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Assistant
Professor
Station 33
prochester@uwa.edu |
Degrees: |
Ph.D.,
Mississippi
State
University, 2000
M.Ed.,
Mississippi
State
University, 1974
B.S.,
Mississippi
State University |
Professional
Biography: |
Dr. Rochester
is an Assistant
Professor of
School
Counseling
Online at The
University of
West Alabama.
After first
instructing on
campus she began
teaching online
full time with
the second
online term that
was offered at
UWA. Dr.
Rochester earned
a BS degree in
Educational
Psychology with
a minor in
History and also
a Master of
Education degree
in Counselor
Education from
Mississippi
State University
(MSU). In 2000,
she earned her
Ph.D. in
Counselor
Education with a
minor in
Educational
Psychology from
MSU.
Dr. Rochester is
qualified as a
National
Certified
Counselor (NCC)
and Licensed
Professional
Counselor (LPC).
She has held
jobs in various
areas which
include
Mississippi Job
Service
performing
employment
counseling,
Mississippi
Department of
Mental Health,
East Mississippi
State Hospital
where she was
Training
Director,
Division
Director of
Human Services,
and Assistant
Administrator
On-call. Dr.
Rochester has
also instructed
at MSU (Meridian
Campus), East
Mississippi
Community
College and Sul
Ross State
University,
Texas where at
each location
she was an
adjunct
instructor. She
has been a
Psychologist and
Licensed Mental
Health Counselor
in private
practice.
She is a
native of
Pachuta,
Mississippi.
She and her
husband, Buford,
live in
Collinsville,
Mississippi.
They have one
son, Stephen, an
Archeologist at
San Diego,
California. They
are active
members of
Collinsville
United Methodist
Church.
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Employment
Date: |
Fall 2011 |
Classes
usually taught: |
SC543
Counseling
Children &
Adolescents
SC506 Life-Span
Develop/Learning
SC540
Introduction to
School
Counseling
SC547 Counseling
Multicultural
Populations
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Additional UWA
Assignments: |
Lead Teacher
SC540 and SC547,
Search Committee
I.L.S., Summer
2011, and
additional
tasking reading
and grading
comprehensive
examinations.
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Committees: |
SACS Online
Programs
Committee and
Library
Committee
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Academic /
Research
Interests: |
Ethics for
counselors and
therapists,
multicultural
issues
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Additional
Information: |
Rochester,
P.R. (1992).
Training
Techniques for
the Management
of Aggressive
Behavior. North
Carolina Journal
of Mental
Health. 11 (29),
35‑37.
Rochester, P.R.
(2000). The
Effects of
Management of
Aggressive
Behavior
Training on
Patient
Aggressive
Behaviors and
Staff
Performance
Ratings. Ph.D.
Dissertation,
Mississippi
State
University,
Mississippi
State,
Mississippi.
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WWW Links: |
Source for
APA style
assistance:
http://citationmachine.net/Alabama
Learning
Exchange:
http://alex.state.al.us/browseStand.php
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