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Meet the Contributing Authors

Patrick Akos, PhD, has professional experience as a school and college career counselor that informs his work as a professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research, teaching, supervision, clinical practice, and leadership are grounded in a strengths-based framework, which is informed by humanistic traditions and empirically supported by contemporary scholarship (e.g., positive psychology). Broadly, he examines how best to support and cultivate thriving, especially during educational and career transitions.

Alexander T. Becnel, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education, Counseling, and Student Affairs at Kansas State University. His research interests include suicide assessment preparation, crisis management and intervention, and counselor leadership. He has also led several trainings and presentations on suicide assessment, prevention, and post-vention for school counselors. He has experience as both a school counselor and a clinical counselor specializing in the treatment of adolescents and their families.

Michael D. Brubaker, PhD, is associate professor and associate director of the School of Human Services at the University of Cincinnati. His clinical and research interests have focused on underserved and socially marginalized populations, including those experiencing homelessness; individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+); and ethnic minorities. He is past president of Chi Sigma Iota International (2016–2017) and is the editor of the Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy (2020–2023).

D. Robert Casares Jr., PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University. His research interests include creativity in counseling, the clinical and educational utility of podcasts, and boomerang children. He maintains a part-time private practice specializing in couples and family counseling and hosts the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors’ monthly podcast, The Reframe.

Christian D. Chan, PhD, NCC, is an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, past president of the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), associate editor for the journal Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, and a proud queer person of color. His interests revolve around intersectionality; multiculturalism in counseling practice, supervision, and counselor education; social justice and activism; career development; critical research methodologies; and couple, family, and group modalities with socialization/communication of cultural factors.

Madelyn Duffey, MS, MA, NCC, is a doctoral student in the counselor education and supervision program at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has served on the American Counseling Association (ACA) Professional Advocacy Task Force and the ACA Awards Committee, and she is the awards cochair for the Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota. Madelyn received the 2019– 2020 Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota Outstanding Entry Level Student Award and the 2020–2021 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) Outstanding Master’s Student Award.

Isabel C. Farrell, PhD, NCC, LPC, is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University. Her research is focused on the needs of marginalized populations, specifically immigrant, refugee, and Latinx/o/a clients, in addition to legislative professional advocacy. She was a 2016 National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation Minority Fellow and 2018–2019 Chi Sigma Iota intern. She is currently a committee member of the ACA Public Policy and Legislation Committee (2020–2023), Southern Associaton for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) newsletter coeditor (2020–2023), and editorial board member of the Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy (2021–2024).

Emily Goodman-Scott, PhD, is an associate professor, graduate program director, and school counseling coordinator at Old Dominion University. Before this, she was a school counselor and worked in multiple mental health counseling settings. She is passionate about research and writing and has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and two books. She presents across the United States, offering trainings, keynotes, and district partnerships. She co-coordinates the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision school counseling network, was the 2020–2021 president of the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling (ACA division), and received the 2020 ACA Research Award.

Michael Hannon, PhD, is an associate professor of counseling at Montclair State University. His research focuses on Black men’s wellness, with attention to their roles as fathers, leaders, clients, and counselor educators. He has been a contributor to organizations such as Autism Speaks, Thrive Global, Fusion, as well as The Huffington Post. His book, Black Fathering and Mental Health, will be published in the fall of 2021. He is an associate editor of The Journal of Humanistic Counseling.

Marja Humphrey, PhD, NCC, is an assistant professor in the school counseling program at Bowie State University. Her research focuses on counselor preparation, leadership, wellness, and online learning. Her publications have examined multicultural counseling, counselor self-care, and counselor leadership development. She is currently serving as the cochair for the Emerging Leaders program with the Maryland Counseling Association and represents Bowie State University with the Maryland Consortium for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development.

Amber Lange, PhD, LPC, CAADC, is director of external partnerships at Capella University. Her past roles include core faculty and department chair for Capella’s CMHC (Clinical Mental Health Counseling) and CES CACREP-accredited programs. She recently sold a mental health practice specializing in sexual health, infidelity, and betrayal. She has been counseling and working in higher education for almost 20 years.

Anita M. Pool, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling at the University of the Cumberlands, where she teaches in the master’s and doctoral programs. She serves in various leadership capacities for her department, including director of counseling admissions and doctoral residency coordinator. She has a special interest in qualitative research and serves as a qualitative methodologist on dissertation committees. Additional professional interests include the training and supervision of school counselors and counseling with children and adolescents.

Devon E. Romero, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Her research focuses on studying trauma, child development, and integrative and complementary interventions such as neurofeedback and mindfulness. She serves as co-faculty advisor for the Neurofeedback Society of UTSA, chapter faculty advisor for the Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, and assistant editor for the Chi Sigma Iota Exemplar newsletter (2019–2022).

Daniel C. Rosen, PhD, is chair and professor in the Department of Counseling and Health Psychology at Bastyr University and was the founding codirector of the Daniel K. Church Center for Social Justice and Diversity. His scholarship is focused on applying psychological science to develop interventions that promote culturally responsive clinical care and decrease the racial/cultural biases that underlie existent health disparities. He has a private practice in Seattle, Washington.

Corrine R. Sackett, PhD, is an associate professor of counselor education at Clemson University. She is primarily a qualitative researcher who focuses on topics related to experiences of the counseling process, advocacy surrounding societal issues, and supervision. She has published in ACA journals including the Journal of Counseling & Development, Counselor Education and Supervision, and the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. She is also a licensed marriage and family therapist in North Carolina.

Christine Sacco-Bene, PhD, is a clinical associate professor in the rehabilitation counseling program in the School of Medicine at the University of South Carolina. Her research interests focus on student professional identity development, teaching and mentoring, and working with individuals and families with disabilities. Her leadership roles include serving the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association as the public relations and awareness director (2019– 2020; 2020–2022) and as a board member for Lift Disability Network in Florida. Foremost are her roles as wife and mother.

Jodi L. Tangen, PhD, NCC, ACS, is an assistant professor and the counselor education program coordinator at North Dakota State University. She focuses her research on spirituality, relational depth, and social justice and diversity. She is also the proud mama of two delightful young children!

Andrew W. Wood, PhD, NCC, is an assistant professor of counseling and the mental health counseling track coordinator at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests primarily focus on psychosocial issues in cancer care and health as well as social justice and activism. His role as a counselor educator includes understanding the role of advocacy for students from an ecological perspective and integrating radical mental health theories and pedagogy into his teaching alongside traditional perspectives.