Jared Lau, Ph.D.
Email: jared.lau@ttu.edu
Phone: 806-834-5154
Jared Lau comes to the counselor education program at Texas Tech University after over a decade at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and prior to UNLV at Fresno State University in Fresno California. Jared’s scholarship is largely defined as Ecological and Multicultural Counseling and Development. More specifically, Jared’s research focuses on international students and counselor training, antiracism and counselor’s use-of-self, counseling training environment research and assessment, and assessment/instrument development approaches in counseling research. In all cases, his scholarships strives to be applicable and relevant in both domestic and international contexts.
Jared’s scholarship can be found in professional top tier journals such as Counselor Education and Supervision, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, Journal of Humanistic Counseling, The Family Journal, International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling, Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Community College Review, and Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
Jared is a former President of the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES), Member of the Governing Council for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) and is the 2023 recipient of the ACES Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentor Award. Jared is currently the Secretary for the ACA division Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) and is an editorial board member for the Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling. He is a Nationally Certified Counselor and a licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Nevada and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. His previous clinical experiences include university counseling centers, career centers, group practice, community agencies, and being a 9th grade high school counselor. Jared loves the water, sports, music, and spending time with family and friends.
Education
- PhD: Counseling, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- MA: Counseling, University of San Diego
- BS: Family Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Areas of Expertise
- Counselor Education and Supervision
- Ecological and Multicultural Counseling and Development
- Social Justice and Advocacy in Counseling
- International Students and Issues in Counselor Training
Selected Publications
Ng, K.-M., Anandavalli., S., Litherland, G., Bell, T.R., Ewe, E., Lau, J., & List, A. (2023). Counselor educators using self as instrument in antiracist teaching. Counselor Education and Supervision, 62(2), 171-184.https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12252
Gant, A.C., Becnel, A., Shi, Y., & Lau, J. (2023). Use of the MSJCC: A content analysis of ACA journals. Counselor Education and Supervision, 62(1), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12259
Seto, A., Lau, J., & Becker, K. (2023). Experiences of multiracial individuals: A Qualitative Inquiry. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 45(1), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-022-09488-8
Seto, A., Becker, K., Lau, J. (2021). “When you take this jump and cross racial Boundaries” Parents’ experiences of raising multiracial children. The Family Journal, 29(1), 86-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480720964713
Garza, T., Huerta, M., García, H., & Lau, J. (2021). Exploring Sense of Belonging, Socio-Academic Integrative Moments, and Learning Communities Related to ELs’ Persistence Pertaining to Re-Enrollment in Community Colleges. Community College Review. 49(1), 30-51. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0091552120964873
Chen, C.-C., Lau, J., W.-W., Richardson, & G. B., Dai. (2020). Measurement invariance testing in counseling research: Content analysis and update. Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory & Research, 47(2), 89-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/15566382.2020.1795806
Zhu, P., Lau, J., & Navalta, C. P. (2020). An ecological approach to understanding the pervasive and hidden shame in complex trauma. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 42(2), 155-169. doi: l10.11144/mehc.42.2.05
Lau, J., Su, Y.-W., Chen, C.-C., & Dai, C.-L. (2019). Utilizing a collaborative model in supervision with international counseling students. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 58(2), 150-164.doi: 10.1002/johc.12103
Lau, J., Ng, K.-M., & Vallett, D. B. (2019). The Counseling Training Environment Scale (CTES): Initial development and validity of a self-report measure to assess the counseling training environment. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 52(4), 255-273. doi: 10.1080/07481756.2019.1595813
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