering compassion at the community level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne system to evaluate the most caring cities in America is based on inclusion,\u201d she told WalletHub. \u201cHuman valuing is an excellent first step to build a strong foundation for city resource-planning, policy development and governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She identified five key indicators: accessible and affordable transportation; strong support systems for both traditional and nontraditional students in higher education; adequate, affordable elder care options; meaningful youth programs that foster connection and skill-building; and restoration programs that help individuals recover and reenter the community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/most-caring-cities\/17814#expert=Dr._LaTrelle_Jackson\">Read Jackson\u2019s comments about \u201cMost Caring Cities in America.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaTrelle Jackson, Ph.D., clinical professor in Wright State University\u2019s School of Professional Psychology, was featured as an expert contributor in WalletHub\u2019s recent \u201cMost Caring Cities in America\u201d study. Jackson said that caring communities are built on more than volunteerism or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/12\/15\/wright-state-psychologist-featured-in-wallethubs-most-caring-cities-in-america-study\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":163134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163129"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163144,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163129\/revisions\/163144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}