The Counselor Education Program at SUNY New Paltz trains highly skilled mental health and school counselors knowledgeable in both the practice and science of counseling. Degree and certificate programs are offered only at the graduate level and are described fully in the Graduate Catalog.
Please see the Faculty tab for a full list of Counselor Education faculty.
Contact information:
Dr. Melanie Hill, Department Chair and Program Director
Phone: (845) 257-3475
Location: WH 304
E-mail: hillm@newpaltz.edu
Web Address: www.newpaltz.edu/counselor-education/
Faculty
Dzimiera, Bethany
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: Remote Location
E-mail: dzimierb@newpaltz.edu
Hill, Melanie
Associate Professor and Chair
Affiliated Faculty, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Akron
Office: WH 304
Phone: (845) 257-3475
E-mail: hillm@newpaltz.edu
Kearns, Kelly
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. pending, Syracuse University
Office: WH 317A
Phone: (845) 257-7828
E-mail: kearnsk@newpaltz.edu
Lingertat, Claudia
Lecturer
Office: WH 328
Phone: (845) 257-2972
E-mail: lingertc@newpaltz.edu
Nitza, Amy
Affiliated Lecturer
Director, Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH)
Ph.D., Indiana University
Office: SH 146
Phone: (845) 257-3479
E-mail: nitzaa@newpaltz.edu
Raskin, Jonathan
Affiliated Faculty; Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Florida
Office: WH 362
Phone: (845) 257-3471
E-mail: raskinj@newpaltz.edu
Rust, Jonathan
Affiliated Faculty; Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Fordham University
Office: WH 345
Phone: (845) 257-2373
E-mail: rustj@newpaltz.edu
Shaw, Victoria
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Office: WH 312
Phone: (845) 257-3554
E-mail: shawv@newpaltz.edu
Stephens, Adam
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Office: WH 314
Phone: (845) 257-3177
E-mail: stephena@newpaltz.edu
Vermeulen, Karla
Affiliated Faculty; Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Fordham University
Office: WH 316
Phone: (845) 257-2333
E-mail: vermeulk@newpaltz.edu
