Martin Ritchie, Ed.D., Professor
University of Virginia
Department Chair
School Counseling Program Coordinator
Martin Ritchie is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. He has worked as a school counselor and has trained counselors in both the United States and Australia. Dr. Ritchie has numerous publications and has presented at national and regional conferences. He has served as President of the Ohio Counseling Association, the Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and the Northwest Ohio Counseling Association. Dr. Ritchie has served as Editor of the Counselor Education. He is a co-founder of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. Current research interests include accountability of school counselors, professional identity, legal and ethical issues, and active ingredients in therapeutic change. Most recently, Dr. Ritchie was recognized as the 2006 Outstanding Mentor by the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Ritchie's office phone number is 419.530.4775, or you can email him at Martin.Ritchie@utoledo.edu. Feel free to visit Dr. Ritchie's web site at http://cesp.utoledo.edu/mritchie.
Wendy Cochrane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
School Psychology Coordinator
Wendy Cochrane received her Bachelor’s degree from Miami University (1990), Master’s degree from The Ohio State University (1994), and Doctoral degree from the University of South Florida (2000). Her graduate degrees are both in school psychology. Wendy has been a classroom teacher, worked on state grants, and has been a school psychologist for the past 3 years. She is state and nationally certified as a school psychologist. Her research interests include system-level change, group/team problem solving, school psychology training issues, and behavior assessment and intervention. You can contact Dr. Cochrane at Wendy.Cochrane@utoledo.edu. You can also visit Dr. Cochrane's web site at http://cesp.utoledo.edu/wcochrane/.
Paula Dupuy, Ed.D., Professor
University of Cincinnati
Doctoral Program Coordinator
Paula Dupuy joined the department in 1989. She is a licensed clinical counselor and psychologist in the State of Ohio. Dr. Dupuy has worked as a community counselor, school counselor, and consultant in race relations/multicultural counseling. Dr. Dupuy’s scholarly research interests have been in the areas of gender studies, multicultural counseling, family development, spirituality, qualitative methods, and ethics. She has published in refereed journals and books during her tenure in the department. Dr. Dupuy regularly attends professional meetings, conventions, workshops, and seminars. She has presented programs at professional meetings, such as the American Counseling Association Annual Convention, The Association of Counselor Education and Supervision convention, Annual Conference of the Research on Women in Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, American Counseling Association Annual Convention, World Family Therapy Congress, Midwestern Educational Research Association, and Great Lakes Regional Conference for Counseling Psychology. Dr. Dupuy has served on numerous university committees including Faculty Senate, Kohler International Travel Grants Committee and University Committee on Academic Personnel. Through a partnership with the University of South Africa (UNISA), she has taken doctoral students to South Africa to study with UNISA faculty and students and train in a township counseling clinic, hosted visiting professors from UNISA, and served on doctoral dissertation committees for students fro UNISA. Dr. Dupuy is a recipient of the 1999 North Central ACES Mentoring Award and the 1994 University of Toledo Multicultural Campus Community Service Award. Dr. Dupuy's office phone number is 419.530.4064, or you can email her at pdupuy@utnet.utoledo.edu. Visit Dr. Dupuy's website at http://cesp.utoledo.edu/pdupuy/.
Sharla Fasko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati
School Psychology Field Experience Coordinator
Sharla Nichols Fasko obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati in 1994. She was a public school employee for 17 years, the last 11 as a school psychologist in eastern Kentucky. There she served as Director of Crisis Intervention Services for the Rowan County Schools. Dr. Fasko received numerous state-level awards for her work in the schools. She served 10 years on the executive board of the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools, and was elected its president for 2000-01. Dr. Fasko is a native of Arkansas and has an undergraduate degree in music. She has four brothers, 2 daughters, 3 dogs, and a husband, the latter a professor at BGSU. She loves kids and dogs and being a home handyma'am. You can contact Dr. Fasko at Sharla.Fasko@utoledo.edu. You can visit her web site at http://cesp.utoledo.edu/sfasko/.
John Laux, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of Akron
Clinical Coordinator and Internship Coordinator
Chi Sigma Iota Advisor
John Laux received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Akron. John is an LPCC (with supervisory endorsement), and a CCDC III. His areas of clinical and research interest include dual-diagnosis, personality disorders, and personality assessment. He has clinical experience in a variety of treatment settings including the Cincinnati VAMC, a community mental health center, a campus counseling center, and an inpatient chemical dependence treatment center.Dr. Laux currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling & Development and the Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling. He is available by phone at 419-530-4705 and by e-mail at jlaux2@utnet.utoledo.edu. Dr. Laux's web site address is http://cesp.utoledo.edu/jlaux/.
Sue Martin
Department Secretary
Sue Martin has been the department secretary since 1973. Sue makes sure that everything runs smoothly and efficiently within the department. She has a fondness for faculty, students, and Scotty dogs, but not always in that order. Ms. Martin's office phone number is 419.530.2718, or you can email her at SMartin@utnet.utoledo.edu.
Nick Piazza, Ph.D., Professor
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Webmaster and Technology Coordinator
Nick J. Piazza, PhD, is a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed psychologist, and Professor in the Department of Counselor Education & School Psychology at The University of Toledo. Dr. Piazza has worked in the mental health and substance abuse fields since 1975, and holds national certification as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and as a Master Addictions Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). Before entering academia in 1984, Dr. Piazza was the Administrator of the Jacksonville Area Council on Alcoholism (JACOA), a regional comprehensive addiction inpatient and outpatient treatment hospital in central Illinois. Dr. Piazza is nationally recognized as a lecturer on psychopharmacology, and is on the medical staffs of two different local hospitals. He has numerous publications and has presented frequently at both the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association annual conventions. Dr. Piazza formerly served on the editorial boards of Counseling and Values and the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and is currently on the editorial board of Essential Psychopharmacology. Most recently, Dr. Piazza served as President of the Northwest Ohio Counseling Association from 2006-2007. Dr. Piazza's office phone number is 419.530.4721, or you can email him at Nick.Piazza@utoledo.edu. Be sure to visit Dr. Piazza's web site at http://cesp.utoledo.edu/npiazza/.
Kathleen Salyers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Ohio University
Community Counseling Program Coordinator
Substance Abuse Counseling Coordinator
Kathleen Salyers joined the department in the fall of 2001. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Ohio University. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), and Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor III-E (with supervisory endorsement) (CCDC III-E). Her areas of research interest include chemical dependency, addiction as a family disease, behavioral change, spirituality in counseling, and salutogenesis/wellness. Dr. Salyers has worked in the social service/mental health/chemical dependency fields since 1972. She has a varied background that includes working as a Behavioral Specialist with MRDD, Crisis Counselor with the homeless, Case manager for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Special Needs Coordinator with Headstart, and Chemical Dependency counselor/supervisor in outpatient and residential treatment settings. She is available by phone at 419-530-6125 and by e-mail at ksalyer@utnet.utoledo.edu. You can visit Dr. Salyer's web site at http://cesp.utoledo.edu/ksalyers/.
Daniel C. Seemann, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Dan Seemann joined the faculty at the University of Toledo in 1962. He has an MA in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. He has been both an administrator and teacher during his career. In the earlier years he was a board member for Rescue, Inc., the suicide prevention agency in Toledo, the Psychological Coordinator for a Vista training unit, and chair of the task force on mental disabilities for northwest Ohio. He was the first full-time Director of Student Activities at UT. His research interests include both psychology and chiropractic in which he has written over 50 articles. Some of his work in psychology dealt with the impact leader behavior and stress has in the work place. He helped establish measuring standards for the galvanic skin response (GSR). His interest in chiropractic is upper cervical biomechanics. In 1998, he received the R. R. Gregory award for outstanding scientific contributions to chiropractic. Dr. Seemann retired from UT in 1989, but continues to teach in the department during the Fall semester. He also holds the rank of Colonel USMC (ret) and plays string bass in a jazz group in the Toledo area. Dr. Seemann's office phone number is 419.530.4301.
Faculty can be contacted by mail or fax at the following address:
Department of Counselor Education & School Psychology
Health and Human Services Bldg., Room 3100
Mail Stop 119
The University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, Ohio 43606
Phone: 419-530-2718
Fax: 419-530-7879