Ayse C. Çiftçi, Ph.D., University of Memphis, 2006
Assistant Professor

Interests include cross cultural adaptation, immigration with an emphasis on families, international students, masculinity across cultures, adolescence in different cultures, psychological well being and coping.

Kevin R. Kelly, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1985
Department Head, Professor

Interests include career and talent development.

William E. Hanson, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1997
Assistant Professor

Interests include psychological assessment and testing, process-outcome research, mixed methods research, and problematic gambling among college students.

Mary Carole Pistole, Ph.D., The University of Georgia, 1987
Associate Professor

Interests include adult attachment theory in counseling and in adults' romantic relationships.

Heather Servaty-Seib, Ph.D., University of  North Texas, 1997
Assistant Professor

Interests include grief and bereavement, adolescent development, and loss as a therapeutic model.

Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D. (The University of Iowa)   
Associate Professor, Coordinator of School Counseling Program

Interests include high-ability populations who are little studied or are underrepresented in gifted programs; adolescent and young adult development; and school-counselor training.

Carrie A. Wachter, Ph.D. (University of  North Carolina at Greensboro)
Assistant Professor 

Interests include crisis and crisis intervention (particularly in school settings), adolescent attachment and relationships with peers, and collaborative work between school counselors and other health and mental health personnel in the schools and the community.

Susan L. Prieto-Welch, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. 

Interests include supervision and training; counseling center development and administration; anxiety disorders; personality disorders; couples therapy; diversity issues; group therapy; use of languages other than English in the therapy process.