Counselor Education Faculty Trusty, Jerry G., Ph.D., Professor of Education Coordinator of Secondary School Counseling Program jgt3@psu.edu Jerry Trusty's Home Page EDUCATION Mississippi State Univ., Ph.D. Counselor Education Univ. of Southern Mississippi Master of Music Univ. of Southern Mississippi Bachelor of Music Education

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS Young people's educational and career development:  models of the effects of middle- and high-school variables on bachelor's degree completion, gender socialization effects and environmental and cultural influences on career development of adolescents; adolescents' educational expectations and postsecondary educational choices; parental involvement and adolescents' career development; intergenerational career-related goal transmission processes; career information resources; multicultural career counseling for adolescents and young adults. Counselor education:  adult attachment styles and empathy of counseling students; family-of-origin perceptions and social attributes of counselor trainees; multicultural counseling and counselors' interpersonal skills. RECENT PUBLICATIONS (condensed list) Brown, D., & Trusty, J. (2005). Designing and leading comprehensive school counseling programs: Promoting student competence and meeting student needs. Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole. Trusty, J., Niles, S. G., & Carney, J. V. (2005). Education-career planning and middle school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 9,136-143. Trusty, J., Ng, K., & Watts, R. E. (2005). Model of effects of adult attachment on emotional empathy of counseling students. Journal of Counseling & Development, 83, 66-77. Trusty, J., & Brown, D. (2005). Advocacy competencies for professional school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 8, 259-265. Trusty, J., & Niles, S. G. (2004). Realized potential or lost talent: High-school variables and bachelor’s degree completion. Career Development Quarterly, 53, 2-15. Trusty, J., Thompson, B., & Petrocelli, J. V. (2004). Practical guide for reporting effect size in quantitative research in the Journal of Counseling & Development. Journal of Counseling & Development, 82, 107-110. Trusty, J., Skowron, E. A., Watts, R. E., & Parrillo, A. L., III (2004). Modeling the effects of counselor trainees’ perceptions of early childhood on trainees’ social influence attributes. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 12, 6-13. COURSES TAUGHT Introduction to Secondary School Counseling Counselor Education Doctoral Seminar Practicum & Internship Counseling Adolescents Organization & Administration of School Guidance Programs PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Counseling Association American School Counselors Association National Career Development Association Association for Counselor Education & Supervision Chi Sigma Iota EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP Associate Editor for Quantitative Research, Journal of Counseling & Development. NATIONAL SERVICE Chair, Research Committee, National Career Development Association CACREP Site Team Member

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