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Spring 2024 Newsletter Winners!
Congratulations Dr. Benjamin Robertson and Dr. Katherine McVay for submitting the winning articles for our Spring 2024 newsletter edition! Each award recipient will be granted a $150 grant for their contribution. See our Spring 2024 Newsletter to learn more.
Learn More About The Winners
Dr. Katherine McVay is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. She has a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a doctorate degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. Katherine has specialized experience in trauma and crisis counseling, grief counseling, and working with the LGBTQIA+ community to process life and identity changes. She has been active in several counseling organizations including Chi Sigma Iota as a Leadership Fellow, and working in counseling journals in varying roles, serving as the Editorial Assistant for the AdultSpan Journal in 2022-2023, a Counselor Educator and Supervision Journal Fellow in 2020-2021, and the Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health in 2019-2020. Katherine was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award by the Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and received the Outstanding Practitioner Award in 2023 from the Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota for her service in responding to the Uvalde tragedy. She currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, serves on the Social Media committee for AARC, and helps with the SACES Webinar Series. Katherine primarily conducts research in underserved communities and populations (i.e., rural and sex trafficking survivors); leadership and advocacy efforts of counseling students; ethical considerations with minority populations; and counselor development. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and state conferences on these topics.