Addressing Whiteness in Counselor Education
Description
Ways in which Whiteness is embedded in counselor education can get in the way of anti-racist and inclusion efforts. Faculty and students may lack understanding of ways in which their own whiteness and embedded whiteness in the program can operate. Addressing Whiteness in Counselor Education continues to be a controversial and difficult task, particularly given the backlash efforts across the nation at silencing antiracism and decolonizing efforts. In this webinar, we will use discussion and the sharing of specific lived experiences and educational practices to illustrate tactics in naming and critically interrogating Whiteness. Examination of structures, colleague supports (or lack thereof), and classroom hot moments will be included. Such work will be presented with a culturally humble lens, in recognizing the many intersectional complexities, and learned white supremacy, that impacts us all.
Learning Objectives
Gain understanding of the tenets of Whiteness (Katz) as a complex, intersectional, and systemic phenomenon.
Increase comfort in naming and critically interrogating whiteness in self, others, and systems.
Gain tactics in addressing Whiteness at myriad levels (from individual, to curricular, to programmatic)
Presenter Bios
Scott Schaefle PhD, NCC, LMHC, LMFT
Associate Professor and Counseling Program Leader. School of Education & Human Development, University of Colorado Denver
Dr. Scott Schaefle earned his PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Nevada Reno in 2006. He has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado Denver since 2011 and has served as the lead faculty for the counseling program there since 2018.
Professional website: https://education.ucdenver.edu/about-us/faculty-directory/Schaefle-Scott-UCD50626
Krista Malott PhD, LPC
Professor of Counselor Education, Department of Education & Counseling, Villanova University
Dr. Krista M. Malott began her career as a bilingual (Spanish-English) counselor, working in various clinical roles, including school, career, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol counseling. Author of numerous articles and a book entitled, Group Activities for Latino/a Youth, her current teaching and research areas address antiracist Whiteness, first generation college goers, and decolonizing counselor education.
Professional website: https://kristamalott.wixsite.com/kmalott