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Faculty Profiles
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science
nicole.conroy@uvm.edu- Power, control, and intimate partner violence
- Gender and intimate partner violence
- Sexual coercion, violence, and consent
- Human development and identity
Associate Professor
anna.h.elliott@uvm.edu- Rural Mental Health
- Family Counseling
- Trauma Healing
- Clinical Supervision
- Relational Cultural Counseling
Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision
Robin.Hausheer@uvm.edu- Underage drinking prevention
- Parent/Guardian underage drinking prevention programming
- School counseling program evaluation
- Impact of implicit bias in counseling and education
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision
Aishwarya.Joshi@uvm.edu- Clinical Mental Health
- Intersectionality
- Multicultural, Social Justice and Equity Competencies
- Crisis and Trauma
Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator of Human Development and Family Science
Camelia.Maianu@uvm.edu- Child Development
- Lifespan Development Psychology
- Psychology of Adolescence
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs • Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision
Jane.Okech@uvm.edu- Clinical supervision
- Diversity, access and equity
- Ethics
- Group co-leadership
- Group psychotherapy
- Mental health
- Multiculturalism
- Social justice
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science • Chair, Department of Counseling and Human Development and Family Science
christine.proulx@uvm.edu- Intimate relationships
- Caregiving
- Aging
- Health
- Dyadic methodologies
Lecturer of Human Development and Family Science
Jaz.Routon@uvm.edu- Health and wellbeing of queer populations
- LGBTQ policy
- Social inequities
Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision
Lance.Smith@uvm.edu- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Critical Consciousness
- Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
- Restorative Practices
Senior Executive Director of Inclusive Excellence and Faculty Engagement • Lecturer of Human Development and Family Science
Sherwood.Smith@uvm.edu- Multicultural Education
- Development of Prejudice
- Cross Cultural / Intercultural Development
- White Identity Development
- Intersections of domestic and international issues of ethnicity, race and gender
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision • Program Coordinator of PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision
nancy.thacker@uvm.edu- Culturally-informed grief theory and counseling, non-death losses
- LGBTQ+ mental health and development
- Social justice and equity in education and counseling
- Qualitative research and critical methodologies
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Jacqueline.Weinstock@uvm.edu- Adult development and aging
- Friendships
- Sexual and gender identities
Senior Lecturer of Counselor Education and Supervision • Program Coordinator of Counseling M.Ed.
Julie.Welkowitz@uvm.edu- Clinical and systems consultation
- Model development within schools to support youth with emotional and behavioral challenges
- Narrative practices clinical supervision systems change initiatives