Teaching Interests
CACREP Core Counseling and Mental Health Specialism Topics
Psychopathology and Intervention
Psychological Assessment and Evaluation
Counseling Theories and Practice
Human Development
Research Methods/Research in Counseling
Social and Cultural Perspectives for Counseling
Group and Interpersonal Systems Counseling
Introduction and Orientation to Professional Counseling, Clincial Practice, and Ethics
Elective Counseling Topics
Counseling, Development, and the Mechanisms of the Mind
Neurobiology of Mental Health Conditions and Counseling Interventions
Counseling Children with Developmental Mental Health Conditions
Philosophical Counseling
Generalist Topics
Mental Health Science
Cognitive Science and Cognitive Development
Quantitative Research Methods
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Teaching Experience
Current or Recent Teaching (2019 - Present)
Instructor of Record
Assessment and Appraisal
Co-Taught
Contemporary Trends in Mental Health, Appraisal, Intervention, and Research (with Kathryn Douthit and Justin Russotti, Fall 2019; with Kathryn Douthit, Fall 2021)
Research in Cognitive Development (with Silvia Sörensen, Spring 2020)
Theories of Human Development (with Kathryn Douthit, Summer 2020)
T.A.
Assessment and Appraisal (for Zhaopu Xu, Spring 2021)
Counseling Theory and Practice 1 (for Andre Marquis, Fall 2019; for Nancy Gearhart, Fall 2020)
Counseling Theory and Practice 2 (for Andre Marquis, Spring 2020; for Nancy Gearhart, Spring 2021)
Principles and Practices of Mental Health Counseling (for Scott McGuinness, Fall 2020)
Past Teaching (Summer 2009 - Fall 2016)
English Linguistics (Fall 2010)
Foundations of Psycholinguistics (Spring 2011)
Introduction to Psychology (Summer 2009, 2010)
Syntactic and Psycholinguistic Theory in the Teaching of English (Fall 2016)
Workshop on Memory Models and Memory Assessment Instruments (Spring 2014)
Teaching Philosophy
A copy of Oliver's teaching philosophy is available from the Statements page.
