b'WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 19circle-caret-up Jason Osher, PhD, Associate Professor, with his studentsCounseling and We are continuing to grow. The William Behavioral Health James College chapter of Psi Chi was established in 2024, with Dr. Kerri Augusto as its faculty NILDA M. LABOY, PSYD, CHAIR,sponsor. The Leaders in Diversity and Resilience COUNSELING AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH(LDR) Fellowship for students in the on-campus DEPARTMENT AND ASSISTANT VP FORMA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling ACADEMIC AFFAIRS program and funded by the Health Resources The Counseling andServices Administration (HRSA) Scholarship for Behavioral HealthDisadvantaged Students is now in its fifth year, and Department has grownbenefits 20 students per year with scholarships, since the inception of thefaculty and alumni mentors, and other supports.first counseling mastersOur practitioner faculty have leaderships roles program in 2007,within the College, as well as statewide, nationally, making us the second- and internationally. Some highlights include the largest department inwork of Dr. Mari Bennasar in the Latino Mental the College. We now offer four distinct academicHealth Program and our affiliation in Ecuador; Dr. programs, in addition to providing the academicDavid Haddad and his collaborations in Kenya; Dr. component for the Behavioral Health ServicePaola Contreras and her teaching in Guatemala; Corps. The college-wide concentrations in Militaryand Dr. Yousef AlAjarma and his efforts in and Veterans Psychology and the LGBTQIA+Palestine and Mexico. Mrs. Melissa Koen, LMHC, Studies also have a home in our department. is the president of the Massachusetts and Rhode'