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Dr. Alan Hovestadt, professor, has co-authored, with professional colleagues Brian S. Canfield ,Southern Arkansas University, and Lori Low, University of San Diego, an article “Cultural Immersion as a Learning Method for Expanding Intercultural Competencies" published in the October 2009 issue of The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families. The paper presents an overview of the development and utilization of a cultural immersion experience assignment in courses aimed at expanding the knowledge and skill set of counseling professionals working with culturally diverse client populations. Use of the method in three instructional formats: traditional on-campus courses, study abroad courses and 100% online courses are discussed.
Counseling Psychology doctoral student, Angela Garrison, with co-author Jeffrey Kahn from Illinois State University, published an article in the Journal of Counseling Psychology. “Emotional self-disclosure and emotional avoidance: Relations with symptoms of depression and anxiety” describes two different studies that examined the relation between emotional self-disclosure (typical and event specific), emotional avoidance, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. One of the key findings was that depressive symptoms are related to diminished levels of emotional self-disclosure.
The NASPA Journal (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) is a student affairs journal that is in the process of renaming itself and transitioning into the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP). The last two issues of the NASPA Journal will be retrospective issues in which the journal is reprinting 21 articles with the most citations and the most downloads over the last 30 years. One of Dr. Jim Croteau's articles that was published with former doctoral student Julianne Lark has been selected for this retrospective. The original article citation is: Croteau, J.M., & Lark, J.S. (1995). On being lesbian, gay or bisexual in student affairs: A national survey of experiences on the job. NASPA Journal, 32, 189-197.