Faculty
Counselor Education Faculty
Carney, JoLynn, Ph.D., Ohio University
Youth and their developmental processes. Specific research areas: school violence, bullying, adolescent suicide, and at-risk student involvement in the arts.
Conyers, Liza, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
The investigation of career development theory and vocational rehabilitation on the economic, mental, physical and public health outcomes of individuals with chronic illness and HIV/AIDS. Disability studies and the psychosocial aspects of disability including the examination of cultural views of disability on case conceptualization, intervention and disability affirmative multicultural counseling. The integration of the recovery model in mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation counseling services. Developing counselors’ advocacy skills related to advancing the counseling profession and increasing access to services central to economic advancement and well-being of people living with mental and other chronic illnesses and/or disability.
Hazler, Richard, Ph.D., University of Idaho, Program Coordinator (PC)
Developmental issues of youth as they relate to school and community climate; peer-on-peer abuse; and youth violence.
Herbert, James T., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clinical supervision; therapeutic adventure; and college adjustment of students with disabilities.
Herr, Edwin L., Ed.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education,
Teachers College, Columbia University
Research in career guidance, counseling and education; career development; systematic planning and evaluation of counseling and related processes; international approaches to counseling and mental health.
Hunt, Brandon, Ph.D., University of Virginia
HIV/AIDS; counselor attitudes and training; counseling gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients; and grief counseling.
Mellin, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Ohio University
Counselor practices related to school-family-community collaboration; expanded school mental health; parental agency in schools and mental health agencies.
Niles, Spencer, D.Ed., Penn State University
Developmental career counseling theory and practice; career counseling process.
O'Sullivan, Deirdre, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Developmental Work Personality, particularly how the work personality across the lifespan in persons with disabilities and chronic illness; stigma reduction strategies for persons with psychiatric disabilities and addiction.
Trusty, Jerry, Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Adolescents' education and career development; preadolescents' self-concepts, multicultural counseling, and counselor education.
