Counseling
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Keisha
Love, Assistant Professor,
(vita in Word) received her
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas
City in 2005. Her research interests include attachment relations
among ethnically diverse populations, family processes/dynamics,
career development (particularly among middle school and high
school students), and ethnic minority issues. Dr. Love co-leads
a research team, the “Steppers” (Scholars Thriving to Explore
and Promote Psychological and Educational Resiliency and Success)
with Dr. Kenneth Tyler that addresses issues related to psychological
well-being and academic success among college students. Dr.
Love currently teaches Psychopathology, Individual Assessment
of Cognitive Functioning, Career Counseling, and Practicum. Her
theoretical orientation is a blend of cognitive behavioral therapy
and interpersonal relations. She is an Associate member of the
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Jeff Reese, Assistant Professor, (vita in PDF) received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2000. Dr. Reese's research interests are psychotherapy process/outcome, telehealth, psychotherapy supervision, career development, and assessment/measurement. His current research is focused on investigating the use of telephone-based counseling services for underserved populations and extending the use of client feedback to the supervisory process. Dr. Reese teaches Principles of Psychological Measurement, Individual Assessment of Personality Functioning, and Practicum. His theoretical orientation is grounded in a psychodynamic-interpersonal process approach that draws upon cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, and family systems strategies. |
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Pamela
Remer, Associate Professor,
(vita in Word) received
her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado
in 1972. Her areas of research interests include factors affecting
recovery from rape, effective counseling interventions for women,
career decision-making counseling, diversity issues in counseling
and effectiveness of counselor responses. She teaches courses
in techniques of counseling, theories, counseling women, psychodrama,
and career counseling. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Pam
Remer's theoretical orientation is Psychodrama within a feminist
framework. She is currently the Director of the Counseling
Psychology Services Clinic. Full graduate faculty. |
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Rory
Remer, Professor,
(vita in PDF)
received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Research Methodology
from the University of Colorado in 1972. . His research interests
include interpersonal communication modeling, multicultural perceptions
and interactions, rape prevention, gerontology, and dynamical family
systems research methodology. A licensed psychologist and ABPP in
Family Psychology, Dr. Rory
Remer teaches courses in introduction to counseling, techniques,
group counseling, statistics, dissertation proposal development, marriage
and family therapy, and counseling practicum. His theoretical orientations
are Dynamical Systems (Chaos) Theory, Psychodrama, and Social Learning
Theory. Dr. Remer won a Fulbright to study in Taiwan during 2002-2003.
He is full graduate faculty. |
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Sherry
S. Rostosky, Associate Professor
(vita in
Word) received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1998. Her theoretical orientation integrates
contextual and problem-solving approaches including feminist, multicultural,
narrative, and solution-focused. Dr. Rostosky is
the co-founder of the Psychosocial Research Initiative on Sexual
Minorities (PRISM), a research team of faculty and students addressing
social justice issues related to the psychosocial well-being of sexual
minority adolescents, adults, and their families. Publications
and current projects can be found at www.prismresearch.org. Dr.
Rostosky teaches courses in counseling theories, counseling techniques,
clinical supervision and consultation, and lifespan gender development.
She is a Full Member of the Graduate Faculty.
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Educational
Psychology Faculty
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Fred
Danner, Professor,
(vita
in PDF) received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University
of Minnesota. His areas of research interest include cognitive development,
adolescence, health psychology, the relationship between fitness and
intellectual performance, positive emotions and health, and the effects
of sleep deprivation on learning and behavior. Dr. Danner
teaches courses in cognitive development, life span human development,
learning, educational psychology, and adults as learners. His research
orientation is primarily cognitive-behavioral. Full Graduate Faculty.
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Angela
Miller, Assistant Professor,
(vita in PDF) received her Ph.D.
in Education and Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Missouri-Kansas
City in 2006. Her areas of interest include classroom motivation and
applied statistical methods. Dr.
Miller's current research focuses on student classroom perceptions,
specifically the incorporation of this data in multilevel and longitudinal
analyses. She teaches courses in research methods and statistics.. |
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Kenneth
M. Tyler, Assistant Professor,
(vita
in PDF) received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Howard
University in 2002. Dr.
Tyler has broad areas of research interests that include culture,
identity development, learning and socialization processes, motivation
and school attachment, and minority student achievement. Dr. Tyler's
current work focuses on measuring the degree of alignment between
home and school cultures of minority student populations and understanding
its link to academic motivation and performance. Associate member
of the Graduate Faculty. |
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Ellen Usher, Assistant Professor, (vita) received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Emory University in 2007. Her areas of research interest include social cognitive theory, academic motivation, and sources of self-efficacy beliefs. Dr. Usher teaches courses in educational psychology, learning theories, and motivation. |
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Lynda
Brown Wright, Associate Professor and Department Chair,
(vita
in PDF) received her Ph. D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas A
& M University in 1991. Her current areas of research interests
include multicultural counseling and psychotherapy training models
and their effect on the development of cultural sensitivity; psychosocial
and familial influences on African American child development; determinants
of academic achievement among minority children and youth; and psychosocial
correlates of the development of cardiovascular disease risk in children
and youth. Dr. Brown-Wright currently
teaches courses in assessment and multicultural development. She
is a NIH Career Development Award recipient. Full graduate faculty.
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School Psychology
Faculty
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Kristen
Missall, Assistant Professor,
(vita
in Word) received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the
University of Minnesota in 2002 and is a Nationally Certified School
Psychologist. Dr. Missall conducts
research in the areas of literacy and social skill development, school
adjustment and general outcome measurement, and has particular interest
in the skills and experiences of children transitioning from preschool
to kindergarten. She currently teaches courses in intellectual and
academic assessment. Associate member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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H.
Thompson Prout, Professor,
(vita
in PDF) received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University
of Indiana in 1976. He did his postdoc training in Counseling/Rehabilitation
Psychology at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fisherville,
Virginia. In 1983 he completed a Specialization Program in Counseling
Psychology from the University of Missouri. His research interests
are: therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents, personality
assessments with children, adolescents and special populations MR
and Developmental Disabilities), Global Self-Concept, and test development.
A licensed psychologist, Dr. Prout
teaches courses in social-emotional assessment, therapeutic interventions
and internship, and child and adolescent counseling. Full graduate
faculty. |
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Lisa Ruble, Associate Professor, (vita in PDF)
received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1998. Her research interests
are: services research and treatment outcomes research in autism spectrum disorders; parent-teacher consultation; school based mental health services. |
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Federico
"Felito" Aldarondo received his Ph.D. in counseling
psychology from Indiana University in 1998. Prior to that, he completed
a master’s degree in psychology (clinical concentration) from
Mississippi State University in 1993. He served as a faculty member
at Purdue University in the counseling psychology program from 1998-2002.
Currently, he is a psychologist at the University of Kentucky Counseling
and Testing Center. Some of his clinical and research interests include
substance abuse treatment (and healthy lifestyle change in general),
diversity, group work, assessment, interpersonal process in therapy,
and therapy supervision. He is involved in several alcohol abuse prevention
efforts on the UK campus. Courses he has taught include counseling
practicum, advanced practicum, psychological assessment, group counseling,
research in counseling psychology, and diagnosis and treatment. |
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Mary
Chandler Bolin-Reece, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of
Kentucky on 1994. Dr. Bolin-Reece is a licensed psychologist and the director of the UK Counseling &
Testing Center since July 1998. Much of her clinical work involves
eating disorders and body image, LBGT concerns, trauma survivors,
disability issues (particularly learning disabilities and ADHD), and
factors affecting vocalists' performance. While in her doctoral program,
she assisted in graduate assessment courses at UK and worked as a
therapist at the Lexington Rape Crisis Center. Upon completing her
internship at the University of Virginia Counseling Center, she was
hired as a staff psychologist and served as coordinator of clinical
services, twice as interim administrator of disability services for
UVa students, and as clinical associate professor. She also served
on the Board of Directors for Charlottesville's Sexual Assault Resource
Agency (SARA). She has served as an elected member of the Board of
Directors for AUCCCD, the international association of university
and college counseling center directors. Currently, she is the faculty
advisor for UK Lambda, the LGBT student organization, on the faculty
for CBMI, and in the community serves as a Board trustee for the Lexington
Singers. |
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Tina
Bryant received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the
University of Georgia in 2002. She received a master's degree in Student
Personnel in Higher Education, also from UGA, and her bachelor's degree
in psychology from the University of Florida. She has worked as a
staff psychologist at the UK Counseling & Testing Center since 2002.
Dr. Bryant provides individual and group therapy, career counseling,
supervision, and outreach. She also co-leads the Women of Color Support
Group. Areas of interest include diversity issues, women's issues,
expressive arts in therapy, and suicide prevention training. |
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Colby
Cohen-Archer received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1998. She completed her internship
at the University of South Florida Counseling Center for Human Development
and has worked as a staff psychologist at the Counseling & Testing
Center since 1998. Dr. Cohen-Archer is the liaison to the Office of
International Affairs and coordinated the QPR Suicide Prevention Program
for its first two years at UK, and co-teaches the practicum training
seminar. Her theoretical orientation is interpersonal, psychodynamic,
and developmental. |
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Sandy
Lybarger received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from
the University of Kentucky in 1987. She is currently a licensed senior
staff psychologist at the UK Counseling & Testing Center and is
Coordinator of Career Services for the Center. |
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F.
Janelle McNeal earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
from the University of Iowa in 2003. She completed her pre-doctoral
internship at Illinois State University and received her bachelor’s
degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Psychology.
She has been a licensed staff psychologist at the University of Kentucky
Counseling and Testing Center since 2003 and provides individual,
couples, career, and group counseling as well as a variety of outreach
programming and supervision. She co-leads the Women of Color Support
Group with Dr. Bryant. Some of Dr. McNeal’s clinical interests
include grief/bereavement, suicide, procrastination, and issues of
diversity. |
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Michael
R. Nichols, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1978. Dr. Nichols is currently the Director of Communications at Omicron Delta Kappa
National Honor Society’s Headquarters at Transylvania University.
He is also a trustee for the Woodford County Public Library, and an
associate professor of Behavioral Sciences UK's College of Medicine. |
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Charlie
O'Neill received
his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky
in 1982. He is the Associate Director of the Counseling and Testing
Center at the University of Kentucky. He coordinates the clinical
services of the Center and acts as the Training Director for the Center. |
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Jennifer
T. Scott received her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from
Antioch New England Graduate School in 2004. Prior to graduation,
she completed a year of clinical training in assessment at the University
of Massachusetts and her doctoral internship at Purdue University
CAPS. Currently, she is a licensed psychologist and the coordinator
of the AD/HD and LD assessment program at the UK Counseling &
Testing Center. Some of her clinical and research interests include
cognitive and personality assessment, animal-assisted therapy, AD/HD
in adults, identity concerns for college students, and counseling
with the traditional male.
Madison,
Dr. Scott’s border collie, is a certified therapy dog and
a retired flyball champion. Two or three days a week, she accompanies
Dr. Scott to C&T, where she is utilized in individual counseling
sessions with specific students to lower anxiety and acclimate them
to the counseling process. |
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Diane
Sobel received
her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from SUNY at Buffalo in 1992. Dr.
Sobel is licensed as a psychologist and certified as a family and
general mediator in Kentucky. She is a senior staff psychologist at
the UK Counseling & Testing Center, where she has worked since 1992.
Currently, she coordinates the group therapy program in addition to
providing individual, group, couples, and career counseling and supervision
and outreach. Dr. Sobel was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Examiners
of Psychology by Governor Patton in 2002 and currently serves on that
Board. Areas of interest include violence against women, diversity
issues, grief and mediation. |
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Rebecca
“Becky” Tabony received her Ph.D. in counseling
psychology from The University of Georgia in 2003. She completed her
master’s degree in psychological counseling from Nicholls State
University in 1995. After her clinical internship at Texas A&M
University in 1999, Becky provided psychological services for Tarleton
State University and University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Presently,
she is a staff psychologist at the University of Kentucky Counseling
and Testing Center and her clinical work emphasis is disordered eating
and body image. She has a small private practice offering psychological
services to the Lexington community. |
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Timothy
A. Smith received his Ph.D. from North Carolina in 1963. His areas of research
interests include computer-assisted instruction, statistical methods,
psychological measurement, and psychology applied to education. Dr.
Smith has also actively studied dental fear. Dr. Smith holds a joint appoint in the College of Medicine. Full Graduate Faculty. |
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Penny
Cruse works
with EDP Director of Graduate Studies. |
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Nancy
Dallaire works with EDP faculty. |
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Marion
Kirby supports the Chair in the management of the department. |
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C.
Dwight Auvenshine, Ph.D., Missouri, Associate Professor
James
R. Barclay, Ph.D., Michigan, Professor
Lisa
K. Barclay, Ph.D., Stanford, Professor |
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Henry
P. Cole (vita
in PDF) received his Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and in
Educational Psychology from SUNY-Buffalo in 1968. His research interests
include theories of learning, psychoeducational design, adult learning
and instruction and occupational safety and health. He taught courses
in theories of learning and instruction, human cognitive learning,
human development and learning, and occupational injury prevention.
His theoretical orientation is cognitive-behavioral. He held a joint
appointment as Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine
and Environmental Health, College of Medicine. In the last 12 years
Dr. Cole has served as a principal
investigator on approximately $2.5 million worth of extramural grants
and contracts concerning prevention of workplace illness and injury
through behavioral science and educational interventions. His research
changed occupational safety training laws and practices in the U.S.
mining industry and reduced tractor-overturn injury risks to farmers
in Kentucky and other states. Dr. Cole was appointed as an occupational
injury expert by the United Nations, International Labor Organization
in 1993. In June 2001 his three-year community trials farm tractor
safety intervention research was one of 19 studies in the nation selected
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for presentation
at the National Occupational Research Agenda Symposium 2001: Leading
Research on Occupational Safety and Health held in Washington,
DC. Dr. Cole's paper was the only agricultural safety study selected
for presentation at the conference from among the more than 150 researchers
at ten regional CDC Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health in
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Charlotte
R. Clark, Ph. D., Minnesota, Associate Professor |
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Stephen
T. DeMers, Professor,
(vita in PDF) received his Ed.D. in School Psychology from Rutgers University
in 1976. His areas of research interests include creative thinking
in children, legal issues affecting psychological practice (particularly
assessment) and school psychology training. He taught courses in
consultation, IQ and personality assessment, introduction to school
psychology, school psychology, practicum, and internship in school
psychology. A licensed psychologist, Dr. DeMers' theoretical orientation
is primarily client-centered with an appreciation for behavioral
approaches where applicable. |
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Gordon
P. Liddle, Ph.D., Chicago, Professor
Emanuel
J. Mason, Ed. D., Temple, Professor
Thomas
W. Miller, Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo, Professor |
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William
E. Stilwell, Professor , (vita) received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1969. His areas of
research interests include human service delivery systems, counseling
psychology training, and technology in psychological services. A licensed
psychologist, Dr. Stilwell retired
30 June 2006 and continues to develop the College's website, manages LISTSERVs, and provides
support to Deans Sandidge and Slaton.. Professor Stilwell and his
wife, Doris, reside in Lexington.
At the time of his retirement, Doris and Bill gave a lead gift in honor of former student and fellow faculty which established the Doris Nowak and William E. Stilwell Endowed Fellowship Fund. This gift has given us a strong start towards our goal of raising $100,000 for a graduate fellowship that will provide support for Educational and Counseling Psychology students in perpetuity. If alumni and friends would like to make a contribution to this fund, checks can be sent to the Director of Development located in 133 Dickey Hall, Lexington, Kentucky 40506. Checks should be made out to the University of Kentucky and donors should indicate that the gift is designated for the Doris Nowak and William E. Stilwell Endowed Fellowship on the memo line of their check. 100% of these gifts are tax deductible and donors will receive a tax receipt in the mail for their records. We thank those who have already made contributions! |
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Raymond
A. Wilkie, Ph.D., Yale; Ph.D., Kentucky, Associate Professor |
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Judith
Worell, Professor,
received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Ohio State University
in 1954. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Worell's
areas of research
interests include gender development, patterns of friendship in
same and cross-sex relationships, partner abuse in close relationships,
feminist identity, and outcomes of feminist therapy. She teaches courses
in gender development, cognitive- behavioral counseling, professional
issues, parent/ child counseling, counseling women, development of
social behavior, and counseling practicum. Dr. Worell has recently
co-edited Shaping the Future of Feministy Psychology: Education,
Research and Practice. Her theoretical orientation is cognitive-social
learning within a feminist framework. Professor Worell continues to
live in Lexington. |
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