SCPS Professor Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett is a licensed clinical psychologist and an associate professor and associate dean of academic affairs at DePaul's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

She’s also a self-described “lifelong horse woman.”

In a recent interview with DePaul Magazine, Prof. Matamonasa Bennett talks about her class "The Wisdom and Power of Horses", and shares how people can connect with horses and the natural world through equine-assisted therapy to help them on their healing journey.

Read the full interview with SCPS Prof. Matamonasa in the DePaul Magazine's Summer 2026 edition.