| Kathryn Douthit
is a counselor educator who joined the Warner School in 2001
with a scholarly background and career experiences that encouraged
her to bridge the worlds of social and biological sciences.
She thinks it is crucial to bring together the literatures of
science and counseling to form one coherent statement about
their relationship that both disciplines can digest and accept.
In her earliest academic and professional experiences, she
devoted more than a dozen years to earning degrees in science,
teaching undergraduate biology and mathematics courses, working
in a tutoring program for medical school students in medical
microbiology, and conducting research for use in various federal
substance abuse prevention programs.
Through her academic work and career experiences, she has
become increasingly interested in the relationship between
neuroscience and counseling, and on the neurological changes
that can result from effective counseling. As a division counselor
in the department of math, science, and allied health at Harrisburg
Area Community College she provided personal and career counseling
and academic advising to science and mathematics students.
Her research and doctoral education have produced articles
and professional presentations on subjects as complex and
diverse as an ecological view of attention deficit disorder,
academic failure among gifted students, understanding the
relationship between counseling and psychiatric genetics,
the inequality of the aging experience, and a critical view
of contemporary dementia care.
Douthit currently teaches courses in human development and
the counseling process, including the requirements for effective
multicultural counseling.
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