Expertise

Academic Areas:

  • Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Counselor Education

Research Interests:

  • The working alliance between counselors and clients
  • Vocational rehabilitation for transition youth with disabilities
  • Multicultural issues in rehabilitation counseling
  • Multicultural learning environment
  • Rehabilitation services for Asian American populations
  • Constructs of positive psychology in the recovery process for individuals with mental illness and their psychosocial adjustment
Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, College of Education, Auburn University

Communities
Special Education, Psychology, Mental Health Services
Degrees
PhD, Michigan State University, Rehabilitation Counselor Education, 2017
MS, Illinois Institute of Technology, Rehabilitation Counseling, 2010
MS, Daegu University, South Korea, Rehabilitation Psychology, 2005
BS, Daegu University, South Korea, Rehabilitation Psychology, 2003
Keywords
identity development disability biases asian americans vocational rehabilitation bilingual & intercultural education mental health minority mental health career development emerging adulthood stigma attitudes toward disability counselor education rehabilitation counseling individuals with disabilities transition youth with disabilities working alliance