GSEHD Graduate School of Education and Human Development  

Department of Counseling/Human and Organizational Studies  

Welcome from the Chair

Faculty

·      Counseling

·      Human Organizational Learning


Certificates

·      Pre-Master’s (CCLDP)

·      Post-Master’s (CCLDP)

·      Job Development and Job Placement (JDJP)

·      Leadership Development (HRD)


Master’s Programs

·      Master’s Student Handbook


Education Specialist


Doctoral Programs


Schedule of Classes

 


Dr. Sylvia Marotta
Ph.D., Lic: MD, DC
Psychology, LPC - DC.

home.gwu.edu/~syl

Professor.
Department Chair.

Education
Ph.D. University
of Houston
M.Ed. University
of Houston 

Research Interests
Stress & Trauma 
Psychosocial Development 
Group Outcome Studies 
Psychotherapy in Primary Care Settings 

Recent Publications
"Developmental indices among Central American immigrants exposed to trauma: Clinical Implications for Counselors."
"Unflinching empathy: Counselors and tortured refugees."
"Latinos in the
United States: 2000."
"An ecological view of attachment theory: Implications for counselors."


Dr. Rebecca Dedmond
Ph.D., Ed.S.

Assistant Professor of Counseling

Education
Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University

Ed.S.
University of North Carolina 

Research Interests
Leadership 
School
Counseling 
Career Counseling 
Career Development Theory and Counseling Techniques with Students 

Recent Publications
"Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Student Career Development Program"
"Career and Life Planning"
"A Thematic Issue on Planning for Life"
"Career Guidance"
"Quality Leadership and the
Professional School Counselor"


Dr. Donald Dew
Ed.D, CRC

Professor of Counseling.
Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences.
Director,
Regional Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RRCEP)
http://www.gwu.edu/~rrcep

Director, Rehabilitation Capacity Building Program.

Education
Ed.D. American University
M.S. Medical College
of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University

Research Interests
Research Dissemination & Knowledge Transfer/Utilization
Deafness & Hard of Hearing
Disability & Policy
Distance Education Alternative

Recent Publications
"Survey of masters level Rehabilitation counselor programs relationship to public vocational rehabilitation recruitment and retention of state vocational rehabilitation counselors"
"Using the Internet as a resource to the work of the state VR counselor" 
"Implications of the comprehensive system of personnel development (CSPD) for rehabilitation continuing education" 
"Providing Vocational Rehabilitation in a Workforce Environment."

 
Dr Chris Erickson
Ph.D., N.C.C

Associate Professor of Counseling

Education
Ph.D.  Arizona State University
M.C. Arizona State University

Research Interests
Career Development
Counselor Training & Professional
Development
Mental Health Reform

Recent Publications
"Challenges to the Career Development of Urban Racial and Ethnic Minority Youth:Implications for Vocational Intervention"
"
Indiana Jane and the temples of doom: Recommendations for enhancing women and racial/ethnic faculty’s success in academia."
"Providing Mental Health Services to Arab Americans: Recommendations and Considerations."
"Supervisor Countertransference:  A qualitative Investigation into its Identification and Description" 


Dr. Jorge Garcia
RH.D., CRC, LPC

Associate Professor
Director,
 Rehabilitation Program.

Education
Rh.D. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
M.S. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Research Interests
Ethical decision-making models in counseling 
Multicultural aspects of rehabilitation counseling 

Recent Publications
"Evaluating an Interpretive Ethical Decision-Making Model in Counseling."
"A Transcultural Integrative Model of Ethical Decision Making in Counseling."


Dr. Janet Heddesheimer
Ph.D.

  Professor.
Associate Dean for Graduate programs.

Education
Ph.D. Ohio State University

Research Interests
Counseling techniques with students 
Best practices in graduate education 
counselor supervision and preparation 
ethical decision making 

Recent Publications
"Counseling Primer for Financial Aid Administrators"
"Counseling techniques can help you work with students"
"Stress and satisfaction among professionals who care for AIDS patients: An exploratory study."


Dr. Kenneth Hergenrather
Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Counseling.

Education
Ph.D. Auburn University
M.R.C. University
of S. Carolina
M.S.Ed.
University of Toledo

Research Interests
Program evaluation
Application of behavioral theory to rehabilitation counseling
Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)

Recent Publications
"The employment perspective study: Identifying factors influencing the job-seeking behavior of persons living with HIV/AIDS."
"Implications for job placement: Employment beliefs of persons with HIV/AIDS."
"Correlates of Job Placement: Public Rehabilitation Counselors and Consumers Living with AIDS."
"Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Examination: Preparation Guide (2nd ed.)"
"Consumers living with a depressive disorder: Theory-based measures of job placement."
"Job placement: The development of theory-based measures."


Dr. Carol Hoare
RN, Ed.D.

Professor of Human Development and Human Resource Development.
Editorial Board.

Journal of Counseling and Development.

Education
Ed.D.
George Washington University 
M.S. University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Research Interests
Adult development 
Psychosocial identity development and culture 
Erikson 
The role of Erikson's theory in human development 

Recent Publications
"The Intersection of Development and Learning in Adulthood: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice."
"Erikson on Development in Adulthood: New Insights From the Unpublished Papers."
"Erik Erikson, 1902-1994"
"Generativity."
"Ethical self, spiritual self: Wisdom and integrity in the writings of Erik H. Erikson."
"Morality, Ethics, and Spirituality in the Writings of Erik H. Erikson."

 
Dr. Richard P. Lanthier
Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Human Development

home.gwu.edu/~lanthier

 

Education
Ph.D. University
of Denver
M.A. University
of Denver 

Research Interests
Measurement of personality in children and adolescents 
Academic and behavioral adjustment of youth 
Parent involvement in adolescents’ lives 
Social relationships in adolescents and young adults 
Research methods and statistics 

Recent Publications
"Internet use and college adjustment: The moderating effect of gender. "
"Changes in students’ academic performance and perceptions of school and self before dropping out from schools."
"Handbook of Parenting: Vol 1. Children and Parenting"
"Inter-sibling agreement for Goldberg's Big Five adjective markers." 


Dr. Maureen McGuire-Kuletz
Ed.D.

  Assistant Research Professor
Assistant Director, Regional Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RRCEP)

 

Education
Ed.D. The George Washington University
M.S. 
Virginia Commonwealth University

Research Interests
Integrating Technology into the Rehabilitation Process 
Critical Incidence Training and Crisis Management for Rehabilitation Professionals 
Job Development & Placement for Persons with Disabilities 

Recent Publications
"A Process For Determining Vocational Evaluation Needs in a State VR Agency"
"Providing VR In A Workforce Environment"
"E-assessment Integrating the Internet Into the Assessment Process."


Dr. Monica Megivern  

Ed.D., NCC, LPC

Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of the
Community Counseling Services Center

Education
Ed.D. VA Polytech
Ed.S. U. of Missouri-Kansas City
M.A.  U. of Missouri-Kansas City

Research Interests
Clinical Supervision 
Stepfamily Adjustment 
Therapy Outcome Studies 

Recent Publications
"An Investigation of the Quality of Treatment for Mental Illness."
"Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization for Older Adults: A Retrospective Study of Case Mix and Outcome."
"Outcome-of-care project in multi-site partial hospitalization."
"Creating and maintaining a therapeutic alliance with borderline patients whose children are in psychotherapy."

Dr. Pat Schwallie-Giddis
Ph.D.

  Associate Professor,
Director, 
Graduate Programs in Counseling

 

 

Education
Ph.D. Florida State University
M.S. University
of Wisconsin/Platteville

Research Interests
School
counseling 
Career counseling
Career development theory and counseling techniques with students

Recent Publications
"Initiating leadership by introducing and implementing the ASCA national model."
"Counseling activities for life skills and career development."
"Creating a Business Advisory Council for School Counselors"

 

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