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Dr. LaTonya Summers
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Ethnic Minority Mental Health, Supervision, Program Development
Education:
Ph.D, Counselor Education and Supervision, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.A., Agency Counseling with emphasis in Addictions, Appalachian State University
B.S, Psychology with emphasis in Childhood Education, Appalachian State University
Professional Information:
Dr. Summers comes to JU bringing 23 years of clinical counseling, supervision, and
entrepreneurial experience to the classroom as an assistant professor. She enjoys
integrating her clinical experience in the classroom through active, experiential,
and transformative learning. She is a licensed professional counselor supervisor and
licensed clinical addictions specialist in North Carolina, and is seeking equivalent
licensure in Florida. She is the founder of the annual Black Mental Health Symposium,
a national conference aimed to equip all practitioners with culturally-specific interventions
to improve mental health in Black communities. For her work with ethnic minorities,
she was honored as a 2016 NBCC Minority Fellow, received the 2017 Chi Sigma Iota award
for Outstanding Contribution to Social Justice and Advocacy, and the international
2018 Chi Sigma Iota award for Outstanding Practitioner-Supervisor. Her current research
interests focus on multicultural issues in counseling and supervision, and social
justice and advocacy. She lives in Jacksonville with her husband, Nathan but stays
close to their young adult children in Charlotte.