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Congratulations are extended to faculty and doctoral students who have recently presented at professional conferences:

Dr. Carla Adkison-Johnson presented at the 2019 APA Convention in Chicago. Her presentation was titled: Exploring Child Discipline: Effectiveness of a Counseling Group for African American Parents and was part of APA’s Division 37: Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice program.

Dr. Eric Sauer presented a research paper at the annual conference of the Society of Psychotherapy Research (SPR) – in Buenos Aries. The paper was co-authored by 3 current counseling psychology doctoral students – Jon Hook, Kristin Roberts, and Char Houben-Hop. The study was titled, Therapist Attachment-Related Behaviors and Their Effects on Psychotherapy Process and Outcome.

At that same SPR meeting, Dr. Sauer and another team of international researchers presented a research paper entitled, Perfectionism Measurement and Implications for Clients in Argentina and the USA. This paper was also co-authored by a counseling psychology doctoral student – Kristin Roberts. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric features of a measure of perfectionism (short form of the Almost Perfect Scale) that has been used in prior non-clinical studies in Argentina and the USA.

Dr. Samuel Beasley presented a poster paper on an exploratory qualitative examination of the gendered racial experiences of Black men in counseling psychology at the 51st Annual International Convention of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), Orlando, FL.

Dr. Beasley with master’s alumni Derrick Boyd and Janee Christian presented a poster paper on “Examining influences on men's entry into the health service psychology pipeline” at the 127th Annual American Psychological Association (APA), Chicago, IL.

Dr. Samuel Beasley, Dr. Beverly Vandiver and counseling psychology doctoral student Walter Malone presented a symposium paper at 127th Annual American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Their presentation was on “Examining a Collaborative Academic Intervention between Psychologists and Student Affairs” and described a collaboration between counseling psychology faculty and the Center for Academic Success Programs. The presentation discussed work with the Reclaim the W program.

Dr. Joseph Morris participated in a symposium at APA titled “Investigating Sociopolitical Interventions and Realities Using a Single Subject Time Series Analysis. The symposium reported on highlights of several single subject time series analysis studies on:

The Flint Water Crisis Impact on Community College Matriculations, Retention and Time to Completion with counseling psychology doctoral alumni Dr. Brian Littleton;

Rural Native American School Counseling Outcomes: A Time-Series Analysis of School Data with counseling psychology doctoral alumni Dr. Katherine (Colles) Nelson; and

University School Training Model (USTM) Impact on Urban Elementary School Suspensions with Drs. Joseph Morris, Mary Z. Anderson and Katherine (Colles) Nelson presenting.

Counseling psychology doctoral student Kate Hibbard-Gibbons and Dr. Pat Munley presented a poster paper on “Adjustment to College for First-Year Division III Athletes: Examining Coping and Athletic Identity” at the 127th APA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Tangela Roberts with counseling psychology doctoral student Zari Carpenter presented a poster paper on “The Impact of Community Involvement and Community Comfort on Black LGBTQ Well-being” at the 127th APA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Roberts also presented a poster paper titled “For Us by Us: Exploring the Impact of Available Community Supports for LGBTQ+ Adolescents of Color.

Additionally Dr. Roberts Co-chaired a symposium on "Relational and Institutional Challenges and Multiple Minority Stress among LGBTQ People of Color. Counseling Psychology doctoral student Angela Lewis presented in this symposium. Angela’s presentation was titled "The impact of relational trauma of Black bisexual women".

Dr. Beverly Vandiver was an invited panelist by The American Psychological Association’s Journals program and the APA Committee on Women in Psychology who co-hosted a panel at APA’s Convention in Chicago this August. The panel was “Pathways to Editorship: Experiences and Insight from Women of Color in Editor Roles” and featured perspectives from women of color in leadership roles editing psychology journals, sharing details of common barriers, recommendations for diversifying representation in scholarly publishing, and leadership tips for attendees.