Spring 2025 Faculty Publications, Presentations, & Accomplishments

Our Counselor Education faculty are all at the top of their respective fields; check out what they have been working on lately!

Dr. Diandra Prescod

Coordinated the Connecticut Career Counseling and Development Association’s virtual conference: April 17th

Prescod, D.J. (2025, February). Navigating the Grant Application Process. Presented to doctoral candidates and faculty at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Grant Academy. Virtual.
Prescod, D.J., Bryan, J., Johnson, K., & Byrd, J. (2025, January). Best Practices and Strategies for Writing and Publications. Panel discussion for Melanin Scholars Retreat. Virtual.
Prescod, D.J. & Haynes-Thoby, L. (2024, November). Is the 5-Day Work Week a Thing of the Past?. Presented at the Connecticut Career Counseling and Development Association’s National Career Development Month Celebration Conference. Virtual.
Prescod, D.J. (2024, October). How to Successfully Interview in the Academy: Practicing with Purpose. Presented to graduate level students at American Associate of Colleges for Teacher Educators’ Holmes Scholars Webinar. Virtual.

Elected to serve as the Governing Council Representative for the International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling (IARTC)
Moving into the role of Vice President of Division E of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) (after serving Vice President-Elect)
Began role as Secretary of the Connecticut Career Counseling and Development Association (CCCDA)
Guest Editor of The Professional Counselor (TPC) journal

Brown, T.T.C., & Haynes-Thoby, L. (In Press). Grieving out loud. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education.

Haynes-Thoby, L. (2024). Operationalizing Trauma-Informed Supervision. Paper presented at the North-Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference
Haynes-Thoby, L. (2024). Supporting the Career Imagination for Women Navigating Intimate Partner Violence Safety. Paper presented at the Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference
Huang, P., & Haynes-Thoby, L. (2024). Exploring Asian International School Counseling Students’ Everyday Experiences in CACREP-Accredited Programs. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference

Haynes-Thoby, L. (2024). Practical steps to implementing trauma-informed approaches to counselor supervision. Presented to clinic supervisors and doctoral level counselor supervisors. Dr. J.F.C. Perez. Pennsylvania State University.

Haynes-Thoby, L. Principal Investigator. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). Operationalizing Trauma-Informed Counselor Supervision. ($3,000; Awarded 2024)

Renzulli, S, & Austermann, Q. (Under Review). School Counselors’ Practices that Enable Academically Talented High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to Achieve. [Manuscript Submitted for Publication]. Professional School Counseling
Burke, M., Renzulli, S. (Under Review). Exploring the experiences of twice-exceptional youth with Section 504 plans in school. [Manuscript Submitted for Publication] Gifted Child Quarterly
Renzulli, S., Bruder, M. (Under Review) Externalizing Behaviors. In Trudel, S. & deLeyer-Tiarks, J. (Eds.), Mind-Body Health Interventions in Schools, New York, NY: Guilford Books
Reis, S., Renzulli, S. (2025) Strength-based Teaching Strategies for Gifted High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disroder (3 Ed) In Dixon, F. A., & Moon, S. M. (Eds.), The handbook of secondary gifted education. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
Baum, S., Renzulli, S., & Rizza, M. (2025). Twice-Exceptional Adolescents: Who they are? What do they need? (3 Ed) In Dixon, F. A., & Moon, S. M. (Eds.), The handbook of secondary gifted education. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.