Accomplishments: Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), along with colleagues Peitao Zhu (Northern Illinois University), Qiu Wang, Melissa M. Luke, and Yanhong Liu (Syracuse University), published an article titled, “Item Response Theory Analysis and Measurement Invariance Testing of the Cultural Humility and Enactment Scale…
Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript, “Leading and supporting school counselors through evaluation systems: A national study,” in the Psychology in the Schools. She worked alongside colleagues in the educational leadership program at Ball State University to analyze the content and tools…
Katherine A. Feather, Heather Dahl-Jacinto (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Jessica A. Headley (Wellness Grove) published, "Counselors' Perceptions of Competencies in the Treatment of Children with Autism," in The Family Journal.  
Katherine Feather (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) received the Publication Award from the Western Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. This award was given at the 2023 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference to recognize a significant published work related to…
Katherine Feather and Healther Dahl (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) co-authored an article, “‘I Don’t Think There’s a Cookie-Cutter Way of Working With People With Autism’: Mothers of Children With Autism and Their Experiences With Counseling Services,“ in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling …
Katherine Feather (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and colleagues co-authored an article, "Parents’ and service providers’ perspectives of services for autism in the rural region of Northern Arizona,” in the Journal of Rural Mental Health. 
Jared Lau (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) received the Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentor Award at the 2023 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision national conference in Denver, Colorado on Oct. 14. The Locke-Paisley award honors an individual who has been a significant mentor to graduate counseling…
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) with colleagues Ching-Chen Chen and Jungnam Kim (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) received a Secondary Analysis of Head Start and Early Head Start Data grant from the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health…
Tamekia Bell (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published "Recognizing Ableism and Practicing Disability Humility: Conceptualizing Disability Across the Lifespan" in Adultspan Journal. 
Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript “Black males and school counselors: Do they experience the culture in counseling programs and departments differently from Black females?” in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. She worked alongside colleagues (Julia Bryan and…
Heather Dahl-Jacinto (PI) and Wendy Hoskins (Co-I) (both Counselor Education, School Psychology and Human Services), along with colleague Katherine Shirley (Co-I) of Bellevue University, were awarded $2,950 by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision for their proposal “Counselors in Training with Clients in Crisis: A Sandtray…
Chia Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Exploring yoga behaviors among college students based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and…