School of Education — Counseling Psychology

Joan Avis, Ph.D.

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Education

Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
M.Ed., College Counseling, University of Delaware, Newark
B.A., English, University of Delaware, Newark

Research Areas

Counseling psychology; adult development, life transitions counseling; life planning and consultation; personality; psychology of women.

Teaching
  • MFT Traineeship
  • Group Leadership and Systems Consultation
  • Individual and Family Life Transitions Counseling
Publications

Evans, S. & Avis, J. (1999). The women who broke all the rules: How the choices of a generation changed our lives. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc.