Amy L. Reynolds (she/her)
Department Chair
Professor
COUNSELING, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Specialty/Research Focus
Cultural Competence and Humility; Diversity; Clinical and Career Counseling; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Cultural Competence; LGBT+ Studies; Multicultural Competence; Queer and Trans People and Perspectives; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Mental Health; Social Justice; Training and Supervision
Professional Summary:
The primary focus of my scholarship is on multicultural and structural competence and training in counseling psychology and higher education. Specifically, my research has centered on expanding the multicultural knowledge base through scholarship on race, racial identity, and racism-related stress, queer and trans identity, acculturation, and other multicultural issues; exploring training and curricular applications in counseling psychology, and increasing understanding of multicultural change efforts in higher education. Additionally, my research has explored college student mental health issues, including the impact of politics on mental health and counselor training.
Education and Training:
- BS, Miami University
- MA, The Ohio State University
- PhD, The Ohio State University
Awards and Honors:
- Distinguished Elder; National Multicultural Conference and Summit; 2024-01-18;
- Lifetime Commitment to Education and Training Award; Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs; 2020-07-09;
- STAR Faculty Award for Service; Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo; 2016-05-04;
- APA Fellow; American Psychological Association, Division 17; 2015-04-30;
Recent Publications:
Journal Special Issue:
- Wilcox, M., Pérez-Rojas, A. E., Marks, L. R., Reynolds, A. L., Suh, H. N., Flores, L. Y., McCubbin, L., Wilkins-Yel, K., & Miller, M. (2024). Structural competencies: Re-Grounding Counseling Psychology in antiracist and decolonial praxis. The Counseling Psychologist, 1-42. DOI: 10.1177/00110000241231029.
Journal Article:
- Reynolds, A. L., Manges, M., McCabe, E. A., Kashani, B., Irizarry, E. M., & Reslink, A. (2025). Examining the intersection of sexual orientation and gender on outness and identity. Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 19(2), 197-215. DOI: 10.1080/26924951.2025.2471751
- Wright, A. J., Bergcamp, J., Williams, N. J., Garcia-Lavin, B., & Reynolds, A. L. (2025). Privilege in the room: Training future psychologists to work with power, privilege, and intersectionality with the therapeutic relationship. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000563
- Malone, C., Reynolds, A. L., & McCubbin, L. (2024). Disrupting the status quo in psychology training: Centering structural competence. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/pst0000557
Book Chapter:
- Jantzer, A. M., & Reynolds, A. L. (2024). Theoretical frameworks for pursuing transformative change on campus. In A. M. Jantzer, A. Mercedes, & B. Woodard (Eds), Pursuing Transformative Inclusion in Higher Education: Becoming Community. Lexington Books.
Recent Presentations:
Invited Lectures:
- Reynolds, A. L. (2024, September). “A Change is Gonna Come”: Decolonization and Anti-Racism in Psychology Training. Invited talk at the 2024 Diversity Challenge, Boston, MA.;
Conferences:
- Neville, H., Lewis, J. A., Reynolds, A. L., Ahn, L., Johnson, M., Gadson, C., & Stanley, D. (2024, August) Justice & joy- Reflections and next steps in transforming our healing praxis. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC.;
- Wilcox, M., Perez-Rojas, A., Marks, L. R., Wilkins-Yel, K., Miller, M., McCubbin, L., & Reynolds, A. L. (2024, August). Structural competencies: A new path toward an anti-racist psychology. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC.;
- Martinez, G. E., & Reynolds, A. L. (2023, October). Testing a Critical Cultural Wealth Model for first-generation, economically marginalized, Latinx college students. Poster session at the annual meeting of the National Latinx Psychological Association, Chicago, IL;
- Toporek, R., Singh, A., Cokely, K., Minero, L., Garrett-Walker, J., & Reynolds, A. L. (2023, August). Community care as resistance against surveillance, trolls, and hate in anti-oppression work. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC.;
Recent Activities:
Editorial and Review:
- Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
08/15/2016-05/30/2025 - Consulting Editor, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
06/01/2016-05/30/2025
Professional Service:
- Representative. Division 17, American Psychological Association, Council of Representatives.
01/01/2025-05/30/2025 - Member, Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, APA, Counseling Psychology Diversity Statement Revision Working Group
08/09/2024-05/30/2025 - Co-Chair, Joy Summit Planning Committee, Society of Counseling Psychology Presidential Initiative.
08/14/2023-08/08/2024