CECP
2007 News
Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley, professor, and doctoral student Elizabeth Bradshaw co-authored with J. Sanders a book chapter on "African American
women
and depression" which appeared in S. Logan, R. Denby & P. Gibson (
Eds.)
(2007) Mental health care in the African American community.
Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Dr. Phillip Johnson, assistant professor, co-authored a paper with Dr. Carla
Adkison-Bradley, professor, and doctoral students Donald E. Knight and Elizabeth
Bradshaw on "Preparing African American counselor education
students for
the professorate" which was published in the December 2007 issue of
the
College Student Journal.
This semester, Dr. Susan V. Piazza, assistant professor of literacy studies in the Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies and Dr. Lonnie Duncan, associate professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, are collaborating to bring together literacy studies and counseling psychology students to serve as tutors. The Dorothy McGinnis Reading Center and Clinic provides literacy tutoring on Thursday nights for children ages 5-14. These children are being supported by the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative SCOPE: Securing Children’s Opportunities, Possibilities, and Empowerment. Drs. Piazza and Duncan plan to study the interdisciplinary nature of this community program and its effectiveness on the lives of participants and families.
Ronald M. Crafton, an alumnus who received his doctorate from the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Extraordinary Civilian Heroism on December 20, 2007 by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. This medal is awarded to individuals in the United States and Canada who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. Resumes of the acts of heroism, including Dr. Crafton’s, recently recognized with Carnegie Medals may be found at the Carnegie website.
Dr. Joseph Morris, professor in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Dr. Timothy Michael, associate professor in Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Mozhdeh Bruss, associate professor in Family and Consumer Sciences, and Dr. Linda Dannison chair of Family and Consumer Sciences, along with Jackie Quitugua and Rosa Palacios
of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands co-authored a book
chapter
on "Childhood Obesity: Caregivers' Perceptions, Attitudes and
Behaviors
Related to Physical Activity and Inactivity" published by Nova
Science
Publishers, Inc. in 2007.
Dr. Alan Hovestadt, professor, and a long time family therapy educator, researcher, and author was selected to serve on the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Committee. On Aug 30, 2007 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the AAMFT $500,000 in federal funding through its Minority Fellowship Program. The AAMFT will use the SAMHSA grant funds to support MFT doctoral students in pursuit of training to provide culturally competent mental health and substance abuse treatment to minority/underserved populations. This principal aim is directly related to efforts to reduce health disparities among ethnic minorities in the U.S. by filling a crucial need for mental health service providers. Hovestadt, the immediate past president of the AAMFT supported efforts to secure this funding during his term of office (2003-07). The Advisory Committee is charged with assisting in virtually every aspect of the solicitation of candidates, review and analysis of submitted applications, selection of fellows, ancillary training, general stipend use and other related issues requiring the expertise of the group.
Nora Fox, master's student in the CECP School Counseling Program, was awarded the Harry and Suzanne Clay Scholarship for Graduate Study in School Counseling at the Michigan School Counselor Associations (MSCA) Fall Conference on October 29, 2007
Dr. Mary Anderson, associate professor, was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of The Counseling Psychologist. The Counseling Psychologist is the official journal of The Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Anderson also serves on the editorial board of the APA Journal of Counseling Psychology.
Dr. Gary Bischof, associate professor, and Counselor Education doctoral student Nikita Murry co-authored a paper with Monica Lieser and Rachel Tambling from the University of Georgia titled "Inclusion of Sexuality in Relationship Education Programs" published in the October issue of The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families. Dr. Bischof also presented a paper at the American Association for the Marriage and Family Therapy Conference in Long Beach CA on Oct. 12 with two recent graduates, Casey Coker and Josh Jacobs. The paper was titled "Major Premarital Inventories: Feminist and Diversity Critiques".
As part of Chi Sigma Iota’s visiting scholar program on November 7 and 8, Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy delivered a public presentation addressing concerns around the frequently cited achievement gap in the United States and the social justice role of helping professionals in contending educational disparities, as outlined in her most recent publication, School Counseling to Close the Achievement Gap: A Social Justice Framework for Success (Corwin Press). Dr. Holcomb-McCoy is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland at College Park. She holds a strong national reputation in the school counseling field for her exemplary research and consultation in the area of urban school counseling.
Fourteen counselor education doctoral students along with four counselor education faculty members from the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology presented papers at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2007 national conference held in Columbus, Ohio from Oct. 10-17, 2007. The theme of this year’s conference was Vanguards for Change: ACES and Social Justice. Glinda Rawls presented “African American High School Girls’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Experiences with School Counselors”; Dr. Suzanne M. Hedstrom and doctoral students Robert Powell, Chris Crans Stuive, and Janet Glaes shared their research on “Underrepresented and Marginalized Groups: How Present Are They in ACA Journals?”; Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley and Dr. Phillip Johnson discussed "Seeing African American Women Counselor Educators as Scholars: Utilizing a Contextualized Humanistic Perspective"; LaSonda Wells presented on “Internal Family Systems Model as a Foundation for Developing Emotional Exploration Groups”; LaShonda Fuller and Allison Buller discussed “Personal Counseling: A Requirement for Counseling Preparation Programs?”; Patrick M. Kamau and Daniel Romero and counseling psychology doctoral students Hartini Abdul-Rahman and Nancy Hammoudah presented on “Acculturative Stress in the Career Transition of Immigrants”; Dr. Suzanne M. Hedstrom, Chris Crans Stuive, Robert Powell, Ericka Newton, and Daniel Romero discussed “The Informed Consent Practices of Counselors: Past and Present”; Maria Buccilli, Lacretia Dye, and Stephaney Carter presented on “Ethical Decision Making in School Counseling”; and Dr. Stephen Craig, Adam Wall, and Allison Buller discussed “An Adlerian Approach for Enhancing Supervisee Motivation”.
As part of the CECP Fall 2007 Colloquium Series, Dr. Lawrence Beer presented "Helping Men Create Safe Loving Family Environments: A Case Presentation An Eclectic Treatment Approach to Couple and Family Counseling." Dr. Beer is the past president of Division 51, Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity of the American Psychological Association. The colloquium was held on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 in the President's Dining Room - room 113 Bernhard Student Center.
Dr. Eric Sauer, associate professor and director of the Center for
Counseling and Psychological Services in Grand Rapids, was
recently
elected president of the Association of Directors of Psychology
Training Clinics. He will be serving a two-year term as
president-elect before taking office in the summer of 2009. ADPTC
is the national organization for directors of psychology training
clinics. ADPTC members are directors of clinics that are typically
associated with pre-doctoral graduate training programs in
professional psychology - clinical, community, counseling,
clinical
child, and school psychology - at regionally accredited
universities.
Amy Cavanaugh, Julie Davis, Michele McGrady, Danny Huber, and Donald Knight each presented papers at this year’s APA convention. Amy and Julie presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Kelly McDonnell on “Helping Students and Educators Understand, Recognize, and Combat Vicarious Traumatization”. Michele presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Karen Horneffer-Ginter titled “Spirituality as Self-Awareness: How Caucasian, Heterosexual College Students Understand Spirituality”. Danny presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Eric Sauer, on “Advisory Working Alliance: Contributions of Advisee-Attachment Orientations”. Donald Knight presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Gunilla Holm and Dr. Lonnie Duncan titled “ Lived Experiences of Black Male College Students From Single-Parent Homes.” Amy and Julie also presented a paper on “Graduate Students: Creating and Implementing Specialty Groups on College Campuses” Michele McGrady and Danny Huber each received a student travel award from the American Psychological Association to present their work. Student travel awards are competitive awards granted to students who are authors of a presentation at the annual convention.
Department awards for 2007 were presented at the annual awards reception on April 10.
Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award: Chris Crans-Stuive
Graduate Research and Creative Scholars Award: Darryl Plunkett
Robert & Diane Betz Award for Doctoral Studies in CECP: Adriana Fox, doctoral student in counselor education; Kara Wolff, doctoral student in counseling psychology
Robert O. Brinkerhoff Scholarship for Human Resource Development: Deborah Bryde
Kenneth Bullmer Scholarship for Doctoral Students in Counseling Psychology: Nancy Hammoudah
CECP Alumni Scholarship: Amanda Roundhouse, master’s student; Stephaney Carter, doctoral student
Arthur and Margaret Manske Outstanding Master’s Student in School Counseling: Kevin Paradine; Lisa Piccard
Paul and Phyllis Griffeth Outstanding Master’s Student in Student Affairs: Jeffrey Eppley
Outstanding Master’s Student in CECP: Bridget Nolan
Thelma M. Urbick Outstanding Doctoral Student in Counselor Education Award: Robert Powell
Outstanding Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology: Julie Davis; Jody Tomko
Outstanding Alumni Award: Charles Donaldson; Randy Flood
Congratulations to Dr. Norman Kiracofe, Professor of Counselor Education
and Counseling Psychology, and LaSonda Wells, Counselor Education
doctoral student, who had their article "Mandated disciplinary
counseling on campus: Problems and possibilities" appear as the lead
article in the Summer 2007 issue of the Journal of Counseling &
Development. The authors propose a policy position that would preclude
mandated treatment and place emphasis on counseling readiness
programming for disciplinary referrals. A stages of behavioral change
model is discussed to help conceptualize when counseling may be
effective with students involved in disciplinary procedures.
Allison Buller, doctoral student in Counselor Education, was recently appointed to the 2007-2008 American Counseling Association's Graduate Student Task Force. The focus of this task force is to further develop policy recommendations for more actively involving graduate students in the American Counseling Association and the counseling profession. Before beginning her doctoral studies at Western Michigan University Allison received her Master of Science in Counselor Education with a concentration in community counseling from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2005.
Ms. Michele McGrady, counseling psychology doctoral student, has been awarded a student travel award from the American Psychological Association. Student travel awards are competitive awards granted to students who are first authors of a presentation at the annual convention. Ms. McGrady will present a paper co-authored with Dr. Karen Horneffer-Ginter entitled “Spirituality as Self-Awareness: How Caucasian, Heterosexual College Students Understand Spirituality” at the upcoming APA convention in San Francisco. Ms. McGrady has a strong interest in integrating psychological and holistic health care approaches to promote positive development in college students. The research she will present at APA is part of a developing program of research concerning spirituality and college students. She is engaged in the final stages of developing her dissertation proposal. Ms. McGrady’s dissertation “Understanding the dimensions of spirituality in college students”, builds on previous conference presentations as well as the study she will present at APA and seeks to address definitional and measurement concerns in the existing literature.
Congratulations to doctoral student Julie Davis; master's student Casey Coker; and Dr. Lisa Makuch who received the 2007 College of Education Rising Star Award, Rising Star Award, and Teaching Excellence Award - Part-time, respectively.
Dr. Stephen Craig, associate professor, has been appointed as a member of the Professional Standards Committee of the American Counseling Association (ACA). This ACA committee is responsible for promoting the professionalization of counseling and for monitoring graduate program accreditation, counseling center accreditation, and national voluntary counselor certification programs. Dr. Craig will begin his term of service on July 1, 2007. Dr. Craig has been at WMU since 1999 and currently serves as Counselor Education Unit Director within the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology.
Chi Sigma Iota: The Mu Beta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, an international academic and professional honor society for counselors, held its third formal induction of counselor education students and graduates on April 12. The keynote speaker Dr. Carol L. Bobby, former national president of Chi Sigma Iota and current Executive Director of the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs presented " Welcome to My World: Preparing Counselors to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Profession".
Donald Knight, doctoral student in counseling psychology, was awarded the Inaugural Annual Research and Creative Activity Awards presented by the Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations. Donald received the award for his research project on "African American Male College Students' Experiences Being Reared in Single-Parent Homes". Donald gave a presentation on the project at the Walker Institute Special Research/Creative Activity Forum on April 11.
The Counselor Education programs in Michigan co-sponsored a reception on March 24 in Detroit. Current students, faculty, and alumni re-connected and networked while at the conference and exchanged information about the various counselor education programs around the state.
Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley, professor, received the Professional Development Award from the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development during the American Counseling Association Annual Convention in Detroit on March 24, 2007. This award recognizes an AMCD member who has developed techniques and systems that have strengthened, expanded, enhanced and/or otherwise had demonstrable benefits to clients. Dr. Adkison-Bradley also recently received the Distinguish Service Award from the Board of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
Congratulations to CECP faculty and students who presented at this year's American Counseling Association annual convention March 22-24 in Detroit.
Dr. Adkison-Bradley, Dr. Phillip D. Johnson along with Darryl Plunkett, Patrick Kamau, and Glinda Rawls presented on ‘Preparing African American Counselor Education Doctoral Students to Become Scholars: A Focus on Publishing’.
Dr. Suzanne M. Hedstrom, with Ericka Newton, Christina Stuive, Robert Powell, Daniel Romero presented a research poster session on ‘Counselor Application of Informed Consent Ethical Principles: A National Survey.
Adriana Fox presented a research poster session on ‘The Experience of Married International Students with Culture Shock: A Qualitative Study'.
Jeffrey Badger presented a research poster session on ‘Assessing the Potential for Depression-Related Issues Among College Student-Athletes’.
Dr. Kelly McDonnell and Jessica Kerby will be presented a research poster session on ‘Understanding the Professional Development and Needs of Group Workers’.
Darryl P. Plunkett participated with Harriet L. Glosoff of the University of Virginia in a special program titled ‘The Student-Counselor Educator Connection: Clarifying Your Research Ideas’. This program is designed for doctoral students at any stage of thinking about their dissertations. Counselor educators will consult with small groups of participants to provide feedback and share ideas related to dissertation topics and research methodology.
Dr. Bischof and master's students Casey Coker and Josh Jacobs presented a poster presentation: "Major Premarital Inventories: Feminist & Diversity Critiques" at the MAMFT 2007 Annual Conference on March 30, 2007, in Lansing.
Dr. Gary Bischof, president of the Michigan Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, represented the Michigan Division at the AAMFT Leadership Conference March 22-25 in Alexandria, VA. The conference will involve lobbying on Capitol Hill about the professional interests of marriage and family therapists, leadership development, and workshops on enhancing divisions of AAMFT.
Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Colloquium Series:
Trends in the Profession and Practice of Counseling
Dr. Brian S. Canfield, president-elect of the American Counseling
Association presented at a
colloquium on March 19 . Dr. Canfield spoke on "Trends in the Profession and Practice of Counseling." As President-Elect of the
American Counseling Association Dr. Canfield serves as the chief
leadership officer elect of the largest professional association
representing counselors and the counseling profession with nearly 45,000
members. Dr. Canfield is associate dean and professor in the School of
Leadership and Educational Sciences at the University of San Diego.
Dr. Gerald A. Juhnke, Class of 1991, published
his fourth book, "Counseling Addicted Families: An Integrated
Assessment and Treatment Model". The book is available via
Routledge Publications. Dr. Juhnke graduated with a doctorate in Counselor
Education and Supervision from CECP. He
is professor and doctoral program director in the
Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at The
University of Texas at San Antonio.
Congratulations to Counselor Education doctoral student Shawn Bultsma who was recently named as one of 5 doctoral students and 10 master’s students nationally to be awarded a Ross Trust Scholarship from the American Counseling Association (ACA) for 2007. This scholarship is designed to honor counselor education students and recognize excellence in the classroom and community service by ACA members who wish to work in educational environments. The award consists of $1,000 along with a complimentary ACA membership and registration to the 2007 ACA convention. Shawn was recognized at the National Awards ceremony at the American Counseling Association Convention on Saturday March 24.
Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Roundtable Discussion Advocacy and Affirmative Action: Implications for Helping Professionals - The American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association codes of ethics and accreditation requirements mandate that training programs "make a concerted effort” to recruit and retain faculty and students of color and advocate for clients from underrepresented groups. The purpose of this roundtable discussion held on January 19, 2007, was to examine how affirmative action legislation impacts the helping professions.
Dr. Phillip Johnson, assistant professor, was the keynote speaker for the Greater Cincinnati Counseling Association 31st Annual Winter Workshop, held January 12-13 at Xavier University. The theme of the conference was the Colorful Mosaic of the Human Spirit. Dr. Johnson’s keynote address “Seeing Human Beings: The Challenge” focused on the humanistic tradition as an important corrective to the typical way people are portrayed in the popular media today and how counselor understanding of their humanity has implications for issues of social justice and multicultural competence.