Teaching Interests
CACREP Core Counseling and Mental Health Specialism Topics
Psychopathology and Intervention
Biological Determinants of Mental Health
Psychometric Assessment and Evaluation
Counseling Theories and Practice
Human Development
Research Methods/Research in Counseling
Social and Cultural Perspectives for Counseling
Philosophy and Ethics of Counseling and Human Development
Addictions
Doctoral/Advanced Master's Elective Topics
Counseling, Development, and the Neuropsychological Mechanisms of the Mind
Neurobiology of Mental Health Conditions and Counseling Interventions
Counseling Children and Older Adults with Developmental Psychopathology
Generalist Topics
Mental Health Science
Cognitive Science and Cognitive Development
Quantitative Research Methods
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Psychometrics
Teaching Experience
Current or Recent Teaching (2021 - Present)
Instructor of Record
Addictions Counseling and Prevention (Spring, Summer)
Advanced Ethics in Addictions Counseling (Fall)
Assessment and Appraisal (Fall, Spring)
Biological Determinants of Mental Health and Foundations of Psychopharmacology (Spring)
Contemporary Trends in Mental Health, Appraisal, Intervention, and Research (Alternate Falls)
Pre-Practicum in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Fall)
Principles and Practices in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Fall)
Co-Taught
Career Counseling and Development (with Bonnie Rubenstein, Summer 2022, 2023, 2024)
Past Teaching (Summer 2009 - Spring 2021)
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)
Instructor of Record
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.