Robert D. Colbert, Ph.D. Associate Professor.

Background: Dr. Colbert coordinates and teaches courses in the school counseling program. He received his MSE from Kansas University and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Current activities: Currently Dr. Colbert is investigating the role of collaborations among counselor educators, teacher educators, superintendents, and principals in enhancing school counselor accountability for student academic achievement. A recent qualitative study has helped to identify specific processes involved in developing school and family partnerships that are conducive to school counselor facilitation utilizing traditional group counseling knowledge and skills.

Teaching interests: Dr. Colbert endeavors to study the processes involved in district level school change as a means for identifying, implementing, and determining the effectiveness of methods for schoolcounselor’s role in education reform.