Rebecca A. Willow

• Licensed Professional Counselor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, License Number PC003100, licensed-April, 2003
• National Certified Counselor, National Board for Certified Counselors, certified- November, 2002

• The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of  Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

Current courses taught:

Professional Counseling

Counseling & Personality Theories

Counseling Strategies & Techniques

Multicultural Issues in Counseling

Supervised Practicum

Supervised Internship

Counseling and Spirituality

• Ed.D., Counselor Education and Supervision  (CACREP accredited),  2003

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Dissertation topic: Propensity to engage in interracial dialogue on race:

A descriptive study of participants and contributing factors.  (GPA: 4.0) 

•    M.A., Counseling-Secondary School Guidance (CACREP accredited), 1996

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA

   (GPA: 4.0)

•    M.A., College Student Personnel, 1989 (GPA: 3.75)

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

•       B.A., Major-English and History, 1986  (GPA: 3.3)

   Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania

Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology & Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling program
Associate  Professor
Responsible for full time teaching, marketing, orientation, admission and advising of students. August, 2009-present

Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology & Counseling, Community Counseling program
Assistant Professor
Responsible for full time teaching, marketing, orientation, admission and advising of students. August, 2005-August 2009

Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology, Community Counseling program
Adjunct Instructor
August 2004-August 2005

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Professional Studies Department, Counseling & Human Development program
Adjunct Professor
August, 2004-August 2005

Counselor: Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
The Counseling Center
March, 2003-May, 2003 (Interim position)

School Counselor: Sharpsville Area High School, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania
July, 1997-July, 1999

Director of Residence Life: Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
August, 1993-August, 1995

Assistant/Associate Director of Residence Life:
Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
August, 1990-August, 1993

Memberships:
• Pennsylvania Counseling Association (PCA)
         President Elect, President, Past President of PCA (2011-14)
• Pennsylvania Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (PACES)
• Pennsylvania Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (PAMCD)
• Pennsylvania Association of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (PAGLBTIC)

• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
• North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES)
• Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)

See scholarship/research

Scholarly publications

Willow, R.A. & Tobin, D.J. (2013, October). Ethics of experiential activities for presentations, Counseling Today, 56 (4), 51-53.

Willow, R.A. (2010). Race obsession-avoidance paradox: A model for multicultural training in counselor education. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 2 (1), 48-60.

Willow, R.A., Tobin, D.J., Ratkowski, E.M., Bastow, E.K. (2010). Construction and Use of the Spiritual Genogram in Counselor Education. Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association, 11(1), 21-28.

Willow, R., Tobin, D.J., & Toner, S. (2009). Assessment of the use of spiritual genograms in counselor education. Counseling and Values (53), 215-223.

Tobin, D.J., Willow, R. & Bastow, E., & Ratkowski, E. (2009). Reflective learning within a counselor education curriculum. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 1 (1), 3-9.

 Willow, R.A. (2008). Lived experience of interracial dialogue on race: Proclivity to participate. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 36 (1),      40-51.

Book Contributions:

Willow, R.A. (2011). Concentric circle dialogues. In M. Pope, J. S. Pangelinan, & A. D. Coker (ed.s) Experiential Activities for Teaching Multicultural Counseling Classes and Infusing Cultural Diversity into Core Classes. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Dr. Willow has presented about 30 professional conference presentations at the state, regional, and national levels.

Professional Service:

I have provided leadership in the counseling field through active participation as a conference presenter, as a key member of a state association board, and as a program reviewer for several conferences.  I served in a tripartite position of service to the Pennsylvania Counseling Association as President Elect, President, and Past President from 2011-2014. I served three  years as co-chair of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association annual conference held at Penn State University. I facilitated our program’s successful application for the PCA Outstanding Counselor Education Program of the Year awarded in 2009. I also represented PCA at the American Counseling Association Institute for Leadership Training in July 2011 in Alexandria, VA and July 2012. I currently serve as a reviewer for the Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association.

Community Service:

Volunteer, Reading Buddies, United Way of Erie County

Invited presenter for Foster Grandparents Volunteer Program. Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC), Erie, PA

Member, (June, 2007-2014) American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer grant review committee.

Invited presenter for Staff in-service training. L’Arche of Erie, PA.

University Service:

• University Rank, Tenure and Academic Freedom Committee (2014- present)
• Faculty Senate subcommittee on administrator evaluation criteria (2014- present)
• Judge, Martin Luther King Day Multi-Media Contest, (2015)
• Gannon University Graduate Council, (2009-2016)