Mykka L. Gabriel, Laura G. Dunson Caputo, and Jenny L. Cureton received the 2025 Outstanding Scholar Award for Concept/Theory for their article, “Broaching for Culturally Responsive Suicide Risk Assessment.”
Mykka L. Gabriel (she/her), LPCC-S, is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a supervision designation. She is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Counselor Education and Supervision at Kent State University. Her research focuses on cultural responsiveness in suicide risk assessment, prevention, and postvention practices within the counseling profession and among counselors-in-training. She brings over a decade of clinical experience across diverse settings, including emergency crisis services, and has served with her local Suicide Prevention Coalition and its subcommittees.
Laura G. Dunson Caputo (she/her), PhD, LPCC-S, is an Assistant Professor of Practice at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Caputo also operates a private practice. As a counselor, Dr. Caputo practices using relational–cultural theory, narrative theory, existential theory, and diverse creative and somatic interventions. Dr. Caputo’s research interests include trauma-informed care; social determinants of mental health; creative interventions; and power dynamics in counseling, teaching, and supervision.
Jenny L. Cureton (she/her), PhD, LPCC (OH), LPC (CO), is Associate Professor at Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) and incoming Associate Professor of Counseling at Regis University (Denver, Colorado). Dr. Cureton’s primary areas of expertise are: suicide and other trauma/crisis, the intersection of career and personal development, and community-engaged change. Her experience providing individual and relationship counseling spans community, college/university, medical, and private practice settings.
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