Dr. Cara Meixner ‘08 (GSLC, PhD) will serve as Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University (JMU), working with the University’s new low-residency PhD program in Counseling and Supervision. Additionally, Cara was honored to be named the 2020-2021 Madison Scholar for JMU’s College of Health and Behavioral Studies. This is the highest scholarly distinction awarded at JMU.
Dr. Stalnaker-Shofner Presents on Critical Race Theory at National Conferences
Dr. Devona Stalnaker-Shofner, Associate Chair and faculty of Antioch New England’s MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, recently spoke at two national conferences on the topic of Critical Race Theory as an approach to address race, racism, power, and privilege in counseling practices and systems that may work to silence the voices of historically marginalized populations. Entitled “Critical Race Theory as a Framework of Decolonizing Counselor Education,” her presentation identified the key tenets of CRT, and ways to ethically incorporate CRT into counselor education curricula to effectively teach students about advocacy, activism, and multicultural competence. Dr. Stalnaker-Shofner spoke at the Association