Students Win Dean's Award for Research

Miriam Pacheco, Fiona Ho, Irene Chung, and Cynthia Arocha (pictured left-to-right below) are to be congratulated for WINNING THE DEAN'S AWARD at San Diego State’s Student Research Symposium. They participated in the Research Symposium during the Spring Semester of 2012, their final semester before graduating from the program. The award was for their excellent presentation and research about "Latina Voice" in schools. 

We would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Carol Robinson-Zañartu (also pictured – center) for her fabulous mentorship. According to Dr. Robinson-Zañartu, they presented in an extremely clear and helpful way, were models of the “voice” they had researched, and handled questions easily and professionally.  

Congratulations to all again!

Congratulations, Cohort of 2012!

The SDSU School Counseling Program would like to congratulate the graduating cohort of 2012! Everyone enjoyed participating in three fabulous graduation celebrations: one with the cohort, one with the College of Education, and one with the Department of Counseling and School Psychology. Best wishes to all graduates in the job search! We look forward to hearing where everyone is employed next year!

Announcement: Welcome, Dr. Estrada!

The School Counseling Department would like to welcome Joey Nuñez Estrada, Jr, Ph.D. to the program!

Dr. Estrada received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He received his M.S.W. from UC Los Angeles and his Bachelor's from UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Estrada's research interests include school violence, street gang culture, school-based intervention, resiliency and youth empowerment. His work has been published in major academic journals, and he has presented his research at various national and international research conferences. He is currently conducting research on the risk and protective factors for gang-involved youth within school communities. He is also excited to be part of the Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools, a consortium of eight military-connected school districts in San Diego, the Department of Defense Educational Activity, and the University of Southern California. This project empowers schools to create military-friendly school climates that improve students' academic, behavioral, and social outcomes. In his spare time, Dr. Estrada enjoys spending time with family, coaching youth football, attending live music and poetry events, and riding his motorcycle along the coast.

Welcome to the SDSU School Counseling Program Blog!

This is the first post for the SDSU School Counseling blog. In this blog we will post news from the school counseling program, upcoming events, sample work from students and alumni, interesting articles, links to resources, and general information relevant to past, present, and future students of the SDSU School Counseling Graduate Program.