Luis Antonio Tosado II
Program Director, School Counseling
Clinical Associate Professor
COUNSELING, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Specialty/Research Focus
Access and Equity; Diversity; ESL / ENL / Bilingual; Educator Preparation; Immigrant Issues; Leadership; Race, Inequality, and Education; Urban Education; School Counseling
Professional Summary:
Dr. Luis Antonio Tosado II, NCC, NCSC is a Clinical Associate Professor and program director for the school counseling program. His research and scholarly interests are related to the college readiness of Latino youth and emergent bilingual students; the social justice advocacy and leadership role of school counselors in urban school districts; and interventions such as Brief Solution Focused Counseling, Restorative Practices, and Financial Counseling. His professional school counseling experiences have been in urban middle schools and high schools, in both Texas and Maryland. Before beginning his professional school counseling career Dr. Tosado served as an elementary teacher. He is also a veteran and served in the United States Marine Corp Reserves and Army National Guard.
Education and Training:
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, Counselor Education
- Cert., University of Toronto, Canada, Solution Focused Brief Therapy
- MS, Tarleton State University, Educational Psychology/School Counseling & Guidance
- BS, Sam Houston State University, Psychology
Recent Presentations:
Conferences:
- Burt, I, & Tosado, L.A. II (2023, October). Cultivating racial equity in a counseling program: Racial affinity groups for beginning counselors. Denver, CO: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.;
- Burt, I., Cunningham-Abbott, A., Hyun, J., Lee, T.S., Lane, J., & Tosado, L.A., II. (2023, October). Going above and beyond: Developing anti-oppressive strategies in Counselor Education programs for students and faculty. Denver, CO: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.;
- Burt, I., Leigh-Osroosh, K., Munoz-Lorenzo, O., Tosado, L.A., II., & Ward-Sutton, C. (2023, October). Real talk on navigating academia from diverse intergenerational perspectives: Not just surviving, but striving and thriving! Denver, CO: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision;
- Burt, I., Tosado, L.A., II., Leigh-Osroosh, K. & Prosser, T. (2023, February). Facilitating students’ journeys through their cultural trepidations: A racial healing group for counselors-in-training. Virtual, Counselors for Social Justice Professional Development Institute.;
- Tosado, L.A., Mortel, R., Koski, J., and McCoy, M. (2021, November). Eliciting African American and Latina/o families’ money stories: Small group conversations. Virtual, Financial Therapy Association.;
Recent Activities:
Professional Service:
- Vice President Latina/o Concerns (Association Multicultural Counseling and Development)
07/01/2016-06/30/2017