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Counseling professor receives national social justice advocacy award Writer: Cindy Rhoten, 706/542-5889, schnably@uga.edu Contact: Pamela Paisley, 706/542-4142, ppaisley@uga.edu
Pamela Paisley has received the 2009 Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award.
Counseling professor Pamela Paisley has received the 2009 Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award for her dedication to social justice advocacy among K-12 students and in the field of school counseling.
Paisley, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services, received the award from the Counselors for Social Justice, a division of the American Counseling Association.
Paisley is coordinator of the school counseling program (M.Ed.) on the Athens campus and shares coordination responsibilities for the Ed.S. program in professional school counseling and the Ph.D. program in counseling and student personnel services, both at the Gwinnett campus.
In 2008, Paisley received the David K. Brooks Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award, a national honor presented each year by the American Counseling Association Foundation.
She received the 2006 'Ohana Honors Award from the Counselors for Social Justice and has served as president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
Paisley was principal investigator on a $450,000 DeWitt Wallace–Reader’s Digest grant for a project to transform school counseling preparation and practice. She has also received many teaching awards from UGA and Appalachian State University, where she taught for seven years before joining the UGA faculty in 1994.
Paisley worked as a teacher and counselor in North Carolina public schools for a decade before earning her Ed.D. in counselor education from North Carolina State University. Her research interests include school counseling program development, issues related to children and adolescents, and promoting development for adults in children's lives.
The Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award was established to honor Dr. Reese House, a highly respected counselor and educator. Each year, the award is given to an outstanding individual making important contributions to the counseling profession, as well as advocating social justice in K-12 students.
Paisley will be recognized at the ACA national conference March 21 in Charlotte, N.C.
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