Rick Houser is the Department Head in Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling at the University of Alabama. He has been professor, department chair and Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts. Rick Houser has taught graduate level research courses for over 20 years. He received his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh in rehabilitation counseling with a minor in research methodology. He conducts research in ethical decision-making, stress and coping, and the use of virtual reality in counseling.
Felicia L. Wilczenski, Ed.D. received a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is an Associate Professor and Director of the School Counseling Program in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology in the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a member of the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Wilczenski is interested in service learning applications in school-based mental health programs. Her work focuses on creating sustainable systemic approaches to character education and social-emotional education that… integrate service learning.nbsp; She is author of numerous articles addressing social and emotional interventions in K-12 settings. Dr. Wilczenski also teaches ethics courses in school counseling and school psychology and is interested in ethics education and professional development.nbsp;