About Me
I am a professor and serve as the chair for the Department of Counseling and Special Education at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Education. I teach graduate students in the master's and doctoral counselor education programs, focusing on school counseling. I present at state, regional, and national counseling and education conferences and publish articles in scholarly journals. Furthermore, I am on the editorial board for the Journal of Counseling and Development, Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, and Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. I also serve as an Associate Editor for Counseling and Values.
I attended the University of Central Florida (UCF; Go Knights!) in Orlando, FL, where I earned my Ph.D. in Education with a concentration on Counselor Education. In addition, I earned my M.A. in Counselor Education and a Graduate Certificate in Career Counseling at UCF. Before attending UCF, I earned my B.A. in Psychology at Florida International University (FIU; Go Golden Panthers!) where I was also a student-athlete on the inaugural football team.
I hold my Pupil Personnel Services License for School Counseling through the Virginia Department of Education. I am also a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a National Certified School Counselor (NCSC), and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). I have worked as a school counselor and mental health counselor with diverse clientele and presenting issues. I have also worked in a variety of fields, including as a high school teacher, mental health technician, and football coach.
My work as a school counselor placed me in an alternative education setting, serving high-risk youth expelled from their traditional school. As a result, I am interested in investigating interventions that aim to improve educational outcomes for students considered at-risk for school failure.
My research focus includes school counseling, counselor education and supervision, and professional well-being. You can view some of my publications on Google Scholar by clicking here.
A selection of publications:
Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling: A Conventional Content Analysis (2025): Click here
Analysis of the Counseling Competency Scale-Revised Using Trainees’ Self-Assessment Data (2025): Click here
Development and Testing of the Frequency of Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Scale (2024): Click here
School Counselors’ Experiences of Induction and Mentoring (2024): Click here
Meaning in Life As a Predictor of Personal Growth Initiative and Emotional Intelligence for Adolescents (2024): Click here
School counselors’ hope, stress, and job satisfaction (2024): Click here
Assessment of Professional Counseling Dispositions: A content validity analysis (2024): Click here
An examination of school counselors’ career-sustaining behaviors and its relationship to burnout and job Satisfaction (2023): Click here
Preparing school counseling trainees in professional legislative advocacy (2023): Click here
An Examination of the GPS for SUCCESS Program (2022): Click here
School Counselors as Critical Consumers of Research: Guidelines for Evaluating Quantitative Research by Recognizing Quality Indicators (2022): Click here
Understanding the Relationships between Personal Growth Initiative, Hope, and Abstinence Self-Efficacy (2022): Click here
School Counselor Burnout, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction by Student Caseload (2021): Click here
School Counselors’ Work-Related Rumination as a Predictor of Burnout, Turnover Intentions, Job Satisfaction, and Work Engagement (2020): Click here
Development and initial testing of the Multidimensional Cultural Humility Scale (2020): Click here
Comparison of school characteristics among RAMP and Non-RAMP schools (2019): Click here
An Examination of School Counselors’ Leadership Self-Efficacy, Programmatic Services, and Social Issue Advocacy (2019): Click here
School Counselors' Attitudes toward Evidence-Based Practices (2019): Click here