Faculty Profiles
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Professor, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Latino adolescent sexuality; family functioning and adolescent health risk behaviors; racial/ethnic discrimination and minority status stress, obesity prevention and intervention among Latinos.
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Professor & Program Coordinator, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Poverty, racism, and mental health in urban schools and communities; Immigrant youth cultural adjustment and negotiations; Asian Pacific Islander cultural conceptualizations of self, collectivistic coping, and mental health; multicultural school counseling, indigenous healing methods and perspectives; obesity prevention.
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Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Social justice orientation and academic/civic engagement in urban youth; school relational and language climate; bilingualism; racial identity.
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Professor, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Behavioral therapy and behavioral health/medicine; single subject experimental research; accountable mental health systems; iatrogenic issues in education, psychology and medicine.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Children's peer relations and social skills; children's social-cognitive development; family interactions; race relations in children; role of empathy in childhood disorders.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Adoption/foster care; parenting education; trauma; educational issues.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Group counseling; theory and practice; parent and child therapy; psychopathology; life transitions; cross cultural counseling.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Issues facing teens, young adults and families; anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, general relationship issues.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Mentoring new counselors; National Counseling Standards.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Bridging the theoretical aspects of educational psychology with the day-to-day practices and expectations in school counseling centers.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Organizing and working with community groups; community based organizations.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Teaching, counseling, support of multicultural and underrepresented students in educational systems and society.
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Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology
Research interests and areas of expertise:
Work with English language learners.
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Student Representatives 2012-2013
Each year, two outstanding students in the second year are selected to assist in Program activities and to represent the students in the School Counseling Program. This is a competitive selection process and involves a graduate merit scholarship.
Allyn Adcock
Allyn is a second year student in the School Counseling Program and is committed to enhancing the lives of young children and youth through school counseling that promotes social justice. Allyn has long-standing involvement in leadership awards and positions, including the John Chew award, Jim Pearce Leadership, and National Outdoor Leadership School. She received her B.S. degree from Appalachian State University, in North Carolina, with a major English Secondary Education. Immediately after receiving her diploma, she began teaching English at Hanger Hall School for Girls, located in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. At this time she began to take an interest in counseling during her weekly advising sessions with students. After her two years of teaching and advising middle school students, Allyn set off to live and travel in Hawaii, South America and South East Asia. She moved to San Francisco and in 2011 she began the USF School Counseling Program and interned at Ingrid B. Lacy Middle School for the 20011-2012 school year, conducting small boys and girls groups, as well as academic groups. She will intern at Oceana High School in Pacifica for the 2012-2013 school year.
Clifton Szeto
Clifton Szeto is a second year student in the School Counseling Program and is committed to promoting social justice and well-being of youth. He has served many low-income and at-risk youth as a mentor, tutor, and a coach. He also has experience managing programs that serve the academic and social needs of children in North Beach/Chinatown. Clifton received his B.A. from San Francisco State University with a major in Sociology. He became inspired to work as a school counselor after several years of coaching high school and middle school basketball. For the 2011-2012 school year, Clifton interned at James Denman Middle School working with a group of low-income students from the Geneva/Sunnyvale district focusing on academic support, study skills, cultural issues, social and emotional growth. Clifton is currently Assistant Manager for the Beacon After-School Program at Francisco Middle School and will intern at The School of the Arts (S.O.T.A.) for the 2012-2013 school year.
If you would like a student perspective, contact:
Allyn Adcock: asadcock@dons.usfca.edu
Clifton Szeto: cszeto2@dons.usfca.edu
