2016 TPC Outstanding Scholar Award Winner – Quantitative or Qualitative Research

May 12, 2017 | TPC Outstanding Scholar

Kathleen Brown-Rice and Susan Furr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Brown-Rice and Susan Furr received the 2016 Outstanding Scholar Award for Quantitative or Qualitative Research for their article, “Counselor Educators and Students With Problems of Professional Competence: A Survey and Discussion.”

Dr. Kathleen Brown-Rice is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota. Dr. Brown-Rice is a National Certified Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor (SD, NE, and NC), Licensed Mental Health Provider (NE), Certified Addiction Counselor (SD), Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor (NC), Qualified Mental Health Provider (SD), Approved Clinical Supervisor. Her research efforts are on developing and enhancing ethical and competent services to clients and focus on three main areas: a) professional counselor supervision, training and dispositions, b) Native American mental health with an emphasis on the implications of historical trauma, and c) risky substance use. To further understand emotional regulation and intergenerational transmission of pathology, she incorporates neural imaging and genotyping.

Dr. Susan Furr is a Professor in the Department of Counseling at UNC Charlotte. She worked for over 20 years in the field as a school counselor and a counselor at the university counseling center before moving to university teaching. Her research and writing interests include counseling student development and professional dispositions, grief and loss in recovery from addiction, college student development, and psychoeducational groups.

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2016 TPC Outstanding Scholar Award Winner – Concept/Theory

May 11, 2017 | Article, TPC Outstanding Scholar

Mehmet A. Karaman and Richard J. Ricard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mehmet A. Karaman and Richard J. Ricard received the 2016 Outstanding Scholar Award for Concept/Theory for their article, “Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Syrian Refugees in Turkey.”

Dr. Mehmet A. Karaman is an Assistant Professor of counseling at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Karaman has practiced in psychiatric hospitals, community mental health agencies, school districts and non-profit organizations. His research interests include instrument development and validation, cross-cultural studies (e.g., Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Mexico), counseling refugees, achievement motivation, and counseling children and adolescents. He is the past president of Texas Association for Humanistic Education and Development.

Dr. Richard J. Ricard is Assistant Dean and Professor of Counseling & Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in developmental psychology. He has been teaching in higher education for over 25 years. Dr. Ricard’s research focuses on program evaluation and implementation of evidence-based counseling interventions with adolescents in schools. His most recent teaching and research focus is on counseling interventions that emphasize mindfulness-based approaches (e.g., DBT, ACT, MBCT) that support counselor and client well-being.

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