Ellen AmateaEllen Amatea Professor Department of Counselor Education School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education College of Education University of Florida 1202 Norman Hall PO Box 117046 Gainesville FL 32611 352-273-4322 Fax: 352-846-2697 |
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Research Biography
I am a professor in the Counselor Education in the School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education. I teach graduate courses in professional writing, counseling research, and school and family counseling. My research interests are in the areas of family-centered interventions with elementary students demonstrating behavior problems, the impact of family-school collaboration practices on student achievement and family-school relationships; and the differential assessment of student academic achievement. I have recently published a textbook on family-school collaboration practices entitled Building Culturally Responsive Family-School Relationships.
Degrees
Ph.D - Florida State University, l972, Counselor Education.
M.S. - Florida State University, l966, Guidance and Counseling
B.S. - Colorado State University, l964, Psychology
Key Professional Appointments
Professor, Department of Counselor Education and Interim Chairperson, Department of Counselor Education, 2007-2008 and Associate Chairperson 2008-2009.
Professor and Program Coordinator of the Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling Programs, Department of Counselor Education, 1990- 2006
Part-time Faculty in Residence, P.K. Yonge Research Demonstration School, University of Florida and Professor and Program Coordinator of the Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling Programs, Department of Counselor Education, August 2000-2005.
SDS 3430 Family –School Involvement Course Coordinator for Unified Elementary Program as well as Professor Department of Counselor Education, and Program Coordinator of Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling Programs, 1998- Present.
Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Counselor Education, University of Florida. Teaching, practicum supervision, in-service training and research responsibilities in the area of marriage, family and child counseling and mental health counseling, September, l974- August l990.
Activities & Honors
- P.K. Yonge Outstanding Service Award 2004
- Teaching Improvement Program Award, 1998-99
- High Commendation, 1997 Annual Outstanding Paper Award for Excellence, Literati Club, West Yorkshire, England
- Who's Who in American Education, l989-90.
- National Distinguished Service Registry in Counseling and Development, l989.
- World's Who's Who of Women, l989.
- Who's Who in Outstanding Young Women in America, l974-75.
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor
- Member, National Council on Family Relations
Selected Publications
Amatea, E. (2009) Building culturally responsive family-school relationships. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
Brown, N. & Amatea, E. (2000). Love and intimate relationships: Journeys of the heart. New York: Bruner/Mazel (618 pp.).
Book Chapters
Amatea, E. & West-Olatunji, C. (2008) Rethinking how school counselors work with families and schools: An ecosystemic approach. In Wittmer, J. & Clark, M. A. (3rd Ed.). Managing your school counseling program: K-12 Developmental strategies, Minneapolis, MN: Educational Media
Amatea, E. & Jennie, J. (2005). Joining the conversation about families and teaching: Counselor educators’ perspectives on teacher preparation. Chapter in Bondy, E., Ross, D. & Webb, R. (Eds.) Preparing for inclusive teaching: Meeting the challenges of teacher education reform. New York, State University of New York (SUNY) Press.
Refereed 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(2), 81-89.
Behar-Horenstein, L. & Amatea, E. (2007.) Organizational paradigms, school leadership and change: Contributions from Constantine’s theory. Education and Society, 25(2), 27-49.
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.
Amatea, E., Smith-Adcock, S. & Villares, E. (2006). From family deficit to family strengths: Viewing families’ contributions to children’s learning from a family strengths perspective. Professional School Counseling , 9(3),177-189.
Amatea, E. & Clark, M.A. (2005). Changing schools, changing counselors: A qualitative study of school administrators’ conceptions of the counselor’s role. Professional School Counseling, 9(1), 16-27.
Amatea, E. & Behar-Horenstein, L. (2004) School paradigms and organizational change: A qualitative study of faculty organizational preferences and responses to school restructuring. Curriculum and Teaching, 18(2) 35-58.
Amatea, E., Daniels, H.D. ,Bringman, N. & Vandiver, F. (2004) Strengthening counselor-teacher-family connections: The family-school collaborative consultation project. Professional School Counseling, 8(1) 47-55.
Clark, M. & Amatea, E. (2004) Teacher role preferences for school counselors: Implications for program planning and training. Professional School Counseling 8(2), 132-140.
Amatea, E. & Vandiver, F. (2004). Expanding the school leadership team: Using counselors to facilitate teacher collaboration with families. Journal of School Leadership, 14, 327-344.
