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AMCD Mentoring Program 2007-08The mentees have been selected for the 2007-08 PY. This year, we have 2 categories of mentees: the conventional mentees as have been selected in previous years and Mentee Fellows whose applications went through a rigorous, blind review by reviewers, two members of the Mentoring Committee. The Mentee Fellows for 2008 are: Andrea Jackson (University of South Florida) and Sonya Frazier (University of South Florida). The two AMCD members who have agreed to serve as their Mentors are: Dr. Dibya Choudhuri (Eastern Michigan University) and Dr. Anneliese A. Singh (The University of Georgia). Mentee Fellows will be assigned a collaborative project with their Mentors that will culminate in a presentation at the Past-Presidents Reception at the ACA convention in Hawaii.
Mentee Bios
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Sonya Frazier received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the
University of Maryland, College Park in 2006. Currently, she is in the
Mental Health Counseling program at the University of South Florida pursuing
a Master¹s degree. Sonya is also a research assistant at the Florida Mental
Health Institute. She is working on a project that examines the efficacy of
a classroom-wide model for promoting social emotional development and
addressing challenging behaviors in preschool aged children. Her research
interests include underserved populations, children and education,
self-esteem formation, and family systems. Sonya is also interested in
advocacy and public policy formation.
Angela Zapata is a doctoral candidate in the counseling psychology program at Arizona State University. She also earned an M.Ed. in counselor education and her B.A. in psychology with a minor in Women's Studies at ASU. Angela has worked extensively with Dr. Patricia Arredondo, conducting community research with a Latino population. One aspect of this research informed her thesis, which examined the relationship of spirituality and depression among Latinos. She is currently working on her dissertation which is examining how multicultural discussions are experienced in clinical supervision. She hopes this work will inform training in multicultural supervision. Angela has worked as a social justice advocate at Arizona State University, developing and teaching classes such as Multicultural Issues and Gender Development, as well as facilitating dialogue groups which explore various issues related to identity and inter-cultural relationships and communication. She also teaches for the ACE (Achieving a College Education) Program at Rio Salado College, a scholarship program for students from low socioeconomic status and ethno-racial minority populations. Much of her clinical work is with disadvantaged populations. Her professional goal is to become a professor and to continue to educate people about issues related to personal identity, stereotyping, discrimination, oppression, power and privilege. She also seeks to continue to empower people from disadvantages backgrounds to follow their dreams.
Laura J. Alarcón is a graduate student in the Counseling Department at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with an emphasis in college and career counseling. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from UC Berkeley where she secured funding for her fieldwork in Guatemala and Venezuela through the McNair Scholars program and UC Berkeley's Haas Scholars program respectively. In 2003, she published "Toward a Learning Curriculum: A Preliminary Study of Cooperative Learning and Educational Change in the Eastern Region of Guatemala" (McNair Research Journal). Ms. Alarcón taught high school for two years after graduating from UC Berkeley and worked as a Teacher's Assistant in the Counseling and Psychology Department at SFSU. Currently, she is a career intern at UC Berkeley's Counseling and Psychological Services and she is conducting research on transitions to adulthood as it relates to career development. In recognition of her academic achievements and future education goals, she received the prestigious Merage American Dream fellowship in 2004.