Faculty
The program faculty consists of five full-time core members, two associated faculty members who make important part-time contributions to the program, and four counseling adjunct faculty. In addition to research and teaching, faculty members are actively engaged in a wide range of professional activities, including independent practice, consultation, and as staff members at our University Counseling Center.
Core Faculty
Jacob Levy
jlevy4@utk.edu
Associate Professor and Program Director
Ph.D., Indiana University
Research Interests: Performance anxiety and performance enhancement; multicultural counseling; “Big Five” personality traits; psychological assessment.
Brent Mallinckrodt
bmallinc@utk.edu
Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Research Interests: Psychotherapy processes and outcomes, attachment theory, health psychology.
See Also: Curriculum Vitae
Joseph Miles
joemiles@utk.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Research Interests: Process and outcome in group interventions, intergroup dialogues,
multicultural and diversity issues.
See Also: Curriculum Vitae
Gina Owens
gowens4@utk.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Research Interests: Traumatic stress, PTSD, cognitive appraisal processes, coping, and diversity issues.
See Also: Curriculum Vitae
Dawn Szymanski
dszymans@utk.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Georgia State University
Research Interests: Feminist therapy, lesbian, gay and bisexual issues, multicultural counseling, psychology of men.
See Also: Curriculum Vitae
Contributing Faculty
Mark A. Hector
mhector@utk.edu
Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Research Interests: Training counselors, counseling process, multicultural counseling, phenomenological research
See Also: Curriculum Vitae
John W. Lounsbury
jlounsbury@aol.com
Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Research Interests: Career development; Big Five and narrow personality traits; job, career, and life satisfaction.
See Also: Curriculum Vitae
Counseling Adjunct Faculty
Victor W. Barr
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director, University of Tennessee Counseling Center
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professional interests: Brief psychotherapy, supervision, stress and social support; factors affecting retention of students; evaluation models.
Theoretical style: Cognitive/dynamic orientation with a strong emphasis on experiential components in therapy.
Melissa A. Bartsch
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Practicum Coordinator, UT Counseling Center
University of Tennessee, 2004
Professional interests: Interpersonal process, feminist, and emotion-focused approaches to therapy; addictive/compulsive behaviors, LGBT issues, relational issues, women’s issues, training and supervision.
Philip Johnson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, Director of Training, UT Counseling Center
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Professional interests: Training and supervision; family of origin and spiritual issues.
Theoretical style: Orientation combines developmental, cognitive behavioral and family systems with interpersonal process psychotherapy
Suzanne Molnar
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Staff Psychologist, UT Counseling Center
Ph.D., University of Florida
Professional interests: Supervision and training; eating disorders treatment; couples counseling; GLBT issues.
Theoretical style: Eclectic, with an emphasis on family systems. Techniques are drawn from client‑centered, cognitive behavioral, Gestalt, and family systems approaches.