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Shawn Burton

Assistant Professor - Counseling

eMail

sburton@jcu.edu

Phone Number

216-397-1710

Location

Saint Ignatius Hall 319

Employee Type

Faculty

Office Hours

Appointment Only

Course offerings:

Research for Mental Health Professionals Human Growth & Development Orientation to Professional Counseling Clinical Diagnosis and Psychopathology Test and Measurements.

Where are you from?

Youngstown, Ohio

Research interests:

Research with marginalized populations

What made you decide to go into the Counseling field?

I always knew that I would end up in a "helping profession." My bachelors degree is in psychology and my first graduate program was in General Psychology at the University of Dayton. There, I studied social and developmental psychology while working in the Office for Residential Programs/Student Affairs. I really loved working with that population (emerging adults). After life threw curveballs, I had to make a move and that move entailed me moving back to Youngstown and headed back to school in College Counseling. This combined two passions - working with emerging adults and counseling (helping). From there, I went for my PhD at Kent State and have been counseling and teaching since!

What attracted you to John Carroll University?

I "fell" into a practicum and internship at JCU while in graduate school at YSU. As I went through training and learned about the history and mission of JCU, I started to connect to JCU on a deeper level. After working there in both positions, I knew that JCU was special and I knew that I wanted to be at JCU in some capacity (as a counselor or counselor educator). Also, as I got to know the students I realized how special this place and its students really are.

What are some of your favorite pastimes, interests, or passions outside of work?

Family and friends; travel; bike riding/walking on trails; English humor

What are you most looking forward to this year?

Making some great connections with staff and students; establish myself in advising students and teaching; seeing what I can accomplish as far as getting students interested and becoming active researchers, and becoming involved in the university as well.

Degrees:

BA & M.Ed- Youngstown State University

Ph.D. - Kent State University