About the Chapter Authors and Editors

Saba Rasheed Ali received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon. She currently serves as a Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at the University of Iowa. Previously she served as an Adjunct Senior Staff Member at the University of Iowa University Counseling Service. Dr. Ali has served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology. She has also served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Counseling Psychologist, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, the Journal of Career Assessment, and the Journal of Career Development. She is licensed as a psychologist. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Ali’s research interests include vocational psychology, employment issues, and career development of under-served youth. Additional information on Dr. Ali is available at: https://education.uiowa.edu/person/saba-rasheed-ali

Betsy J. Becker received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Chicago. She currently serves as the Mode L. Stone Distinguished Professor of Educational Statistics at Florida State University as well as the Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems. Previously she served as a faculty member in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education at Michigan State University where she also served as Director of the Office of Research Consultation. Dr. Becker has served as Associate Editor of Psychological Methods as well as serving on the editorial boards of Research Synthesis Methods, the Journal of Research in Rural Education, the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, and the Journal of Educational Measurement. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and the American Statistical Association. Dr. Becker’s research interests include meta-analysis and psychometric issues in education with a special emphasis on methods for synthesizing correlation matrices and regression slopes. Additional information on Dr. Becker is available at: http://education.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/dr-betsy-becker

David L. Blustein received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. He currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College and also serves as a practitioner at Child and Family Psychological Services in Norwood, Massachusetts. Previously he served as a faculty member at the State University of New York at Albany, as a counselor at Rockland Community College and Mercy College, and as an academic advisor at Queens College. Dr. Blustein has served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology. He has also served as Associate Editor of The Counseling Psychologist as well as serving on the editorial boards of The Counseling Psychologist, the Journal of Career Assessment, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He is licensed as a psychologist and certified as a school counselor. He is also an elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Career Development Association. Dr. Blustein’s research interests include career development, the psychology of working, work-based transitions, poverty, unemployment, and relational theories of working. He has also been active in the development of the psychology of working theory. Additional information on Dr. Blustein is available at: http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/facultystaff/faculty/blustein.html

Samantha D. Brown is earning her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Iowa. She currently works as a practicum trainee with the University of Iowa's Counseling services, providing individual and group therapy to college students. Samantha co-leads the training and implementation of a theory-based career intervention for rural middle school students. Her research interests include the career development of adolescents and the effectiveness of school-based career interventions.

Steven D. Brown received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He currently serves as the Fr. Walter P. Krolikowski Endowed Research Professor and as the Program Chair for the Counseling Psychology Program in the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago. Previously Dr. Brown served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, as the Director for the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as an NIMH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as a counselor supervisor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and as a staff psychologist for Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Virginia. He has served on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Career Assessment, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He is licensed as a psychologist. Dr. Brown is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Sciences. His research interests include social cognitive approaches to educational and occupational choices, entry into STEM careers, vocational hope, and international applications of vocational psychology. He has also been active in the development of social cognitive career theory. Additional information on Dr. Brown is available at: http://www.luc.edu/education/about/faculty/brownstevend.shtml

Emily Bullock-Yowell received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Florida State University. She currently serves as an Associate Professor for the Psychology Department at the University of Southern Mississippi and as the Counseling Psychology Master’s Program Training Director. She has served on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. She is licensed as a psychologist. Dr. Bullock-Yowell's research interests include diverse areas of vocational psychology that focus on the practical application of career-related assistance in people’s lives and how this impacts their mental health, that involve participants from various backgrounds (e.g., unemployed adults, college students, veterans), and that include a concentration on Holland's RIASEC theory and cognitive information processing (CIP) theory. Additional information on Dr. Bullock-Yowell is available at: http://emilybullockyowellphd.weebly.com/ and http://www.career.fsu.edu/tech-center/about-us.

V. Casey Dozier received her Ph.D. in the Combined Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology and School Psychology from Florida State University. She is the Program Director of Career Advising and Counseling at the Career Center at FSU. Previously she served as a practitioner at the Psychological Center for Growth and Development in Thomasville, Georgia. She served on the editorial board of the Career Development Quarterly. Dr. Dozier is certified as a counselor and licensed as a psychologist. Her research interests include investigating mental health and career development variables in relation to informed and careful decision making as well as examining the efficacy of career service delivery, such as self-help resources, distance counseling, and supervision, with an emphasis on integrating theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Additional information on Dr. Dozier is available at: www.fsu.edu/cvdb/VCJ02D.rtf and http://www.career.fsu.edu/tech-center/about-us

Ryan D. Duffy received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland. He is an Associate Professor and the Area and Training Director of the Counseling Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida. He has also served on the editorial boards for the Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Career Assessment, the Journal of Career Development, the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. Dr. Duffy’s research interests include the psychology of working and understanding works as a calling. Additional information on Dr. Duffy can be found at: http://www.drryanduffy.com

Lisa Y. Flores received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is a Professor and Program Coordinator of Counseling Psychology in the Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. Previously she served as a Co-Director for the Coalition for Cultural Competency at the University of Missouri and as an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at The Ohio State University. She has also served as Editor of the Journal of Career Development and Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology as well as serving on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Counseling Psychology, the Journal of Latina/o Psychology, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and The Counseling Psychologist. She is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Flores’s research interests include the career development of Latino/as, Latino/a immigrant issues, and social cognitive career theory. Additional information on Dr. Flores is available at: https://education.missouri.edu/person/lisa-flores/

Nadya A. Fouad received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She currently serves as a Distinguished Professor and as the Mary and Ted Kellner Endowed Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Previously she served as the Associate Dean for the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Fouad has served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology. She has also served as Editor and Associate Editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior and as Editor of The Counseling Psychologist as well as serving on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, the Journal of Career Assessment, the Journal of Counseling Psychology, the Journal of Women Quarterly, The Counseling Psychologist, and Training and Education in Professional Psychology. She is board certified as a counseling psychologist and licensed as a psychologist. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Fouad’s research interests include the career development of women and racial/ethnic minorities, interest measurements, cross-cultural counseling, and applications and extensions of social cognitive career theory. Additional information on Dr. Fouad is available at: https://uwm.edu/education/people/fouad-nadya/

Dale Furbish received an Ed.D. in Career Counseling from Virginia Tech. He currently serves as Professor Emeritus at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in New Zealand. Previously he served as Coordinator of Career Counselling for the Career Centre at AUT and as the Director of Counseling at Virginia Western Community College. He has also served as Editor of the Journal of Employment Counseling and has served on the editorial boards for the Australian Journal of Career Development and Counseling Giornale Italiano di Ricerca e Applicazioni. He is also licensed as a counselor. He is an elected Fellow of the Career Development Association of New Zealand. Dr. Furbish’s research interests include career development experiences during sabbaticals, motivations for entering career education programs, social justice issues in employment seeking, and the engagement of career practitioners. Additional information on Dr. Furbish is available at: https://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/dale-furbish

Itamar Gati received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the Samuel and Esther Melton Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Previously he has served as a research associate for the Hadassah Career Counseling Institute and the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation. He has also served on the editorial boards of Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Career Assessment, the Journal of Counseling Psychology, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and The Counseling Psychologist. He is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and National Career Development Association. His research interests include examining career decisions, facilitating career decision making, career decision-making difficulties, career compromises, internet-based self-help career decision making, and career decision-making styles. Additional information on Dr. Gati is available at: http://kivunim.huji.ac.il/gati/gati-vita-upd.doc and http://kivunim.huji.ac.il/gati/

Kimberly A. S. Howard received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College. She serves as an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Boston University as well as serving as the Co-Training Director of the Counseling Psychology Program. Previously she served as an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and as a practitioner, running a prevention program in a high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has served on the editorial board for the Journal of Career Development. Dr. Howard’s research interests include children's concepts of career development, the relationship this has to academic achievement, and school-based intervention strategies that could support early and on-going efforts to prepare youth to be college- and career-ready. Additional information on Dr. Howard is available at: https://www.bu.edu/sed/profile/kimberly-a-s-howard/

Robert W. Lent received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The Ohio State University. He currently serves as a Professor of Counseling Psychology in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland. Previously he served as a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Michigan State University and as a practitioner at the Student Counseling Bureau at the University of Minnesota. He also has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology as well as serving on the editorial board of the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He is a licensed psychologist in Maryland and an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His research interests include applications of social cognitive theory to academic and career behavior, counselor training and development, psychological wellness, relationship adjustment processes, and the promotion of health behaviors. He has also been active in the development of social cognitive career theory (SCCT). Additional information on Dr. Lent is available at: http://www.education.umd.edu/Academics/Faculty/Bios/index.cfm?URLID=boblent and http://scctresearch.weebly.com/

Janet G. Lenz received her Ph.D. in Counseling from Florida State University (FSU). She currently serves as an Associate-In Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at FSU and as the Program Director for Instruction, Research, and Evaluation in the FSU Career Center. Previously she served as a Co-Director for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development, the Program Director for Career Advising, Counseling, & Programming at the FSU Career Center, and as a practitioner in the Career Centers at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Lenz served as President of the National Career Development Association (NCDA). She also has served on the editorial board for the Career Development Quarterly. She is certified as a career counselor, career development facilitator instructor, and counselor. She is also an elected Fellow of the National Career Development Association. Her research interests include the application of cognitive information processing theory to career counseling and services, the relationship of client characteristics to career constructs, connections between mental health and career issues, and the application of John Holland’s career theory and constructs to the design and delivery of career services. She has also been active in the development of cognitive information processing theory. Additional information on Dr. Lenz is available at: http://www.fsu.edu/cvdb/JLENZ.rtf and http://www.career.fsu.edu/tech-center/about-us

Mary McMahon received her Ph.D. in Education from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She currently serves as an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, Australia. Previously she served as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Queensland. Mary currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of the Australian Journal of Career Development, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, Career Development Quarterly, and International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. She is a registered career development practitioner, teacher, and psychologist. Dr. McMahon’s research interests include career construction from childhood through adolescence to later life, narrative career counselling, qualitative career assessment, and developing practical applications that can support people’s career decisions. She has also been active in the development of the systems theory framework. Additional information on Dr. McMahon is available at: https://education.uq.edu.au/profile/178/mary-mcmahon

Debra S. Osborn received her Ph.D. in Combined Counseling Psychology and School Psychology from Florida State University (FSU). She currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Department at FSU and also serves a research associate for the Study of Technology in Counseling & Career Development at FSU. Previously she served as a program coordinator and faculty member at the University of South Florida and as an Assistant Director at the FSU Career Center. She has served as President for the National Career Development Association. She has also served on the editorial boards for the Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Employment Counseling, the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and the Journal of Technology in Counseling. She is certified as a counselor and distance counselor. She is an elected Fellow of the American Counseling Association and the National Career Development Association. Dr. Osborn’s research interests include the design and use of technology in counseling, innovation and effectiveness in counselor education, and the design and use of assessments in career services. Additional information on Dr. Osborn is available at: http://www.fsu.edu/cvdb/DOSBORN.rtf and http://www.career.fsu.edu/tech-center/about-us

Wendy Patton received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Queensland. She currently serves as a Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Previously she served as a Head of School and then Executive Dean of the Faculty. Wendy served as Editor of the Australian Journal of Career Development and is currently on the editorial board for that journal in addition to the editorial boards of the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling and International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. She was Founding Editor of the Career Development Series with Sense Publishers. Wendy is a registered psychologist and teacher in Australia. She is the co-developer of the systems theory framework and continues to conduct research on theory-practice connections in career development. Additional information on Dr. Patton is available at: http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/patton

Robert C. Reardon received his Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Florida State University (FSU). He currently serves as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems and Senior Research Associate in the Career Center at FSU. Previously he served as the Director for Curricular-Career Information Service (CCIS), as a Co-Director for the Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling & Career Development, and as a Counseling Psychologist at the University Counseling Center at FSU. He has also served on the editorial board for the Journal of Career Development. He is certified as a career counselor, counselor, and secondary school teacher. He is an elected Fellow of the National Career Development Association. Dr. Reardon’s research interests include the development of innovative career interventions for college students and adults that feature the use of educational and occupational information. He has also been active in the development of cognitive information processing theory. Additional information on Dr. Reardon is available at: http://www.career.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/imported/storage/original/application/f912a02f31cf7d01d29eaf7c1a582590.pdf and http://www.career.fsu.edu/tech-center/about-us

Mary Sue Richardson received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University. She is a Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology, School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University and also serves as a practitioner in her independent practice. Previously she served as a Counselor and Adjunct Professor at Lehman College. She has served on the editorial boards for the Journal of Counseling Psychology and Psychology of Women Quarterly. She is licensed as a psychologist. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Richardson’s research interests in vocational psychology have focused on developing an approach to counseling for work and relationship that situates career counseling in a holistic frame. Additional information on Dr. Richardson is available at: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Mary_Sue_Richardson

Nathan Ross received his Master’s in Professional Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Graduate Assistant at the University of Southern Mississippi. Nathan’s research interests include college student veteran career development and career and family issues.

Patrick J. Rottinghaus received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Iowa State University. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Previously he served as a faculty member and program director in the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and as an Associate Director of Research and Development at Kuder, Inc. He has served as Chair for the Society for Vocational Psychology. He has also served on the editorial boards for Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Career Assessment, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Career Development, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Rottinghaus’s research interests include vocational interests, personality, values, and self-efficacy related to career choice and development, with recent projects examining holistic perspectives on career assessment interventions. Additional information on Dr. Rottinghaus is available at: https://education.missouri.edu/person/patrick-rottinghaus/

James P. Sampson, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Florida. He is the Mode L. Stone Distinguished Professor of Counseling and Career Development in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at Florida State University, the Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development, and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the College of Education. Previously he served as a Senior Counselor in the Student Counseling Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has also served on the editorial boards for the British Journal for Guidance & Counselling, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, and The Professional Counselor: Research and Practice. He is certified as a career counselor, coach, and counselor and is licensed as a psychologist. He is also an elected Fellow of the American Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Career Development Association, and the National Institute for Career Education and Counseling. Dr. Sampson’s research interests include the appropriate use of computer technology in counseling; the use of cognitive strategies in the design and delivery of career services; and the integration of theory, research, and practice. He has also been active in the development of cognitive information processing theory. Additional information on Dr. Sampson is available at: http://www.fsu.edu/cvdb/JSAMPSON.rtf and http://www.career.fsu.edu/tech-center/about-us

Donna E. Schultheiss received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She currently serves as Interim Dean for the College of Graduate Studies and Professor of Counseling Psychology at Cleveland State University. Dr. Schultheiss has served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology, and has also served on the editorial boards for the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Schultheiss’s research interests include the interface of work and relationships, childhood career development, international and immigration issues in vocational psychology, and women’s work. Additional information on Dr. Schultheiss is available at: http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=D_SCHULTHEISS

Angela Smith received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from North Carolina State University. She currently serves as a Teaching Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. Previously Dr. Smith has served as a counselor at the Duke University Career Center, the Meredith College Counseling and Career Centers, and in private practice as well as working in human resource development. She served on the editorial board of The Journal of Employment Counseling. She is certified as a counselor and supervisor. Dr. Smith’s research interests include career counseling and development, online teaching and learning modalities, supervision in counseling, college counseling, group counseling, and student development. Additional information on Dr. Smith is available at: https://ced.ncsu.edu/people/acsmith5/

V. Scott Solberg received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Applied Human Development at Boston University. Previously Dr. Solberg worked on the development of Success Highways, a resiliency curriculum used in schools throughout the country, and in directing an online career information system (WisCareers). In collaboration with the Rennie Center on Education Research and Policy, MassINC, and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Dr. Solberg has launched the Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness that is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Educational Science. He has also served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Solberg is serving as Chair-Elect of the Society for Vocational Psychology and has served on the editorial board for the Career Development Quarterly. Dr. Solberg is certified as a Career Development Facilitator. He is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His interests include college and career readiness research, practice, and policy efforts and leads a range of these efforts in collaboration with the National Collaboration on Workforce and Disability for Youth that is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. Additional information on Dr. Solberg is available at: https://www.bu.edu/sed/profile/v-scott-solberg/

Susan C. Whiston received her Ph.D. in Counseling from the University of Wyoming. She currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. Previously Dr. Whiston worked at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has also served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology. She has served on the editorial boards of Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Career Assessment, and the Journal of Counseling Psychology. She is certified as a counselor. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Whiston's research interests include identifying effective methods for delivering career counseling interventions and the areas of career counseling and school counseling, with a focus on outcome research. Additional information on Dr. Whiston is available at: http://education.indiana.edu/dotnetforms/Profile.aspx?u=swhiston and http://www.indiana.edu/~iuncate/facultyvita/swhiston.html