River Ginicola

About River Ginicola

Dr. Misty Ginicola is a Professor in the Counseling and School Psychology (CSP) department at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). Dr. Ginicola is also currently the Training and Evaluation Associate for the Mutt-i-grees Social and Emotional Skills Curriculum at North Shore Animal League and the School of the 21st Century in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University.Dr. Ginicola earned a B.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Exceptional Children at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland. She earned a M.A. Degree in Psychology from SUNY New Paltz, where she received training on counseling psychology. She received two additional Masters Degrees (M.S, M.Ph.) from Yale University and graduated with a Ph.D. from Yale in 2006. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at The School of the 21st Century further focusing on school mental health, education program evaluations, as well as a state-wide initiative in Arkansas designed to improve children\'s academics and social and emotional skills.Dr. Ginicola is of Cherokee and Celtic ethnicity and identifies as two-spirited. Dr. Ginicola’s personal experiences and professional interests have developed into specific research interests and social justice advocacy in the areas of working with diverse clients and teaching multicultural competence, creative counseling strategies and counseling for the LGBTQ+ population. Her previous and ongoing research studies address the broad definition of multicultural issues, including culture, ethnicity, disability, women’s issues, affectional and gender orientation, among others.

Experience

1. Professor

   Southern Connecticut State University

   Jun 2016 — Present · New Haven, CT, US

   Clinical Mental Health Faculty in CACREP accredited programTeach core level graduate courses: Research, Developmental, Multicultural, Counseling ProceduresTeach Advanced Clinical Mental Health coursesTeach Counseling fieldwork courses

Education

• Yale University

  Master of Science (MS), Psychology

  2001 — 2006

• Yale University

  Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Developmental Psychology

  2005

• Yale University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Developmental Psychology

  2001 — 2006

• SUNY New Paltz

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Psychology

  1999 — 2001

• Corning Community College

  Associate of Science (A.S.), Liberal Arts

  1996

• State University of New York Cortland

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology

  1999