Recent Publications and Presentations
Listed below are professional contributions by faculty, students, and alumni (listed in bold). To add an item to the list, please email the APA reference to Dr. Fallon at kfallon@coe.ufl.edu.
Books and Book Chapters
Amatea, E. S. (2009). Building culturally responsive family-school relationships. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
Amatea, E., & West-Olatunji, C. (2007) Rethinking how school counselors work with families and schools: An ecosystemic approach. In J. Wittmer, J. & M. Clark. (Eds.). Managing your school counseling program: K-12 Developmental strategies (3rd ed., pp. 211-222), Minneapolis, MN: Educational Media.
Archer, J. Jr., & McCarthy, C. J., (2007). Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: Contemporary applications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Clark, M.A. (in press). Embracing Diversity: Teaching and Modelling Appreciation for Other Cultures. In B. Swaffield and I. Guske, Education Landscapes in the 21st Century: Cross-cultural Challenges and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Clark, M.A. & Loesch, L.C. (in press). Parents’ questions about testing in schools-And some answers. In B. T. Erford, Professional School Counseling: A handbook of theories, programs, and practices (2nd ed.). Austin, Texas: Pro-Ed.
Conwill, W.L. (2008). Neoliberal policy as structural violence: Its links to domestic violence in Black communities in the United States. In N. Gunewardena and A. Kingsolver (Eds.), The gender of globalization: Women navigating cultural and economic marginalities (pp. 127-146). Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press.
Echevarria-Doan, S. & Hanney, H. (2009). Understanding family stress and change. In E. Amatea, Building culturally responsive family-school partnerships: From theory to practice (pp. 115-143). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
Garrett, M. T. (2007). Hear the eagle’s cry: Native American spiritual traditions. In O. J. Morgan (Ed.), Counseling and spirituality: Views from the profession (pp. 139-164). Boston: Lahaska.
Garrett, M. T. (2006). When eagle speaks: Counseling Native Americans. In C. C. Lee (Ed.), Multicultural issues in counseling: New approaches to diversity (3rd ed., pp. 25-53). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Kinnier, R. T., Dixon, A. L., Barratt, T. M., & Moyer, E. (2008). Should universalism trump cultural relativism in counseling? Counseling and Values, 52, 113-124.
Kurpius, S. E. R., Payakkakom, A., Dixon Rayle, A., Chee, & Arredondo, P. (2008). The appropriateness of using three measures of self-beliefs with European American, Latino/a, and Native American college freshmen. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 36, 2-14.
Leibforth, T. & Clark, M.A. (2009). Getting acquainted with families. In E. Amatea, Building culturally responsive family-school partnerships: From theory to practice (pp. 201-251). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
Loesch, L.C. (2007). Fair access to and use of assessment in counseling. In C.C. Lee (Ed.), Counseling for social justice (2nd ed.) (pp. 201-222). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Loesch, L.C., & Goodman, W.J. (2007). The K-12 developmental school counselor and appraisal. In J. Wittmer and M.A. Clark (Ed.), Managing your school counseling program: K-12 develpmental startegies (2nd ed.) (pp. 223-230). Minneapolis, MN: Educational Media.
Loesch, L.C., & Ritchie, M.H. (in press). The accountable school counselor (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: ProEd.
Sarkis, S. M. (2006). 10 simple solutions to adult ADD: How to overcome chronic distraction & accomplish your goals. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
Tucker, C., & Smith-Adcock, S. (2009). Creating a support network for families in crisis. In E. Amatea, Building culturally responsive family-school partnerships: From theory to practice (pp. 337-363). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
West-Olatunji, C. (2009). Equal Access, Unequal resources: Appreciating cultural, social and economic diversity in families. In E. Amatea, Building culturally responsive family-school partnerships: From theory to practice (pp. 144-168). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
West-Olatunji, C. (in press). Multicultural Case Conceptualization. In C. Lee, D. Burnhill, A. Butler, C. P. Hipolito-Delgado, M. Humphrey, O. Munoz, & H. J. Shin (Eds.), Elements of Culture in Counseling: Theory and Practice. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
West-Olatunji, C. (in press). Children, Oppression & Trauma: Post-Katrina Disaster Mental Health Relief. In G. Roysircar-Sodowsky (Ed.), Disaster Relief: Counseling Interventions. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Wittmer, J. & Clark, M.A. (2007). Managing your school counseling program: K-12 developmental strategies (3rd ed.). Educational Media Corporation: Minneapolis, MN.
Articles
Amatea, E., & West-Olatunji, C. (2007). Joining the conversation about educating our poorest children: Emerging leadership roles for school counselors in high poverty schools. Professional School Counseling, 11, 81-89.
Poynton, T., & Baker, T. D. (2007). Free tech tools for school counselors. /ASCA School Counselor./
Carrell, S. & Carrell, S. (SCG M.Ed./Ed.S. '02) (2006). Do Lower Student-to-Counselor Ratios Reduce School Disciplinary Problems? Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 11. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/contributions/vol5/iss1/art11
Chata, C.C, & Loesch, L.C. (2007). Future school principals’ views of the roles of professional school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 11(1), 35-41.
Clark, M.A., Thompson, P. & Vialle, W. (in press). Examining the gender gap in educational outcomes in public education: Involving pre-service school counsellors and teachers in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary research. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling.
Clark, M.A. & Amatea, E. (2006). Joining forces: Building collaborative learning communities through family-school-university-community partnerships. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11 (1), 57-70.
Clark, M.A. and Breman, J.C. (in press). School counselor inclusion: A collaborative model to provide academic and social-emotional support in the classroom setting. Journal of Counseling and Development.
Clark, M.A., Brooks, M., Lee, S.M., Daley, L.P., Crawford, Y. & Maxis, S. (2006). Factors influencing the educational success of minority pre-service educators. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice, 8(1), 121-135.
Clark, M.A., Oakley, E. & Adams, H. (2006). The gender achievement gap challenge. ASCA School Counselor, 43 (3), 20-25.
Clark, M. A., Walton, J., Flower, K., & Oakley, E. (in press). Tackling male underachievement: Enhancing a positive learning environment for middle school boys. Professional School Counseling.
Conwill, W.L., & Parks, A. (Spring 2007). School climate factors in selected full service and traditional elementary school sites in a Southeastern City: Contrasts and comparisons. TheAmerican Association of School Administrators (AASA) Journal of Scholarship & Practice.
Conwill, W.L. (2007). Issues in multicultural counseling and development: Racism in the professoriate. AMCD Newsletter for African American Concerns, Volume 4(2), 2-5.
Conwill, W.L. (2007). Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) Newsletter for African American Concerns, Volume 4(2).
Conwill, W.L. (2006). Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) Newsletter for African American Concerns, Volume 4(1).
Conwill, W.L. (November 2006). AMCD provides additional details for Day of Learning. Counseling Today, p. 45, 53.
Conwill, W.L. AMCD Fall 2006 Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 1.
Dixon, A. L. (2007). Mattering in the later years: Older adults’ experiences of mattering to others, purpose in life, depression, and wellness. Adultspan: Theory, Research, & Practice, 6, 83-95.
Dixon Rayle, A. L., & Chung, K. (2007). Revisiting college students' mattering: Social support, academic stress, and the mattering experience. Journal for College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice, 9(1), 21-37.
Dixon, A. L., & Tucker, C. (in press). Every student matters here: Enhancing strengths-based school counseling through the application of mattering. Professional School Counseling.
Dixon Rayle, A., & Adams, J. R. (2007). An exploration of 21st century school counselors’ daily comprehensive school counseling program work activities. Journal of School Counseling, 5(8), at http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v5n8.pdf
Dixon Rayle, A., & Hartwig Moorhead, H. J., Green, J., Griffin, C. A., & Ozimeck, B. (2007). Adolescent girl-to-girl bullying: Wellness-based interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 5(6), at http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v5n6.pdf
Dixon Rayle, A. (2006). Do school counselors matter? Mattering as a moderator between job stress and job satisfaction. Professional School Counseling, 9, 206-215.
Dixon Rayle, A. (2006). Mattering to others: Implications for the counseling relationship. Journal of Counseling & Development, 84, 483-487.
Dixon Rayle, A., Chee, C., & Sand, J. K. (2006). Honoring their way: Counseling American Indian women. Journal for Multicultural Counseling and Development, 34, 66-79.
Dixon Rayle, A., Sand, J. K., Brucato, T., & Ortega, J. (2006). The “Comadre” group approach: A wellness-based group model for monolingual Mexican women. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 31, 5-24.
Dixon Rayle, A., Kulis, S., Okamoto, S. K., Tann, S. S., LeCroy, C. W., Dustman, P., & Burke, A. M. (2006). Who is offering and how often? Gender differences in drug offers among American Indian adolescents of the southwest. Journal of Early Adolescence, 26, 296-317.
Garrett, M. T., Brubaker, M., Torres-Rivera, E., West-Olatunji, C., & Conwill, W. L. (in press). The medicine of coming to center: Use of the Native American centering technique Ayeli to promote wellness and healing in group work. Journal for Specialists in Group Work.
Geltner, J., & Leibforth, T. (in press). Advocacy in the IEP process: Strengths-based school counseling in action. Professional School Counseling.
Goodman, R. D., & West-Olatunji, C. A. (2008). Transgenerational trauma and resilience: Improving mental health counseling for survivors on Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 30, 121-136.
Goodman, R. D., West-Olatunji, C. A., & Mehta, S. (2008, March). "Advocacy and outreach in Southern Africa: Using critical consciousness to engage in social justice," Poster session presented at the International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Lee, S. M., Daniels, H. M., Puig, A., & Newgent, R. A. (in press). A databased model to predict postsecondary educational attainment of low-socioeconomic-status students. Professional School Counseling.
Lee, S., Moon, K.S., Puig, A., Cho, E.S., Lee, S.Y, Back, S.H., Woo, Y.K. (in press). Development and Initial Psychometrics of the Korean Mood State Inventory (KMSI). Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development.
Lee, S., Puig, A. & Clark, M.A. (2007). The role of religiosity on postsecondary degree attainment. Counseling and Values 52 (1), pp. 25-39.
Portman, T. A. A., & Garrett, M. T. (2006). Native American healing traditions. International Journal for Disability, Development, and Education, 53, 453-469.
Curtis, R., Garrett, M. T., & Looney, R. (2006). Revisiting obsessive-compulsive disorder from a transpersonal perspective: A road to enlightenment? The Journal for the Professional Counselor, 21, 61-72.
Molina, B., Garrett, M. T., & Monteiro-Leitner, J. (2006). Communities of courage: Caring for immigrant children and families through creative multicultural counseling interventions. Protecting Children, 21, 62-83.
Nassar-McMillan, S., McFall-Roberts, E., Flowers, C., & Garrett, M. T. (2006). Effects of skin color upon African American adolescent females’ ratings of peers and self. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, 45, 79-94.
Murray, T. L. (2006, October). The other side of psychopharmacology: A review of the literature. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 4, 309-337.
Murray, C. E., & Murray, T. L. (2007). The family pharm: An ethical consideration of psychopharmacology in couple and family counseling. The Family Journal,1, 65-71.
Park-Taylor, J., Walsh, M.E., & Ventura, A.B. (2007). Creating healthy acculturation pathways: Integrating theory and research to inform counselors’ work with immigrant children. Professional School Counseling, 11(1), 25-34.
Puig, A., & Koro-Ljungberg, M., & Echevarria-Doan, S. (in press). Social constructionist family systems research: Conceptual considerations. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families.
Smith-Adcock, S., Webster, S. M., Leonard, L. G., & Walker, J. L. (2008). Benefits of a holistic group counseling model to promote wellness for girls at risk for delinquency: An exploratory study. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development, 47, 111-126.
Torres-Rivera, E., Phan, L. T., Garrett, M. T., Roberts-Wilbur, J., & Schwartz, E. (2007). Comparing the color of fear and evolution of a group: A pilot study. Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 41, 1-6.
Torres Rivera, E., Crethar, H., & Nash, S. (in press). Uniting multicultural, feminist, and social justice counseling theories in the profession. Journal of Counseling and Development.
Torres-Rivera, E., Nash, S., Sew, C. W. B. , Ibraim, S. B. (2008). Training School Counselors in Singapore: First impressions of a multicultural challenge. Journal of Counseling and Development.
Torres Rivera, E., Ye, J. H., & Tate, K. (in press). Politics, psychology and mental health in Puerto Rico. Psychologie sociale et politique.
Tucker, C., Bachman, L., Klahr, J., Meza, N., & Walters, M. (2008). "Home-school communications in a rural South African Village." International Education, Spring 2008.
Tucker, M. C. (2006). The journey from telling to being: Narrative ways of understanding applied to South African children's hero stories. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling. Published online December 2006. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/4133kj1705q661hg/.
West-Olatunji, C. A., Roysircar-Sodowsky, G., Goodman, R. D., West, C. A. C., & Brooks, M. (2008, March). "Culture centered disaster outreach: Working with AIDS survivors in southern Africa," Paper presented at the American Counseling Association Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.
West-Olatunji, C., Pringle, R., Adams, T., Baratelli, A., Goodman, R., & Maxis, S. (2007). How African American middle school girls position themselves as mathematics and science learners. The International Journal of Learning, 14, 219-228.
West-Olatunji, C., Behar-Horenstein, L., Rant, J. A., & Cohen-Phillips, L. Researcher/Practitioner On-Line Collegial Learning Circle: Revision-ing Early Childhood Educator Training. Journal of Negro Education (in press)
West-Olatunji, C., Frazier, K., Smith, A., Clay, L., Guy, T., & Breaux, W. (2007). The Use of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model (R/CID) to Understand a Vietnamese American: A Research Case Study. Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development, 34, 77-88.
West-Olatunji, C. A., Baker, J. C., Brooks, M. (2006). African-American adolescent males: Giving voice to their educational experiences. . Multicultural Perspectives, 8, 3-11.
Conference Presentations, Workshops, Poster Sessions
Baker, T. D., & Poynton, T. (2007, June). /Using free technology tools to make schoolwide data collection and analysis EZ/. Paper accepted for presentation at the meeting of the American School Counseling Association in Denver, CO.
Baker, T. D., & Spence-Baker, A. I. (2006, November). /High school dual enrollment: When the fast track to college... De-rails./ Paper presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL.
Baker, T. D. (2006, September). /Designing and using self-administered electronic screening instruments. / Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL.
Baker, T. D. (2006, September). /Platitudinal Disorder NOS: Do motivational posters hinder personal development?/ Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Athens, GA.
Bentley-Anderson, K., & West-Olatunji, C. A. (2006). “Getting Published in Counselor Education: A Survey of Journal Editors.” Poster session at the bi-annual conference of the Southern Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (SACES), Orlando, FL.
Brubaker, M. D. (2007, March). Current Trends: Chemical Dependency among LGBT persons. Education session to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Counseling Association, Detroit, Michigan.
Clark, M.A., Yacco, S., & Rant, J. (2007, November). Examining Male Underachievement in Public Education: Parental and Educator Perspectives. Florida Counseling Association Annual Conference. Daytona Beach, Florida.
Clark, M.A. (2007, November). Examining the Gender Gap in Educational Outcomes inn Public Education: Implications for School Counselors. European Branch of the American Counseling Association Annual Conference: Bad Herrenalb, Germany.
Clark, M.A. & Stone, C.B. (2007, November). Leaving No Child Behind: Issues and Trends in 21st Century School Counseling. European Branch of the American Counseling Association Annual Conference: Bad Herrenalb, Germany.
Clark, M.A., Dahir, C., Burnham, J. & Portman, T.A. (2007, October). The Changing Dynamics of 21st Century School Counseling. Poster presented at national conference of the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors. Columbus, Ohio.
Clark, M.A. (2007, September). Disaggregating Data to Identify Achievement Gaps and Educational Outcomes: Examining Gender. School Board of Alachua County Counselors’ Meeting. Gainesville, Florida.
Clark, M.A. & Daniels, M.H. (2007, June). Teaching Pre-Service School Counselors to Disaggregate Data to Identify Achievement Gaps: Examining Gender and SES Factors. The Education Trust’s National Center for Transforming School Counseling Eighth Annual Summer Academy. Portland.
Clark, M.A., Thompson, P. & Vialle, W. (2007, April). Examining Male Underachievement in Public Education: A Cross Cultural Study. American Educational Research Association. Chicago.
Dahir, C.A., Burnham, J., Clark, M.A., Portman, T., Schumacher, R., & Daniels, M.H. (2007, April). Twenty-first century school counseling: A focus on the future. American Educational Research Association. Chicago.
Clark, M.A., Brown, D., Walton, J., Ruddman, M., Das, C., Walker, C., Williams, K. & Dallape, A. (2006, November). Examining male underachievement in public education: A cross-cultural action research study. University of Florida, College of Education, Closing the Achievement Gap through Partnerships Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Clark, M.A., Oakley, E., Adams, H., and Goodman, W. (2006, September). Examining male underachievement in public education: A collaborative, cross-cultural study. Southern Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, Orlando, Florida.
Conwill, W.L., and West-Olatunji, C. (2007). Multicultural Competencies: African American. Presented at the Cultural Issues Day of Learning/Multicultural Counseling Academy, American Counseling Association National Conference, Detroit, Michigan.
Conwill, W.L. (2007). Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) Town Hall Meeting: Special interest groups collaborate on issues of multicultural importance. Presented at the American Counseling Association National Conference, Detroit, Michigan.
Conwill, W.L., and Williams, C. Intersections of gender, class, race and nation: Towards pedagogy for counselors’ self-awareness. Presented at the Southeastern Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (SACES) Conference, Orlando, FL, September 7-9, 2006.
Conwill, W.L. Partnerships: Meeting families of Spanish-speaking children halfway. Presented at the University of Florida College of Education Centennial Conference: Closing the Achievement Gap Through Partnerships. St. Petersburg, FL. November 2-4, 2006.
Conwill, W.L. Helping Black families at school: Intersectionality and the new prevention science. Presented at the University of Florida College of Education Centennial Conference: Closing the Achievement Gap Through Partnerships. St. Petersburg, FL. November 2-4, 2006.
Conwill, W.L. Sexuality Workshop. Presented at Ringshout the Route: A National Rite of Initiation into African American Culture. Louisville, KY, November 10-12, 2006.
Conwill, W.L. Peacemaking: The advanced directive for the martial artist. Presented at the First Annual Arts of the Samurai Awards Banquet. Knoxville, TN, January 20, 2007.
Dallape, A., Kohl, J., & Snyder, C. (2007 January). School Rocks! University of Florida, College of Education, Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dawson, K., Eaton, G. F., Emelianchik, K., Fallon, K., & Stadelman, L. (2006, September). Teaching career development from a social justice perspective. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL.
Dixon, A. L., &. Davis, E. S. (2007, October). Integrating the universalistic and cultural relativistic approaches for socially responsible counseling: Can they coexist?. Poster presented at the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Annual Conference, Columbus, OH.
Dixon Rayle, A., Yabiku, S., Okamoto, S. K., Marsiglia, F. F., & Kulis, S. (2007, March). The effects of neighborhood context on the drug use of American Indian youth of the Southwest. American Counseling Association Annual Conference, Detroit, MI.
Dixon Rayle, A. (2007, April). An exploration of school counselors’ daily comprehensive school counseling program work activities. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Dixon Rayle, A. & Torres Rivera, E. (2006, September). School counseling in the age of social justice: Implications for training and awareness. Accepted for the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Regional Conference, Orlando, FL.
Dixon Rayle, A. Adams, J. R., & Wood, C. (2006, September). The supervision of K-12 school counselors-in-training: A systemic model of supervision. Accepted for the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Regional Conference, Orlando, FL.
Doan, S.E., Puig, A., Tate, K., Baggs, A.S., Lee, J., Rush, C., Niroumand, N., Williams, K., Lenas, H., & Kelley-Soderholm, E. (2008, March). Parental Struggles and Strengths Related to Youth and Adolescent Health Issues: A Community Needs Assessment. Honolulu, Hawaii: American Counseling Association Annual Conference.
Doan, S.E., Puig, A., Baggs, A.S., Kelley-Soderholm, E., Lee, J., Lenas, H., Rush, C., Tate, K., & Williams, K. (2007, October) Parenting Capacities and Youth-related Health Issues. Long Beach, CA: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Conference.
Goodman, R. D. (2007). "Disaster Response Counseling Outreach: Critical Consciousness, Praxis, and Cultural Competence." Paper presented at the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development and Association for Counselor Education and Supervision International Conference on Outreach and Advocacy, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Goodman, R. D., & West-Olatunji, C. A. (2007). "Transgenerational Trauma and Resilience in Post-Katrina New Orleans." Paper presented at the American Mental Health Counselors Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA.
Harper, A. J., Erguner-Tekinalp, B., Colon, B., Snow, K. & Maxis, S. (2007). Envisioning our future: Progress and goals of the ACA Graduate Student Task Force in the first year. ACA Convention, Detroit, Michigan, March 2007.
Harper, A. J., Erguner-Tekinalp, B., Colon, B., Snow, K., Maxis, S., Hargrove, G., McNeely, A., Singh, A., Doolin, E., Lee, C. C. & Gladding, S. T. (2007). Second annual graduate student summit: Emerging leaders. ACA Convention, Detroit, Michigan, March 2007.
Kohl, J. (2007, January). Self-injurious behavior: Defining and treating the problem in adolescents. University of Florida, College of Education, Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lee, S, L., Puig, A. & Clark, M.A. (2007, April). The Role of Religiosity on Postsecondary Degree Attainment: Implications for Administrators, Teachers, and School Counselors. American Educational Research Association. Chicago.
Maxis, S. (September 2006). Ninth Grade Transition: A Critical Factor in School Reform and Partnerships, FATE Conference.
Oliver, B., Maxis, S., Archer-Banks, D., Melendez, D. & Washington, L. (2007). The elephant in the room: Student identity and achievement. The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2007.
Powers, A.L. (2006, November). The Turning Hour Project: Bibliotherapy to Create Student Counselor Relationships. Session presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL.
Puig, A., Lenes, E., & Garrett, M. T. (2008, February). Experiential Integration of Creativity into Counseling and Supervision. Paper presented at the bi-annual of the Association for Specialists in Group Work, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Spence-Baker, A. I., & Baker, T. D.(2006, November). /Serving the career development needs of international/immigrant college students/ Paper presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL.
Tate, K., Brubaker, M., & Torres Rivera, E. (2008. February). Group Therapy for Homeless Clients: A Humanistic, Resource-Focused Approach. Paper presented at the bi-annual of the Association for Specialists in Group Work, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Torres Rivera, E., Coady, M., & Adams, H. (2007). Language implications for counselors in international settings. Proceedings of the 11th International Counseling Conference:Shanghai, China, 12, 27-33.
Pringle, R., West-Olatunji, C., Adams, T., Baratelli, A., Goodman, R. D., & Maxis, S. (2007). "Positionality and African-American Middle School Girls' Attitudes Toward Science Education ." Paper presented at the International Conference on Learning, Johannesburg, South Africa.
West-Olatunji, C. A., Roysircar-Sodowsky, G., Goodman, R. D., & Partridge, V. (2007). "Culture-centered Disaster Response in a Global Context." Paper presented at the American Counseling Association Annual Convention, Detroit, Michigan.
West-Olatunji, C., & Goodman, R. D. (2007). "Culture-centered Mental Health Disaster Interventions With Children and Adolescent ." Paper presented at the International Counseling Conference, Shanghai, China.
King, J, Henry, A., West-Olatunji, C., Smith, G., Maiga, H., Parker, S. (2007). “Nations Within Nations: Looking Across Cultural Borders at Authentic Quality in Educational Research and Practice, Part I.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual conference, Chicago, IL.
Pringle, R., West-Olatunji, C., & Adams, T. (2007). Positionality and African American Schoolgirls’ Achievement in Mathematics & Science Education.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual conference, Chicago, IL.
West-Olatunji, C., & Behar-Horenstein, L. (2007). Enhancing Cultural Competence Among Teachers of African American Children Using Lesson Study.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual conference, Chicago, IL.
West-Olatunji, C., Roysircar-Sodowsky, G., Goodman, R., & Partridge, V. (2007). “Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Using Critical Consciousness for Cultural Competence.” Paper presented at the American Counseling Association annual conference, Detroit, MI.
West-Olatunji, C. (2007). “Rethinking Urban Education: Recognizing & Capitalizing on the Gifts, Talents, and Strengths of Children from Culturally & Economically Diverse Families.” Workshop presented at the Conference for Novice Teachers in Urban Secondary Schools, Jacksonville, FL.
West-Olatunji, C. (2007). “Selecting a Graduate School.” Spring 2007 Campus Visitation, UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs, Gainesville, FL.
West-Olatunji, C. (2007). “Children, Oppression, & Trauma: Disaster Mental Health Relief.” Chi Sigma Iota Professional Event, Chi Sigma Iota, Beta Chapter, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
West-Olatunji, C. (2006). “Parenting Practices of Parents/Guardians of Academically Sucessful Fifth Grade African American Children in High Poverty Communities.” Keynote speech at the annual conference of the African American Success Foundation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
West-Olatunji, C. (2006). “Home-School Connections: Working with Parents in High Poverty Schools.” Workshop presented to the faculty at Potters House Academy, Jacksonville, FL.
Pringle, R., & West-Olatunji, C. (2006). “Elementary Preservice Teachers and Science Learning: Where are They Positioned?” Paper presentation at the annual conference of the Southeast Association for Science Teacher Education (SASTE), Macon, GA.
West-Olatunji, C. (2006). “Advocacy, Critical Consciousness, and Praxis as Professional Development for Counselor Trainees.” Brown bag presentation, Chi Sigma Iota, Beta Chapter, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
West-Olatunji, C. (2006). “The Black Academic Experience.” Guest lecture, UF African-American Studies program, Gainesville, FL.
Other Notable Events
Doctoral student David Cavalleri elected to a two-year term as Chair of the Board of Directors for the North Central Florida CARE Consortium (HIV services and planning).
William L. Conwill's work with Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) dedicated to increasing the scientific understanding of social and psychological processes related to healthy development and family functioning.
Conwill, W.L. (2007). Counseling Africans in America: Final report to the University of Florida International Center’s Internationalizing the Curriculum Program.
William L. Conwill was inducted into the Florida Gold Coast Martial Arts Hall of Fame as Master Instructor by Atemi-ryu Grandmaster Joseph Williams on September 23, 2006.
William L. Conwill received Ringshout Continuum’s “Distinguished Elder” award at the Inaugural National Rite of Initiation into African American Culture in Louisville, KY on November 12, 2006.
William L Conwill was presented with the 2007 Presidential Award for Meritorious Service by the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development.
William L. Conwill was presented with the 2007 Exemplary Diversity Leadership Award by the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development.
William L. Conwill received the Inochi Award for lifetime dedication to the martial arts at the First Annual Arts of the Samurai Budo Awards Banquet in Knoxville TN on January 20, 2007. Arts of the Samurai dojo is now working with students with Asperger Syndrome, in addition to those with ADHD.
Dr. Andrea Dixon Rayle's research on Mattering to Others is currently featured in the University of Florida's College of Education Education Times, Summer 2007 edition. To read about her work please go to http://education.ufl.edu/web/files/13/File/ETsummer2007.pdf
Sarkis, S. (2007). Adult ADD: All over the map. Available online at http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/19/HM.adult.add/index.html.
Catherine Tucker, doctoral student, was awarded the Chi Sigma Iota's Excellence in Counseling Research Award for 2006.
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