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PAMELA E. MONK, Ph.D., L.P.C., N.C.C.
Email:  pemonk@my.lamar.edu  

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • Ph.D. in Counselor Education, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, August 2006

DISSERTATION:  Rural School Counselors’ Usage of Consultation Under the System Support Component of a Comprehensive Developmental Guidance Model

  • Master of Education, Educational Leadership, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2002

RESEARCH:  A Comparison Study of Computer-Assisted Reading vs. Traditional Reading Techniques in Incarcerated Adult Males

  • Master of Education, Counseling and Development, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1994
  • Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1988

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

  • Licensed Professional Counselor #13,515, 1996
  • Licensed Professional Counselor Board Approved Supervisor, 2004 (#2033)
  • National Certified Counselor #47485, 1997
  • Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator, #000026, 2007
  • Mediator 2007
  • Professional Texas Education Certification, 1996:
  • Counselor
  • Special Education Counselor
  • Standard Texas Educator Certificate:
  • Principal, 2003
  • Provisional Texas Education Certification, 1995:
  • Generic Special Education
  • Secondary Psychology
  • Secondary Basic Business
  • Secondary Business Administration
  • Certified Legal Assistant, 1985
  • Civil Litigation Specialist #4217, 1987

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • INSTRUCTOR
    • Assistant Professor, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, August 2006 to present
      • Individual and Group Facilitation Skills
      • Measurement and Assessment
      • Group Counseling Theories and Techniques
      • Advanced Seminar in Social and Family Relations
      • Research Methods
      • Developmental Guidance and Counseling
    • Adjunct Instructor, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, July 2006 to August 2006
      • Individual and Group Facilitation Skills
    • Adjunct Instructor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, August 2005 to Present
      • Group Counseling (Master’s level)
    • Instructor, Angelina College, Lufkin, Texas, January 1998 to December 1998
      • General Psychology (undergraduate)
      • Child Psychology (undergraduate)
  • INTERNSHIP
    • Doctoral Teaching Internship, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Spring and Summer 2005
      • Internship in Counseling (Master’s level)
    • Doctoral Teaching Internship, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, Fall 2004
      • Supervised Practicum in Counseling (Master’s level)
  • SCHOOL COUNSELOR
    • School Counselor, Wheat Elementary School, Woodville Independent School District, Woodville, Texas,    July 2003 – 7/06
      • Implement, evaluate and promote a balanced comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program including individual and group counseling
      • Consult and coordination with parents, school personnel and community
      • Provide group lessons to deliver guidance curriculum and character education
      • Interpret, evaluate and administer assessments including achievement, I.Q., dyslexia and E.S.L.
    • School Counselor, Windham School District, Woodville, Texas, December 1998 – July 2003
      • Interpreted, evaluated and administered assessments including achievement, career and E.S.L.
      • Provided classroom placement
      • Provided vocational counseling and placement
      • Consulted and coordinated with school personnel
      • Provided individual and group counseling
    • School Counselor, Warren Independent School District, Warren, Texas, part-time 1994-1995 and full-time in August 1995 – December 1998; high school from 1994 to May 1998; elementary 1996- December 1998.
      • Implemented, evaluated and promoted a balanced comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program including individual and group counseling
      • Consulted and coordinated with parents, school personnel and the community
      • Interpreted, evaluated and administered assessments including state assessments
      • Assisted students with appropriate course scheduling
  • PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
    • Special Education Teacher, Warren Independent School District, Warren, Texas, January 1993 – May 1995, High School
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE
    • Private Practice, Pamela E. Monk, Ph.D., P.L.L.C., July 2007 – Present
      • Consultant for CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital
    • Private Practice, September 1996 – July 1997
      • Provided child and family counseling on a part-time basis
      • OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    • Legal Assistant, employed by three different law firms, July 1984 – August 1993
    • Medical Transcriptionist/Secretary, employed by two hospitals and one nursing home, March 1977 – January 1994

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • SACS Counseling Coordinator, February 2008 to present
  • Faculty Search Committee for Pedagogy February 2008 to present
  • COEHD Graduate Appeals Committee January 2008 to present
  • Committee for new Master’s of Education Degree in Student Affairs 2007 to July 2008
  • Book representative for the Library for the 2008 academic year, August 2007 to present
  • Chair, Counselor Educator Search Committee for Lamar University, College of Education and Human Development, August 2007 to present
  • Assistance with the Association for Adult Development and Aging Mini-Conference, “Aging Across the Lifespan” held at Lamar University August 2007
  • Texas Counseling Association Membership Committee, July 2007 to present
  • Instructional Designer Search Committee for Lamar University, College of Education and Human Development, August 2007 to April 2008
  • Editing and Reviewing Team for Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Social Science  August 2007 to present
  • Reviewed American Counseling Association program proposals for 2008 Conference
  • Lamar University Academic Lecture Series Committee for Academic Year 2008
  • Advisory Board for Sam Houston State University’s Doctoral Program in Counselor Education 2007 to present
  • Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling SACS Assessment Committee for the Counseling Program 2006 to present
  • Graduate Faculty of Lamar University 2006 to present
  • Editor of the Association for Adult Development and Aging Newsletter, July 2006 to present
  • Community Resource Coordination Group, 2003-Present; 1995-1998
  • Unit Staff Support Officer – Polunsky Unit, 2001
  • Paralegal Assistant Advisory Committee, Angelina College, 2000-2001

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

  • April 2008: “ How to Fail as a Therapist: 50 Ways to Lose or Damage Your Patients” (Book Review) in ADULTSPAN Journal

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

  • Inn of Court Presentation 4/08: “Generations in Workplace Today”
  • American Counseling Association Conference 3/08: “Current Perspectives on Career Transitions in Mid-Life” (with Dr. LeAnn Solmonson and Dr. Wendy Killam)
  • Texas Association of Counselor Educators 2/08: “Innovative Experiential Pedagogy for Counseling Concepts and Skills” (with Dr. Carolyn Crawford)
  • Association for Adult Development and Aging Mini-Conference 8/07 in Beaumont, Texas:  Contributing Factors to Healthy Aging (with Dr. Carolyn Crawford)
  • Lamar University’s Fourth Educational Research Conference 3/07: “Incidental Demographic Findings from a Survey of Texas Rural School Counselors”
  • American Counseling Association Conference 3/07 in Detroit, MI: “Assisting Adults in Making Positive Life Changes During Mid-Life Transitions:  A Panel Discussion”  (Panel Presentation with Dr. Catherine B. Roland, Dr. Larry Burlew, Dr. Wendy Enochs, Dr. Jane Rheineck)
  • American Counseling Association Conference 3/07 in Detroit, MI: “Exploring the Demographic Characteristics of Texas Rural School Counselors with Implications for Counselor Educators” (Poster with Dr. Mary Nichter)
  • Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2/07 in Austin, Texas:  “Texas Rural School Counselors:  Implications for Today’s Counselor Educators” (Presentation with Dr. Mary Nichter)
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision:  “Trailblazers:  Stories from a New Doctoral Program” co-presenter with Susan Bajza, Mary Causey, Charlotte Davis, Dr. Judy DeTrude, K. C. Gaehring, Gabe Lomas, Nicole McCann and Le’Ann Solmonson, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2005
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision:  “The Impact of International Study Experiences on Counselor Education Doctoral Students” co-presentation with Dr. Mary Nichter, Susan Bajza, Mary Causey, Gabe Lomas, and Le’Ann Solmonson in Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2005
  • Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapists: “Bolts from the Blue” co-presentation with Dr. Judy DeTrude and Dr. Mary Nichter in Houston, TX, January 2004
  • Workshop in Supervision:  “Ethics” co-presentation with Dr. Judy DeTrude at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX, January 2004

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Counseling Association
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
  • Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
  • Association for Adult Development and Aging

                                      Newsletter Editor (7/06 – Present)

  • American Mental Health Counselors Association
  • American School Counselor Association
  • Association of Teacher Educators
  • National Board of Forensic Evaluators
  • National Social Science Association
  • Texas Counseling Association
  • Texas Association of Counselor Education and Supervision
  • Treasurer (7/08 – Present)
  • Texas Association for Adult Development and Aging
  • Chi Sigma Iota
  • Delta Kappa Gamma (Delta Epsilon)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Counselor Education
  • Technology  
  • Bariatrics/Eating Disorders
  • Forensic Mental Health Evaluator
  • Counselor Supervision