Vera, Elizabeth

Title/s: Professor; Co-Program Chair for Counseling Psychology

Specialty Area: Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Community Counseling, Counseling Psychology, School Counseling

Office #: Lewis Towers 1145, WTC

Phone: 312.915.6958

Email: evera@luc.edu

CV Link: /media/lucedu/education/faculty/cv/VITA2013.short w student authors id.pdf

Degrees

PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Program Areas

Community Counseling
Counseling Psychology
School Counseling

Research Interests

Prevention, resiliency, and subjective well-being in urban youth
Multicultural competence
Social justice
Ethnic identity development
Latino mental health

Professional & Community Affiliations

American Psychological Association
- Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)
- Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues)
National Latina/o Psychological Association
Association of Latino Psychology
Provided prevention programs, psychological counseling, and consultation services to students and teachers at Helen C. Peirce Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois

Courses Taught

CPSY 435 Prevention, Outreach, and Advocacy
CPSY 445 Family Therapy II
CPSY 454 Human Development
CPSY 458 Psychology of Adolescence
CPSY 535 Seminar in Supervision

Awards

Loyola University Chicago, School of Education Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2015)
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Counseling Psychology Division
Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist-Practitioner Award, American Psychological Association