Montclair State University Accepting Applications for the Fall 2014 Cohort in the Counselor Education Doctoral Program

The faculty of the Montclair State University (MSU) Counselor Education PhD program is pleased to invite applications for the fall 2014 cohort. Located just outside of New York City, our program prepares culturally responsive, social justice advocates to teach and supervise future generations of counselors, provide post-academic supervision to practicing counselors, conduct rigorous research and program evaluations, and perform administrative and supervisory duties with a variety of organizations. Our program graduates have obtained positions as faculty members in Counseling programs, director in human services settings, and advanced clinical supervisors.

Faculty

The Counselor Education faculty has a distinguished record of scholarship in a variety of areas (please go to the following link for further information: http://www.montclair.edu/cehs/academics/departments/cel/academic-programs/counselor-ed/) and are leaders in national, regional, and state counseling associations. Following are examples of leadership positions held and awards received by faculty:

• American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow
• Member, ACA Governing Council
• ACA Co-Coordinator, Social Justice Leadership Development Project
• Site Coordinator for ACA Annual Conference
• Two faculty have served as ACA Ethics Committee Members and Co-Chairs
• Co-author of the 1995 and 2005 ACA Codes of Ethics
• President, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
• Board Member, Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
• ASERVIC Humanitarian Award
• Member and Treasurer, Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), National Board of Directors
• Editor, Chi Sigma Iota
• Editor, Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
• Chair, National Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Students

As well as encouraging students to collaborate on research being conducted by faculty members, faculty are committed to mentoring doctoral students in developing their own areas of research and leadership. For example, currently in the fifth year of the program, our students have authored or co-authored 32 publications, facilitated/co-facilitated 240 presentations at major national, regional, and state conferences, and have been active in professional service. Following are examples of national and regional leadership positions held and awards received by our doctoral students in the past five years.

• Student Representative, ACA Governing Council
• Emerging Leaders of: ACES, Northern Area Region ACES (NARACES), and American College Counseling
• Association (ACCA)
• Board Members, Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA)
• Editorial Assistant, Adultspan (AADA Journal)
• Member, National Career Development Association (NCDA) Veterans Committee
• Co-Chair, CSI International, Counselor Community Engagement Committee
• Officers of Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Chapters
• Member, Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) Issues in Counseling Safe Schools Task Force
• Co-Chair, International Association of Addictions and Offenders Counseling Multicultural Addictions
• Counseling Committee
• ACES President Fellow
• Outstanding Contributor to Student Leadership Programs Award for Region II of the NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators)
• Recipient, College Board/ Hilton National Conference on Race & Ethnicity CORE Student Scholarship
• Two Recipients of Jean Baker Miller Relational-Cultural Theory Training Institute Scholarships

The combination of scholarly preparation, a thoughtful choice of a program cognate (area of specialization), and faculty mentoring in research, teaching, supervision, leadership, and counseling provides an exciting and life-changing experience to individuals desiring to make significant contributions to counselor education programs, schools, agencies, the counseling profession, and society.

We accept students on a part-time and full-time basis fall admission and offer a limited number of graduate assistantships for full-time students. Applications are due March 1st: http://www.montclair.edu/graduate/prospective-students/applications/

Thank you for your interest in our program and we look forward to hearing from you!