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Lewis and Clark Graduate School

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A Lewis & Clark graduate school education is built upon the values and practices associated with critical thinking, individual growth, and social justice. Our programs combine rigorous academic work with unparalleled hands-on and field-based experiences—students spend nearly 200,000 hours working in Portland-area schools and mental health agencies each year, beginning the first semester of study.

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  • <article class="featured-story"> <div class="featured-story_image"> <span class="lw_item_thumb"> <a href="/live/news/54311-welcome-professor-tianka-pharaoh"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/688/width/500/height/500/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/688/width/500/height/500/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/688/width/500/height/500/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/688/width/500/height/500/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/688/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/688/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/688/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.jpg" alt="Tianka Pharaoh" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/688/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/691,0,2822,2133/105619_TPharaoh_Main_Headshot_2022.rev.1728074054.jpg 2x" data-max-w="2131" data-max-h="2133" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="featured-story_text"> <h3 class="featured-story_title"> <a class="tagline" href="/live/news/54311-welcome-professor-tianka-pharaoh">“Lewis & Clark is the perfect fit—a community dedicated to supporting students as they grow, both academically and as future leaders in counseling.”</a> </h3> <div class="featured-story_summary"> <h4> <a href="/live/news/54311-welcome-professor-tianka-pharaoh">Welcome Professor Tianka Pharaoh</a> </h4> <p> Professor Pharaoh joins the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling from the University of Central Florida UCF (Orlando, FL). She is a faculty member in the School Counseling program.</p> </div> <a class="featured-story_btn" href="/live/news/54311-welcome-professor-tianka-pharaoh">Read More <span class="sr-only">about Welcome Professor Tianka Pharaoh</span></a> </div> </article>
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Faculty Highlights

Kristine Bella

New Grant Supports Media Production at Community Counseling Center
Art Therapy Instructor Kris Bella led the art therapy program in writing a grant that was recently awarded through Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission for $71,000 that will supply equipment for the digital media lab at the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center. The program will use the funding to create an art therapy specific video to air on public access television.
Educational Leadership Professor Lisa Collins visits Ireland with Outdoor Writers Association of America.

Exploring Ireland With Outdoor Writers Association of America
Educational Leadership Professor Lisa Collins was invited to tour Ireland thanks to her environmental advocacy work. “Ireland is amazing in a way I did not expect. The oppression in the past mirrors what we experienced in the US. Learning the history from the people who love their land and community is heartwarming. What a dream!”
Alexia de Leon

Mentoring the Next Generation of Minority Fellowship Scholars
Professional Mental Health Counseling, Addictions Professor Alexia de León mentored three PMHC-A students who received the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) addictions scholarship for $15,000 each. Professor de León has now mentored a total of 15 students to receive this scholarship to date.
Liza Finkel

NSF Funded Opportunity Pairs LC Students with Local STEM teachers
Teacher education professor Liza Finkel talks to L&C’s undergraduate student newspaper, The Mossy Log, about an upcoming summer program that will pair 10 local middle and high school teachers with undergraduate students interested in teaching science or math.
Brenda Sifuentez

Historically Underrepresented Students Redefining College Success
Educational leadership professor Brenda Sifuentez and University of North Carolina at Greensboro teacher education professor Delma Ramos recently published Historically Underrepresented Students Redefining College Success in Higher Education in the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success
Mary Andrus DAT, LPC, LCAT, ATCS (She/Her/Hers)

Collective Liberation: Art & Film
Art therapy professor Mary Andrus co-presented Collective Liberation: Art & Film to process a university closure, with art therapy alumni Amy Simpson at the national American Educational Studies Association conference in Portland, Oregon.
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News and Media

Hayes Young, TransActive Program Director

TransActive Gender Project Announces New Leadership

After an extensive search, the graduate school is thrilled to welcome Hayes Young as TransActive Gender Project’s new program director!

Rear view of little boy and his classmates raising arms to answer teacher's question during the lecture in the classroom.

A New Chapter in Social Studies Education

Oregon’s 2024 Social Studies Standards introduce fresh perspectives and a more inclusive curriculum. Clinical Assistant Professor Cari Zall explains the new standards and how Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling is preparing future educators to work with these guidelines.

Oregon Writing Project Says Goodbye

Longtime OWP director Linda Christensen retired this year, bringing to a close her impactful 35 year career teaching writing throughout Oregon.

Self Portrait, by Emily Lichtenberg

Celebrating Growth With Art

WE ARE HERE, currently installed in the Art Therapy Gallery at the Community Counseling Center, features art by art therapy faculty, students, supervisors, and alumni, and celebrates the opening of a new Lewis & Clark community space for art making.

Hybrid School Psychology Program Draws Media Attention

Professor and school psychology program director Elena Diamond discusses with the Oregonian how the hybrid school psychology program increases access to a fully accredited program, specifically in rural Oregon districts where the school psychologist shortage is felt most acutely.

An artist's rendering of clients engaged in art therapy.

A Growing Hub for Mental Health

Lewis & Clark’s newly expanded Community Counseling Center serves as a training ground for counseling students and a thriving mental health resource for Portland.

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