Dr. Lauren Reid, assistant professor of Counseling, received the Pennsylvania Counseling Association’s 2022 Outstanding Professional Teaching Award at PCA’s conference from Oct. 14-16. The conference, “Advancing the Profession: Promoting Assessment and Effective Counseling Practices,” took place in Pittsburgh. The award is given annually to a PCA member who demonstrates excellence in teaching in a counseling, counselor education, or counseling supervision program in the state of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Reid’s clinical interests and research focus on biracial/multiracial people, intersecting identities, and cultural factors in mental health and counseling. She has co-authored several scholarly articles focused on trauma and help-seeking behaviors in journals such as the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development and the Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association.