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Alan G. Green, PhD, is associate professor and chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University School of Education, where he joined the faculty in 1999. He earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC and a master’s degree in school and community counseling from California State University in Sacramento. Dr. Green was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for his doctoral work in Guyana on adolescent stressors, coping responses and psychological adjustment. Prior to his appointment at Johns Hopkins, he was an adjunct professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University and a clinical psychology intern at the Maryland Department of Safety and Corrections. In addition to his academic duties, Dr. Green currently serves as Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, member of the Johns Hopkins Provost Advisory Committee, board member of Advocates for Children and Youth, and previously executive board liaison for the Empowerment Academy Charter School.

Dr. Green is a widely sought-after project evaluator and consultant to educational institutes and projects in the Greater Baltimore area. A sample of his past and current community projects include the School/Community Empowerment Teams, East Baltimore Education Initiative Eleav8, the Maryland State Department of Education IDEA Partnership, the St. Maarten Youth Violence Initiative, the West Baltimore Middle School Targeted Student Support Services Project, the Malcolm X Middle School Mental Health Behavioral Support Program, the Merritt Education Center School-Based Mental Health Behavioral Support Program, and the Meade Middle School Community Partnership Initiative. In addition, Dr. Green has served as a consultant to the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, and the Connexions Academy in Baltimore. Dr. Green was a recipient of the 2006 Counselors for Social Justice 'Ohana Honors Award for his efforts to affirm diversity and advocate for social justice.

Dr. Green has developed and taught several innovative graduate courses in counselor education, including Education of Culturally Diverse Students; Research and Evaluation for Urban School Counselors; Multicultural Counseling and Urban Youth and Families; and Spirituality, Culture and Counseling. He is a member of the American Black Psychologists Association, the American Counseling Association, the American Education Research Association, and the American School Counseling Association.

Education

PhD, Counseling Psychology, Howard University, Washington, DC, May 1997

Dissertation: “Adolescent Stressors, Coping Responses and Psychological Adjustment in Guyana”, J.W. Fulbright Student Fellowship.

MS, School and Community Counseling, California State University, Sacramento, CA, May, 1992

BA, Public Relations, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA, May, 1988

Faculty CV

Chair, Department of Counseling and Human Services	Johns Hopkins University	2008-Present
Associate Director, Urban Health Institute	Johns Hopkins University	2007-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Counseling and Human Services Program Coordinator, School Counseling and Urban School Counseling	Johns Hopkins University	2005-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Human Services Field Placement Coordinator, School Counseling, Urban School Counseling	Johns Hopkins University	1999-2005
Clinical Psychology Intern	Maryland Department of Public Safety and Corrections	2000-2004
Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, School of Education	New York University	1998-1999
Research Associate & Project Director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education; School of Education	New York University	1997-1999
Research Assistant, National Task Force on Minority High Achievement	The College Board, New York, NY	1997-1998
Counseling Psychology Intern, Caribbean Stress Management Institute	Caribbean Stress Management Institute, Georgetown, Guyana, South America	1996
Individual and Family Therapist/Extern	Progressive Life Center Washington, DC	1995
Teaching Assistant, Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, School of Education	Howard University	1994-1997
Home Mental Health Counselor/Psychiatric Assistant	Med Force Annandale, VA	1994-1995
Graduate Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, School of Education	Howard University	1993-1997
Instructor, The Learning Academy, School of Education	Howard University	1993-1995

Scholarly/Research Interests

He has published in many journals in areas, including Social Work, Professional School Counselor, International Journal of Leadership in Education, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, and has contributed to several seminal texts in the school counseling field. In addition, Dr. Green has presented his work at numerous conventions of national and international organizations, including the American Public Health Association, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the National Office of School Counselor Advocacy, and the Guyana Conference on Substance Treatment Symposium.

Current Activities - Grants/Sponsored Research/Partnership Activities

His research interests include urban school counseling, contextually relevant mental health interventions for African-American adolescents, and individualized supplemental education. His current research projects are funded by the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute and the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Green was the principal investigator for “Project Inspiration”, a federally funded Urban School Counseling demonstration program for the Baltimore City Public School System.

Dr. Green is a project evaluator with the Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE), a partnership between the Urban Leadership Institute, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Dr. Green is working with the Institute and Hopkins graduates students to develop supportive programs PRAISE parents of African American adolescents.

Selected Publications

Beaty-O’Ferrall, M.E., Green, A., & Hanna, F. (in press) Classroom management strategies for difficult students: Promoting change through relationships. Middle School Journal.

Lindsey, M. A., Korr, W. S., Broitman, M., Bone, L., Green, A. G., & Leaf, P. J.(2006). Help-seeking behaviors and depression among African-American adolescents.Social Work. 51, 49-58.

Green, A. G., Conley, J. A., & Barnett, K.(2005). Urban school counseling:Implications for training and practice. Professional School Counselor. 8, 189-196.

Green, A. G., Conley, J. A., Barnett, K., & Benjamin, E.(2005). Urban school counseling and the achievement gap.E-Journal for Teaching and Learning in Diverse Settings. Vol. 2, Issue 1.

Hanna, F. J., & Green, A. G.(2004). Asian shades of spirituality: Implications for multicultural school counseling.Professional School Counselor, 7, 326-333.

Pajak, E., & Green, A. G.(2003). Loosely coupled organizations, misrecognition, and social reproduction.International Journal of Leadership In Education, 6, 393-413.

Guindon, M. H., Green, A. G., & Hanna, F. J.(2003). Intolerance and psychopathology: Toward a clinical diagnosis for racism, sexism, and homophobia.AmericanJournal of Orthopsychiatry, 73, 167-176.

Green, A. G., & Keys, S. G.(2001). Expanding the developmental school counseling paradigm: Meeting the needs of the 21st century student. Professional School Counselor, 5, 84-95.

Book Chapters

Green, A. (in press). Doing good versus avoiding harm: Resolving situational contradictions, . In W. B. Johnson & G. Koocher (Eds.) Casebook on ethically challenging work settings in mental health and the behavioral sciencesVol I (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Bridglall B., Green, A. G., & Mejia, M.(2005).A taxonomy of supplementary education programs.In E. G. Gordon, B. Bridglall, &S. Meroe(Eds.), Supplementary education, The College Board.NY: Rowman & Littlefield.

Keys, S. G., & Green, A. G.(2005).Enhancing developmental school counseling programs through collaboration.In C. Sink (Ed.), Contemporary school counseling: Theory, research, and practice. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.

Hanna, F. J., & Green, A. G.(2004).Hope and suicide: Establishing the will to live.In D. Capuzzi (Ed.), Suicide across the life span: Implications for counselors (pp. 62-93).Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Keys, S. G., & Green, A.G. (2004).School counseling.In D. Capuzzi, &D. Gross(Eds.),Introduction to the counseling profession (pp.333-356).Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Keys, S., Green, A., Lockhart, E., & Luongo, P. (2002).School consultation.In B. Erford

(Ed.), Professional school counseling on the cutting edge (pp. 171-190).Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Book Review/Editorial Reviews

Green, A.G.(2003).[Review of the book Celebrating diversity:Building self-esteem in today’s multicultural classrooms.Siccone (1995)].International Journal of Counseling, 25(2-3), 193-195.