UF Counselor Education Research Featured
Research from members of the UF Counselor Education program featured in four articles in the October 2020 issue of Counseling and Values.
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Alisa Houseknecht awarded SACES Research & Best Practice Grant
Alisa Houseknecht, a doctoral candidate Counseling and Counselor Education program, was recently notified that she was awarded a Research & Best Practice Grant from the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES).
Counselor Ed student shows early promise in the ‘right career path’
Montana Sewell, a third-year M.Ed/Ed.S. student in Counselor Education, has been chosen to receive the 2018 Outstanding Entry Level Student Award from Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), an international honor society for the counseling profession.
ACA taps rising leaders from UF counselor education
Two up-and-coming leaders from the COE’s counselor education program—a faculty member and an alumni doctoral fellow—have assumed key leadership positions with the American Counseling Association (ACA).
Sandi Logan, left, and Jacqueline Swank pose for “selfies” on Capitol Hill.
Jacqueline Swank, assistant professor in counselor education, has been elected president of the Association for Creativity in Counseling, an ACA division dedicated to providing understanding of diverse and creative approaches to counseling. She is well known for her service on several professional committees and organizations and as a dedicated mentor for graduate students.
Sandi Logan, an alumni fellow in school counseling, was named by the Florida Counseling Association as its graduate student representative to the ACA. Prior to pursuing her doctorate in 2012, Logan worked as a counselor in elementary and middle schools in California for five years.
Swank and Logan appear to share a similar passion for leadership. The pair participated recently in the ACA’s Institute for Leadership Training in Washington, D.C. and also joined more than 130 other ACA attendees on Capitol Hill in meeting with their senators and representatives to discuss mental health issues and advocate for counselors.
Counseling Today — Jacqueline Swank featured in Counseling Today
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Jacqueline Swank
COE assistant professor of counselor education and researcher Jacqueline Swank is featured in a Counseling Today cover story about the value of wellness, a deeply rooted aspect of the counseling profession that is given less consideration in other fields of study — partly because of trendy references made in pop culture. Swank, a member of the American Counseling Association, talks about her research on the effects of nature on child and adolescent wellness.
Regional group honors Swank as outstanding pre-tenure counselor educator
Jacqueline Swank
Jacqueline Swank, a UF assistant professor in counselor education, has been honored with the 2013 Outstanding Pre-tenure Counselor Educator Award by the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
The group is a division of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. The award recognizes individual faculty instructors in the field who are showing exceptional progress in the early stages of their academic career.
Swank is considered an emerging leader in counselor education among her colleagues. In her past three years at the College of Education, she has collected six awards for her research and practice and is a principal investigator in three grant-funded projects. Her research interests include counselor development and supervision, assessment related to counseling, creative intervention in counseling, and children and adolescents.
Swank is also well known for her service on several professional committees and organizations and as a dedicated mentor for graduate students.
