Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology

10/06/2024

Find out more about the recent Journal for Social Action, Counseling, and Psychology edition on our website: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp

29/05/2024

14/05/2024

The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology presents its new members in the editorial team:

Editorial Team
Current Co-Editor (2016-Present)
Lawrence Hal Gerstein, Ph.D.
George & Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Psychology-Counseling
Ball State University
Department of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, and Counseling
The Center for Peace & Conflict Studies
Muncie, Indiana USA

Current Co-Editor (2024-Present)
Giuseppina (Pina) Marsico, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Development and Educational Psychology
University of Salerno
Salerno, Italy

Production Editor (2023-Present)
Katie Bohnert
Ball State University
University Libraries
Muncie, Indiana USA

Current Editorial Assistants
Aashna Banerjee, M.A.
Ball State University
Department of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, & Counseling
Muncie, Indiana

Ana Luiza de França Sá, Ph.D.
Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Brasília- IFB
Riacho Fundo Campus, Brazil
Previous Editor (2016-2023)
Pamela Valera, Rutgers University (New Jersey)

Founding Editors (2007-2016)
Rebecca Toporek, San Francisco State University (California)
Tod Sloan, Lewis & Clark College (Oregon) (Deceased)

Advisory Board
Patricia Arredondo, President, Arredondo Advisory Group
Allen Ivey, Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mary Bradford Ivey, University of South Florida
Isaac Prilleltensky, Vice Provost for Institutional Culture, University of Miami
Anthony Marsella, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii (Deceased)

Editorial Board
Cristelle Audet, University of Ottawa, Canada (2025)
Aashna Banerjee, Ball State University (2026)
Dareen Basma, Carnegie Mellon University (2024)
Sharon Bowman, Ball State University (2025)
Amanda Case, Purdue University (2025)
Rita Chi-Ying Chung, George Mason University (2025)
Rachel Gali Cinamon, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2024)
Aubrey Daniels, Rider University (2024)
Ciro De Vincenzo, University of Padova, Italy (2026)
Alicia Español-Nogueiro, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (2026)
Lisa Goodman, Boston College (2025)
Rachael Goodman, George Mason University (2025)
Ellen Gutowski, University of Toronto, Canada (2026)
Niki Harre, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2025)
Nolan Krueger, University of California-Santa Barbara (2026)
Hang-Shim Lee, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea (2026)
Eric Mankowski, Portland State University (2024)
Martin Milton, Regents University-London, United Kingdom (2024)
Guerda Nicolas, University of Miami (2026)
Christine Park, Adler Graduate School (2024)
Camila Pérez, Universidad Adventista de Chile, Chile (2026)
Russell Searight, Lake Superior Stater University (2026)
Jui Shankar, Savitribai Phule University, India (2026)
Kevin A. Tate, State University of New York, College at Brockport (2024)
Alexander Tatum, Ball State University (2025)
Edil Torres-Rivera, Chicago School of Professional Psychology (2025)
Kiesha Warren-Gordon, Ball State University (2026)

Special thanks to Geraldine Palmer

Remembering Dr. Judy Lewis, Advisory Board Member 2005-2014

10/05/2024

Call for Papers: Indigenous Action for Environmental Justice

This call invites researchers interested in the field of Environmental Psychology to participate in the special issue: Indigenous Action for Environmental Justice, to be published in the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP).

Potential contributions should be relevant to a wide audience of readers including counselors, psychologists, and related human service professionals as well as students and educators. Policy makers, community organizers, and activists also should find the content to be informative and relevant to their work.

Please remember that JSACP features action-oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. To be considered, these articles must include empirical data.

Thematic lines of this Special Issue
• Indigenous actions to protect eco-cultural places.
• Indigenous actions on environmental education.
• Environmental advocacy by indigenous communities.
• Indigenous innovations for sustainability.

Guest Editor
Camila Pérez Huenteo, Ph.D. (Adventist University, Chile).

Reception of proposals
Please send the title, abstract (maximum of 250 words), affiliation, a short bio (maximum 250 words) and a list of up 10 publications by no later than June 15, 2024 to [email protected].

Individuals asked to write an article will have until September 27, 2024 to submit their manuscript through JSACP’s website. Manuscripts will then undergo a double-blind peer review.

08/05/2024

Want to have your work published? Visit the JSACP website and see our guidelines. The publication is free of taxes, and papers are download-free!
https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp

23/04/2024

Hello everyone!
Here are the recent publications for JSACP!
All papers are for free download. Visit our website: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp/issue/view/338

09/04/2024

See what is new in the Journal for Social Action, Counseling, and Psychology!
“Community Engagement Training and Research in Counseling Psychology: A Two-Part Pilot Study” by Amanda S. Case and Abigail Hoxsey from Purdue University, US.
In this paper, Amanda and Abigail present a still unanswered question: To what extent do Counseling Psychology -CPSY programs offer training to prepare scholars to engage in community-based research? The authors carried out a two-pilot study consisting of a content analysis and a qualitative survey to bring an overview of all the elements that permeate the question. From content analysis, they chose flagship journals in the field of Counseling Psychology and, not surprisingly, found papers addressing the topic conceptually and the underrepresentation of empirical work on how to get access to the community field and how to approach action-participatory research properly. Based on four dimensions to classify the papers- Training Experiences, Program Emphasis on Community Engagement, Preparation to Conduct Community Engagement Work, and Alignment between actual and desired training- they proceeded with a survey with 36 individuals regarding their experiences in training and research on CPSY. Most participants reported receiving less training than they wanted in community engagement. These results show how important it is to maintain community engagement strategies to achieve CPSY core values, such as social justice, multiculturalism, and equity. To pursue them, a communication claim about the studies done in the field also needs to be fulfilled.
Thus, let's make your study in the field of CPSY known! Publish in the JSACP! It is an open-access free journal publishing empirical studies on Activism and Advocacy, Policy and Theory, Education and Training, and Program Development and Evaluation.

01/04/2024

How to submit and costs? Articles submitted to JSACP are subjected to masked review. To submit an article and learn more about JSACP, visit: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp. JSACP accepts around 20% of the articles submitted. As a fully open access journal, all articles are available free of charge on the JSACP website, and there are no submission fees.

17/02/2024

Call for Editorial Board and ad Hoc Reviewers -Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP)

Hello! The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) is in the process of recruiting individuals to serve as Editorial Board Members or Ad Hoc Reviewers.



Editorial Board Members

Qualifications. Individuals who are at least 3 years post-doctoral degree in counseling, psychology, or a related field, and have expertise in mixed methods research, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and/or community-based participatory research and also expertise in the following topics: social justice, advocacy, and/or activism.



Role of Editorial Board Members. The Editorial Board contributes to the editorial development of the Journal and shares the responsibility for the Journal's editorial content with the Co-Editors and Managing Editor. The primary responsibilities of a JSACP Editorial Board Member are:

· Review article submissions to the JSACP. In general, this will occur once every three months. Editorial Board Members are given 6 weeks to submit their reviews.

· Help promote the JSACP (e.g., encourage article submissions, announce publication of new Journal issues, follow the Journal on social media and share posts, if appropriate with others).

· Introduce new initiatives to improve the JSACP.

· Work in close cooperation with the Co-Editors and Managing Editor, and if necessary, the publisher's production staff, and other Editorial Board Members.



We expect a serious commitment from our Editorial Board Members to the above tasks. Board Members serve a three-year term.



To apply: Please email your CV and a one-page statement describing your fit with the mission of the Journal (see below) to [email protected] by March 15, 2024.



We look forward to working with you to shape the JSACP editorial policies and to provide your knowledge, expertise, and guidance to the authors and other individuals.



Ad Hoc Reviewers

Qualifications. Individuals in counseling, psychology, or a related field who are in their doctoral degree program or graduates of doctoral programs with expertise in mixed methods research, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and/or community-based participatory research and also expertise in the following topics: social justice, advocacy, and/or activism.



Role of Ad Hoc Reviewers. The primary responsibilities of an Ad Hoc Reviewer are:

· Each year, review 2 to 3 article submissions to the JSACP. Ad Hoc Reviewers are given 6 weeks to submit their reviews.

· If willing, help to promote the JSACP (e.g., encourage article submissions, announce publication of new Journal issues, follow the Journal on social media and share posts, if appropriate with others).



To apply: Please email your CV and a one-page statement describing your fit with the mission of the Journal (see below) to [email protected] by March 15, 2024.



We welcome your assistance with reviewing articles submitted to JSACP.



Yours,



Pina Marsico, Ph.D. and Delarious Stewart, Ed.D.

Co-Editors, Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology



Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D.

Managing Editor, Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology



https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp



Mission: The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology promotes deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. This open access Journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship’ and the very important social change work done by professionals and activists that would not normally find its way into publication. The Journal attempts to break down the divide between theory and practice in one of the most critical areas of our work: social transformation toward social and ecological justice and peace. This Journal features action-oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. Articles submitted to the Journal are subjected to a masked (double-blind peer) review.



Sponsors: Counselors for Social Justice & Psychologists for Social Responsibility



Publisher: Ball State University Center for Peace & Conflict Studies and Ball State University Libraries

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Educational Research Abstracts
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO Publishing)
Psychology Database
Scopus
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The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology promotes deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. This open access journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship’ and the very i...

04/02/2024

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Download and read the full article here:

27/01/2024

THE WINTER ISSUE IS OUT!!!!!!

We are very pleased to share with you the Table of Contents for the Winter 2023 (Volume 15 No 2) issue of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP).

The journal is fully open access. So go here https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp

Download the articles in JSACP for free and give us your feedback.

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01/05/2021

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage month! Recently, members of the APA heritage have faced growing violence and racism. Here’s what you can do to help: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/us/how-to-help-asian-americans-under-attack-wellness/index.html?utm_term=1619354817459fe829ac9452a&utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Sunday%2C+April+25%2C+2021&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1619354817462&bt_ee=IkfVtgNVGPU0gotdXD5Yk6p6cc5AVps40GxVvoe%2FbhS5ZLFXSgvlVdigc1ebFQoa&bt_ts=1619354817462

01/05/2021

Congratulations to Chloé Zhao for becoming the first woman of color to win an Oscar for best director for her movie "Nomadland"! https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/04/25/oscars-chloe-zhao-first-woman-color-win-best-director-nomadland/7333435002/

Chinese-born director Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director for "Nomadland." She's only the second woman to win the award.

30/04/2021

Week 47 of the Peace Center’s Altruistic Stories are now published! You can read them all here: https://commcenter.bsu.edu/message/week-47-altruistic-stories-from-the-bsu-peace-center

29/04/2021

Since March, India’s COVID case numbers are rising rapidly. In fact, it has had its highest daily caseloads since the beginning of the pandemic all this last week. The US plans to deploy supplies and support including PPE, test kits, and ventilators. Learn more here: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/india/india-covid-international-aid-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_term=1619432538887fc85e58f14d5&utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Monday%2C+April+26%2C+2021&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1619432538889&bt_ee=A0ZyX0KoKXhVfUqYCAWEo73rXrQCXqF4KVrGjm%2F63njVDiep%2FjRMn%2FtI0sIPgvuo&bt_ts=1619432538889

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29/04/2021

The US has officially begun to withdraw troops from Afghanistan marking the official beginning of the end to America’s longest war. Learn more here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/what-we-know-about-us-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan

28/04/2021

The US officially declared the actions against the Armenian people in 1915 a genocide. The Armenian Genocide lead to over 1.5 million deaths due to ethnicity. Learn more here: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-turkey-government-and-politics-middle-east-europe-dbe6bc9ddac90c1393e6c33ff2220781

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The systematic killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century was “genocide,” the United States formally declared on Saturday, as President Joe Biden used that precise word after the White House had avoided it...

28/04/2021

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27/04/2021

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27/04/2021

This dramatic dance/spoken word piece "A History of Loving: Part II" was such a powerful performance! Watch the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeAQzRX5NEs

26/04/2021

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25/04/2021

It’s been over 2 weeks since the Cohen Peace Conference! Check out this dance titles "Intertextuality" that was made for the conference and embraces themes of peace: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eR7ag7XTh_nDkcVNDjqDem_MRVhjex7F/view

24/04/2021

The Cohen Peace Conference hosted an art gallery created by Ball State Students to represent peace and a Beloved Community. Check out all of the artwork here:
https://art-exhibition-bsu.studio
(P.s. if you click on the art on the right, it will blow it up and show a description of the art)

24/04/2021

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23/04/2021

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22/04/2021

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