Rema Reynolds, PhD

Dr. Rema Reynolds is the Section Editor for Counselor Education. Dr. Reynolds is an Assistant Professor at Azusa Pacific University teaching aspiring school counselors and school psychologists and offers support and instruction to pre-service Secondary teachers at UCLA’s teacher education program, Center X. Rema is also a former teacher, counselor, administrator, and currently organizes Black parents for the improvement of student achievement in various schools. Having recently earned her doctorate (PhD) from the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, Rema received the competitive University of California Office of the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. She will further her research agenda focusing on Black families in the Psychology Department at UC Riverside. Dr. Reynold’s research is centered in urban schools serving culturally, ethnically, and racially diverse students and families. Specifically, Rema examines issues of parent engagement as they relate to Black families and student achievement, instructional strategies educators employ to honor and incorporate literacies students bring to the classroom, cultural competencies counselors and school counselors acquire through their respective preparatory programs, and the roles of school administrators in community and civic development. Within the last three years before finishing her doctorate, Dr. Reynolds was recognized with an Emerging Scholar Award at APU, was a UC ACCORD fellow, and has published five articles and presented at numerous conferences.