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 Articles:
- 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
- Wright, A. J., Williams, N., Starling, T., Reynolds, A. L., & Garcia-Lavin, B. (2023). Deep structure course and curriculum liberation for social responsiveness. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 17(1), 22–30. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000434
Recent Presentations:
Invited Lectures:
- Reynolds, A. L. (2026, May). “Wake up everybody:” Finding our way towards liberation and transformation. Invited talk at the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, Niagara Falls, NY.;
Conferences:
- Marks, L. R., Ghahary, N., Reynolds, A. L., Beasley, S., Sun, C., Perez, J., Sparks, S., Velez, B., Sanchez, D., & Wilcox, M. (2026, January). Critical Counseling Psychology at a critical moment: Reclaiming purpose in a shifting world. Symposium at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Seattle, Washington.;
- Marks, L. R., Wilcox, M., Rojas, A., & Reynolds, A. L. (2026, August). Structural competency and pedagogy: Foundations in training. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC.;
- Toporek, A., & Reynolds, A. L. (2026, January). From Harm to Healing: Research, Stories, and Mutual Support for Navigating Backlash. Symposium at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Seattle, Washington.;
- 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.;
Recent Activities:
Professional Service:
- Representative. Division 17, American Psychological Association, Council of Representatives.
Jan 2025-May 2026 - Member, Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, APA, Counseling Psychology Diversity Statement Revision Working Group
Aug 2024-May 2025 - Co-Chair, Joy Summit Planning Committee, Society of Counseling Psychology Presidential Initiative.
Aug 2023-Aug 2024 - President, Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, American Psychological Association, 2021-2022
Aug 2021-Aug 2022 - Site Visitor, American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation, 2016-present
Aug 2016-May 2026