Assistant Professor of Counseling
Phone: 903-565-5677
Email: dsmedley@uttyler.edu
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Assistant Professor of Counseling
Phone: 903-565-5677
Email: dsmedley@uttyler.edu
Title: Assistant Professor of Counseling
Department: Psychology & Counseling
Building: HPR 239
Email: dsmedley@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.565.5677
Dr. Smedley’s research agenda includes family development, faculty scaffolding of
counselors-in-training during their clinical experience, and relational pedagogy in
supervision. Specifically, Dr. Smedley studies family development that does not fit
the antiquated and overly applied traditional family model. Her research is motivated
by the desire to shift counselor education curricula to represent U.S. families accurately.
Accurate representation includes generating developmental models beyond the currently
used family development models created with gendered expectations. Additionally, Dr.
Smedley engages in research involving faculty scaffolding of counselors-in-training
during their clinical experience and relational pedagogy in supervision. Both research
areas emphasize the critical role of counselor education faculty during counselors-in-training
clinical experience.
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