Ashley Diaz
Dr. Ashley Maureen Diaz (she/her/ella) is an Assistant Professor in the Online MA in Clinical Counseling program at Alliant International University. She graduated with a PhD in Counselor Education from The Pennsylvania State University, with a specialty in counseling children, adolescents, and families. She is dedicated to social justice advocacy through teaching, clinical work, and service. Her clinical experience includes bilingual mental health counseling services in multiple settings, including outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, and college counseling centers. Dr. Diaz has also worked as a clinical counselor and Equity Liaison in a K-12 school district and facilitated efforts and initiatives to create a more equitable learning environment. Her research interests include culturally and linguistically responsive counselor training and supervision, counseling Latinx adolescents and families, and social justice/equity concerns in K-12 and post-secondary education settings.
Dr. Diaz enjoys regularly presenting her research at regional, state, and national conferences. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from The University of Texas at El Paso.
Judith Johnson
Dr Judith Johnson (she/her) is a Reader in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK, and the Director of Manchester Catalys, an organisation to help clinicians get into research. She is a practitioner Clinical Psychologist and holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manchester, UK, and a Clinical Psychology Doctorate (ClinPsyD) from the University of Birmingham, UK. In 2024, she was awarded the May Davidson Award, a British Psychological Society Award for clinical psychologists who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of their discipline within the first ten years of their qualified work. She has published over ninety peer-reviewed articles in high-quality journals including the BMJ, the International Journey of Surgery, and Academic Medicine. Her work has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the British Medical Association (BMA), the Medical Protection Society Foundation, and the Burdett Nursing Trust, amongst others. Her work has been covered by The Guardian, The Independent, and BBC News and has been referred to in guidance documents published by the World Health Organization, the British Medical Ultrasound Society and the Society and College of Radiographers.
Tyler Wilkinson
Dr. Tyler Wilkinson (he/him) earned his PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Auburn University. He has presented at numerous counseling conferences and has been published in various peer-reviewed counseling journals. His research interests include the implementation of technology in counseling and counselor education, humanistic approaches to counseling and counselor education, student cognitive development, licensure law, and couples counseling. Currently, he is a reviewer for the journals Counselor Education and Supervision and the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. He is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the State of Georgia, where he maintains a limited private practice.
Carlos Zalaquett
Dr. Carlos P. Zalaquett (he/him) is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). He is Vice-President for the US and Canada of the Society of Interamerican Psychology (SIP), the president-elect of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Counselors Association, and the past-president of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) and the Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association (SMHCA). Dr. Zalaquett is the coauthor of the internationally acclaimed books Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development in a Multicultural Society and Essentials of Intentional Interviewing: Counseling in a Multicultural World (Ivey, Ivey, & Zalaquett, 2015, 2013) and has published more than sixty scholarly articles. He serves as a faculty, trainer, and consultant for various academic institutions and is an internationally recognized expert in counseling, mental health, and psychotherapy. He has conducted trainings in countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Chili, Colombia, Guatemala, Singapore, and the United States.