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- Chris Wood
- Associate Professor
- Counseling & Human Services
- New College Institute
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Martinsville,
VA
24112
- 276-403-5600
- ctwood@odu.edu
- Chris Wood is an Associate Professor in the Counseling and Human Services Dept. and the Graduate Program Director for the
distance learning counseling program.
Dr. Wood has been Principal Investigator, Faculty Research Associate, or Research Methodologist on over $3 million in grants.
His grant experience includes over a dozen research projects investigating the efficacy of career development interventions
in K-12 settings. Chris Wood was a career assessment coordinator and research assistant on a $1.3 million dollar Community
Employment Education Center grant from the Office of Adult and Vocational Education (Grant # V199G40042) and a Faculty Research
Associate on a grant from the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (Grant #VO51A990006).
Dr. Wood has over 30 conference presentations and 30 publications including articles in Professional School Counseling, the
Journal of Counseling & Development, the Journal of College Counseling, Counselor Education & Supervision, Career Planning
and Adult Development Journal , and The Elementary School Journal. He is currently the Head Editor for the Professional School
Counseling journal, the flagship research journal for the American School Counseling Association (ASCA).
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Education
- Oregon State University,
2001
- Major: Counseling
- Degree: Ph. D.
- Eastern Washington University,
1996
- Major: Applied Psychology
- Degree: M.S.
- Gonzaga University,
1993
- Major: Psychology and Sociology (double major)
- Degree: B.A.
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Research Interests
- School Counseling
Career Development Interventions
Strengths-Based Approaches for Youth
Social Justice
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Licensures and Certifications
- National Certified Counselor (NCC) #45481
- Sponsoring Organization: NCC
- National Certified School Counselor (NCSC) #45481
- School Counselor Certification
- Sponsoring Organization: Educational Staff Associate (ESA) Endorsement, WA
- Date Obtained: 1996-05-01
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Expertise
- Counseling
- career development, career counseling, career assessment instruments, school counseling
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Books
- Wood, C. T., and Hays, D. (2013). A counselor's guide to career assessment instruments (6/e). Broken Arrow, OK: National Career Development Association.
- Whitfield, E. A., Feller, R., and Wood, C. T. (2009). A counselor’s guide to career assessment instruments.. Broken Arrow, OK: National Career Development Association.
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Book Chapters
- Wood, C. T., Hays, D., and (2013). Additional Career Assessment Instruments.
- Wood, C. T., Hays, D., and (2013). Uses of Career Assessment.
- Hays, D. G., Wood, C. T., and Smith, J. (2012). Advocacy and leadership through research best practices..Professional Counseling Excellence Through Leadership and Advocacy.. New York: Routledge:
- Wood, C. T., and D'Agostino, J. V. (2010). Assessment in counseling: A tool for social justice work..ACA advocacy competencies: A social justice framework for counselors.. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
- Wood, C. T., and Hinkelman, L. (2008). Counseling students with addictions.Handbook of School Counseling (pp. 717-736). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
- Wood, C. T. (2008). Outcome based assessment for career development in the schools.Career Development in the Schools (pp. 53-68). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
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Articles
- Wood, C. T. (2012). Professional school counseling: Zeitgeist and lodestar.. Professional School Counseling, 16 (1), (pp. 4-6).
- Hays, D., and Wood, C. T. (2011). Infusing qualitative traditions in counseling research design. Journal of Counseling & Development, 89, (pp. 288-295).
- Wood, C. T. (2011). Meeting Human Needs Through Career Assessments. Career Developments, 27 (4), (pp. 3-7).
- Ratts, M. J., and Wood, C. T. (2011). The fierce urgency of now: Diffusion of innovation as a mechanism to integrate social justice in counselor education.. Counselor Education & Supervision, 50, (pp. 207-223).
- Wood, C. T. (2009). Building dreams and deeds: A pedagogy for preparing practitioners to use career assessments. Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 25, (pp. 72-81).
- Henfield, M. S., Moore, J. L., and Wood, C. T. (2008). Inside and outside gifted educational programming: Hidden challenges for African American students.. Exceptional Children, 74, (pp. 433-450).
- Wood, C. T., and Moore, J. L. (2008). Introduction: Elementary school counseling-interventions and programs. The Elementary School Journal, 108 (358-361),
- Wood, C. T., and Kaszubowski, Y. (2008). The career development needs of rural elementary school students. The Elementary School Journal, 108, (pp. 358-361).
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Presentations
- Free Informal and Formal Assessments for Use in Child/Adolescent Career Development
- Conference Name: (ACA)
- Sponsoring Organization: (ACA)
- Location: San Francisco
- Date: March, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
Rehfuss, M.
- How socially unjust is my program? Minding your P’s & C’s: Helping leaders evaluate and improve systems for teaching leaders
and helpers to be agents of change
- Conference Name: ACES
- Sponsoring Organization: ACES
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Date: October, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
Smith, J.
- What’s up with that? Helping teach the leaders and helpers to discern between qualitative research traditions
- Conference Name: ACES
- Sponsoring Organization: ACES
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Date: October, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
Hays, D.
Smith, J.
- What's up with that? Helping teach the leaders and helpers to discern between qualitative research traditions
- Conference Name: ACES
- Sponsoring Organization: ACES
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Date: October, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T. Leader
Hays, D. Presenter & Author
Smith, J.
- Tracking when healers are hurting: Investigating burnout in counseling students before they fade away
- Conference Name: (AACE) National Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: (AACE) National Conference
- Location: Ft. Worth, TX
- Date: September, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
- Making your voice heard: Practical strategies for writing for publication
- Conference Name: ASCA
- Sponsoring Organization: ASCA
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: June, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Sink, C.
Wood, C. T.
- Tips and Strategies of grant writing
- Conference Name: WACES
- Sponsoring Organization: WACES
- Location: Sacramento, CA
- Date: November, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
- Tricks for Treats: Tips and Strategies of grant writing
- Conference Name: SACES
- Sponsoring Organization: SACES
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: November, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
- School Counseling Interns: Models for Supervision
- Conference Name: WSCA
- Sponsoring Organization: WSCA
- Location: Seatac, WA
- Date: February, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
- Tools & Techniques to design, implement, and evaluate career development interventions. – Elementary
- Conference Name: WSCA
- Sponsoring Organization: WSCA
- Location: Seatac, WA
- Date: February, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
- ). Assessing High Students’ Career Development Needs and Evaluating the Efficacy of Career Development Interventions: A Pragmatic
Approach Using Free Tools
- Conference Name: WSCA
- Sponsoring Organization: WSCA
- Location: Seatac, WA
- Date: February, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Wood, C. T.
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research