Pedagogy

Updated 7/25/2024

  • Conference presentations on antiracist pedagogy
    As of July 2024, the current effort is developing a pre-conference workshop prior to the SACES annual meeting in Texas this November, sharing antiracist and decolonizing andragogy practices for counselor educators to integrate into their own work.

  • Antiracist training materials
    A module-based “course” to offer up antiracist and decolonizing andragogy that we have used in our own courses, syllabi, programs, etc. It is envisioned as a way to share resources along with struggles as the continued politicization of equity practices persist nationwide.

To get involved with antiracist pedagogy projects, please contact Dr. Jennifer Randall Reyes (Randall.j@wvwc.edu). Please contact Colleen Lam Nguyen (nguyecol@oregonstate.edu) for updates on antiracist training materials.

 

Research

Updated 8/18/2024

  • Content Analysis of Antiracist Scholarship in Counseling Journals
    A content analysis project focusing on the scholarship published in the ACA affiliated and professional counseling focused journals since 1992 (the publication of Sue, Arredondo, & McDavis, 1992). As of July 2024, we are in the final stage of data analysis, with plans to complete the write-up of the results by the end of 2024. As we are nearing the completion of our project, we are not accepting new members at this time.

    • Project Co-leads: Drs. June Hyun, LoriAnn Stretch, & Penny Wang

  • Counselor Educators' Use of Self as Instrument in Antiracist Teaching Inventory - Development
    As of July 2024, we are in the data collection phase, yet our collection has been slow. The focus has been explicitly extended by specifying in the IRB that we are also recruiting social work and psychology faculty (both were always welcomed to participate, but now this is more explicit in recruitment and informed consent). Plans underway for additional recruiting in the Fall with conference season. A conceptual article is being planned in the interim.

    • Project Lead: Dr. Jared Lau

  • Counselor Educators' Self-Efficacy in Antiracist Teaching Scale - Development
    As of July 2024, we’re in the data analysis and manuscript preparation stage. We hope to submit for publication sometime in the summer, if not early fall.

    • Project Lead: Dr. Kok-Mun Ng

  • Antiracist Counseling Training Program Checklist - Development

    • Project Lead: Dr. Aziz Elmadani

  • Racial microaggression training module for counselor educators - Training material development

    • Project Co-Leads: Drs. Penny Wang & LoriAnn Stretch

  • What is Antiracism? - Training material development

    • Project Lead: Colleen Nguyen

  • Recommendations for School Counselors Working with Undocumented Students - A Delphi Study

    • Project Lead: Dr. Violeta Murrieta

  • Predicting School Counselors' Self-efficacy in Providing Socio-emotional Support to Undocumented students by Their Multicultural Counseling Self-Efficacy and Attitude to Immigrants

    • Project Lead: Dr. Violeta Murrieta

  • A collective autoethnography exploring the experiences of bilingual (English and Spanish) speaking counselor educators and counselor educators-in-training
    As of August 2024, we are actively engaged in the data analysis of our collective autoethnography. Our aim is to submit an article for publication by December 2024. 

    • Project Lead: Dr. Ana Reyes

  • Nuestros Encuentros
    As of August 2024, we are writing a manuscript based on our meetings and how intentionally centering language and cultural wisdom has been healing for us. We hope to submit this manuscript for publication by the end of September.  

    • Project Lead: Dr. Ana Reyes

  • Scale for Antiracist Interdisciplinary Leadership

    • Project Lead: Dr. Thom Field

  • Antiracist Counseling and Therapy Training Environment Scale
    As of July 2024, the scale is in the validation process. We completed the final version of items, sent twice to expert reviewers, and now we are still waiting for more participating. We currently have 53 participants, and we are hoping for more, so the focus is on recruiting.

  • Project Lead: Dr. Aziz Elmadani

 

To get involved with antiracist research projects, please fill out our contact form and specify which project you are interested in.

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Training

If you are a NARTIC member who will be presenting on an antiracist topic at a conference, please share so that we may post it here.

Our Events page shows programming produced by NARTIC, and please also see the YouTube channel for our partner organization The Counseling Roundtable for videos of some NARTIC trainings.

Upcoming Conference Presentations by NARTIC Members

Updated 10/14/2024

NARACES

Nouna Jalilzadeh, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC, PMH-C

  • Presenting: Becoming A Mental Health Counselor, Permanently or Temporarily - Experience of International Mental Health Counseling Students

Linh Le, 2nd year PhD at Penn State, co-presenting:

  • Poster: Counseling Mental Health Literacy: Promoting Mental Health Equity
    Co-Presenters: Ravza Nur Aksoy Eren; Dr. Javier F. Casado Pérez, Ph.D

  • Session: On being authentic despite the subtle slights: Lessons from multiply minoritized colleagues
    Co presenters: Ravza Nur Aksoy Eren; Dr. Javier F. Casado Pérez, Ph.D

Bentley Eskridge, MA, LPC, ACS, NCC

  • Selected to participate in the Emerging Leaders workshop

WACES

Jorge Rosales Lopez, PhD, LPC, CRC, NCC

  • Wellness in the Time of Gatekeeping: Avoiding the Hot Potato Syndrome in Counselor Education and Sup

  • “Who is Mentoring Whom?” Experiences of a peer mentoring group in providing support and empowerment.

Hongshan Shao, PhD, NCC, CCC

  • Shao, H. (2024, October). Best Practices for Teaching Master’s Level Career Development Course. Roundtable session to be presented at the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES) Conference, Tucson, Arizona.

  • Shao, H., Yoon-Lee, S., & Chen, M. (2024, October). The implication of addressing career needs of international students: A systematic review. Content Presentation to be presented at the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES) Conference, Tucson, Arizona.

SACES

Dr. Shalini Mathew

  • Presentation: A Journey of Racial Healing in Counselor Education: Antiracist Pedagogy using an AI companion.

June Hyun, Jessica Haas, Jen Randall Reyes, Michelle Ghoston, Nouna Jalilzadeh, & Claudia Calder: Andragony Subcommittee:

  • Pre-conference session entitled Navigating Inclusive Andragogy in Counselor Education and Supervision on Thursday, November 7th, from 8:30 to 11:30 am

NCACES

Dr. Shalini Mathew

  • Presentation: A Journey of Racial Healing in Counselor Education: Antiracist Pedagogy using an AI companion.

Priyanka Jha, MSc

  • Friday October 18, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm CDT:
    Lee, I., Jha, P., & Xu, Y. (2024 October). The Dissertation Experiences of Doctoral Candidates with Extended Time to Degree. Education session to be presented at the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision biannual conference, Rosemont, IL.

  • Saturday October 19, 2024 12:00pm - 12:50pm CDT
    Jha, P., & Xu, Y. (2024 October). Research Identity and Research Self-Efficacy in International Graduate Students in Counselor Education. Education session to be presented at the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision biannual conference, Rosemont, IL.

Past Conference Presentations by NARTIC Members

2024 Antioch Latinx Mental Health & Social Justice Institute - virtual, Oct 9-10

The NARTIC Bi-lingual Group of Spanish and English Counselor Educators is co-creating and co-facilitating two sessions at this conference:

  • Healing Collectively: Compartiendo Nuestras Experiencias Through Expressive Arts

  • Nuestros Encuentros: A Culturally Responsive and Collaborative Approach to Healing while in Academia

Project Lead: Dr. Ana Reyes

2023 ACES Presentations - Denver

  • Building an Anti-racist Counseling Program: Personal and Programmatic Barriers, Challenges, and Strategies, 80-Minute Panel

  • Counselor Educators' Use of Self as Instrument in Antiracist Teaching Inventory - 50-minute education session

  • Power and Privilege: A Roundtable Discussion of Counselor Education Andragogy

  • Harnessing the Transformative Power of Anti-racist Research in Counselor Education

NARTIC Community Trainings 

Updated 7/26/2024

Planned Trainings

  • Check back soon for more

Past Trainings

NARTIC members can access recordings from many of these previous trainings on the NARTIC Canvas site.

  • Drs. Shawan Worsley and Zvi Bellin produced a series of community working groups on Engaged Mindfulness: Building Capacity for Antiracist Advocacy and Action in January and February 2024. Thank you to Shawan and Zvi.

  • Drs. Gideon Litherland and Jared Lau provided a series of 4 training webinars on instrument development to support the Instrument Development Team in their projects. Thank you to Gideon and Jared.

  • Dr. Thom Field provided a series of 4 training webinars on content analysis methodology. Thank you to Thom.

 
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Interest Groups

Bi-lingual Group of Spanish and English Counselor Educators

Updated 8/18/2024
Dr. Ana Reyes

This group is working on a number of active projects as listed in the Research and Conference sections above. Additional initiatives include exploring proposing for the National Board of Certified Counselors Foundation Symposium, and looking at hosting a writing retreat.

MENA Project

Updated 8/18/2024
Drs. Elif Balin, Waleed Y Sami, Dana Isawi, and Shadin Atiyeh

NARTIC members Drs. Elif Balin, Waleed Y Sami, Dana Isawi, and Shadin Atiyeh came together to advocate for greater visibility and understanding of the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) identities and experiences in the professional counseling and counselor education fields. This team initiated the project with the term MENA due to the recent recognition of MENA as a new category in the U.S. census data and federal government forms. However, they acknowledge that the term, MENA, as a category is created within a colonial historical context and reflects a Eurocentric bias of the regions of the Middle East, North Africa, Eurasia, and beyond. Thus, besides the MENA, this project is expected to be relevant and useful for individuals who identify with other cultural identity categories such as Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African (AMENA), South Asian and North African (SWANA), biracial, and multiracial, including those people who may be negotiating belonging ambiguity with intersectional identities in their unique historical and political contexts outside the restrictions of the U.S.-based categories.

The MENA project’s primary goal is to increase critical consciousness about the invisibilities and biases regarding MENA identities and experiences. The project will include research, writing, presentations, and interactive webinars for the NARTIC members that provide collective learning and support. The team expects the main outcome of their projects to be a better understanding of anti-oppressive counseling and counselor education practices for MENA communities with intersectional identities and within fluid, cross-cultural, and transnational contexts. More specifically, the project’s learning and community support spaces will have implications for the current crises, which threaten mental health, community building, and effective professional development in our field and beyond, such as the anti-Palestinian/anti-Arab hate, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism, including links to anti-Black racism and anti-Asian hate, through a cross-cultural and decolonial lens.

The team will activate the MENA project in early Fall and share invitations for various opportunities to participate in the project

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