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A UNA faculty member was recently appointed editor of the Journal

of Mental Health Counseling, a quarterly publication that focuses

on clinical studies and counseling practices for members of the

American Mental Health Counselors Association.

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Dr. Quinn Pearson, a licensed professional counselor and UNA

professor of counselor education, was named editor after working on

the journal’s editorial board from 2002 to 2008. She will begin her

three-year position in July 2011.

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“Dr. Pearson is an excellent choice to serve as editor for this

important national journal,” said Dr. Paul Baird, chair of the UNA

Department of Counselor Education. “Furthermore, her selection is a

tribute to the high quality of Dr. Pearson’s scholarship andto her

expertise as a counselor educator. This is an uncommon opportunity

for a university that is not a doctoral, research institution.”

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Pearson was selected for the position after competing with a small

pool of qualified applicants across the country that had either

served as an associate editor for the journal or had equivalent

editorial experience.

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As editor, Pearson will organize the peer review process, manage

correspondence, edit submissions, supervise the editorial board,

give feedback to authors and perform other tasks.

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“I am incredibly honored to have the opportunity to impact the

professional literature in the mental health counseling field and

to be involved at a higher level,” Pearson said.