Division E: Counseling and Human Development

Division E solicits submissions in the area of counseling and human development consistent with the 2022 Annual Meeting theme, “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century”. As researchers in counseling and human development, we are committed to creating, promoting, and disseminating research that enhances existing efforts to move systems toward equity and justice to support all learners across the lifespan, from early childhood to K-12 to higher education and adult learning. We are committed to serving the educational communities that we serve, and to collaboratively take evidence-based action to correct educational and social injustices, to use data to counter lies and misinterpretations, and to initiate cross-division and interdisciplinary collaborations with researchers and practitioners to strategically address complex social and educational problems. We are dedicated to addressing problems that are multi-dimensional and multiplex, using innovative approaches to research methods and methodologies, and working collaboratively across multiple disciplines.

We favor submissions that report findings from completed research and welcome the use of diverse methodological approaches. Studies in the disciplines of counseling, clinical, and/or school psychology, school counseling, educational psychology, and human development are strongly encouraged. Areas of focus for submissions include but are not limited to:

1. a) developmental processes for children, adolescents, and adults, including the role that social processes and context play in lifespan development
2. b) evidence based counseling practices in educational, work, and health settings that foster equity, disrupt systemic inequality, and deepen learning
3. a) vocational and career development, particularly as it pertains to advancing justice in equal educational and employment opportunities
4. b) national and global equity and diversity issues related to counseling, psychology, and human development
5. c) the education and training of educators, counselors, psychologists, and other members of the helping professions that promote antiracist dispositions and practices
6. d) research on culturally responsive counseling, psychology, and human development intervention programs

Symposium submissions are strongly encouraged and should present systematic research programs or multiple perspectives on important theoretical, applied, and/or methodological issues. Submissions that represent the mutual interests of Division E and AERA SIGs or that serve to integrate counseling and human development are strongly encouraged. Individual submissions will be reviewed blind and should not include author identification in the submission text. Submissions must adhere to the guidelines presented in the general Call for Submissions.

The division accepts submissions in two sections:

1. a) Section 1: Counseling.

Section Chair: Patrick Mullen, William & Mary, prmullen@wm.edu

1. b) Section 2: Human Development.

Section Chair: Kate Kurkul, Merrimack College, kurkulk@merrimack.edu