Future Leader in Counseling Education: UA Student Named to National Internship

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Chandra Johnson, a doctoral student in counseling education in the College of Education and Health Professions, has been recognized as a future national leader in counseling education. She is one of only two students nationally to be selected for an internship by Chi Sigma Iota, the counseling academic and professional honor society.

"I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet leaders in the counseling education profession," Johnson said, "and to being mentored."

As part of its program for developing leaders in the counseling profession, Chi Sigma Iota named Johnson one of ten fellows for 2001. In recognition of the leadership potential she had exhibited as former treasurer and now president of the UA chapter, she was then chosen for an internship.

In addition to being recognized at the national conference of the American Counseling Association in March, Johnson will be involved with governance issues and will work directly with the president and executive director of the organization on special projects. The internship is an important boost to Johnson’s goals of being a counselor educator and of participating in regional and national counseling organizations.

Johnson, who expects to graduate in 2002, is at work on a dissertation examining the development of African American adolescent males, especially those who receive their schooling in independent black institutions. Through her research, she hopes to determine whether those high schools are accomplishing their aims in students’ psychosocial development.