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Dr. Melanie Wilcox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and the Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Augusta University in Augusta, GA. She is also a licensed psychologist in private practice providing teletherapy and teleassessment. She has served in a number of leadership roles in the American Psychological Association and its Divisions, including as a current member (and 2020 Chair) of the APA Board of Educational Affairs. Her research focuses on racial and economic inequity in higher education, culturally responsive psychotherapy and training, and Whiteness, racism, and antiracism.
To Conceal or Not to Conceal
Abstract Supervision is often conceived of as the “instructional strategy that most characterizes the preparation of mental health professionals” (Bernard & Goodyear, 2019; p. 2). Engaging in this process fully and authentically inevitably involves being vulnerable in front of and with one’s supervisor in an effort to learn and grow. To more fully understand the […]
Joanna M. Drinane, Ph.D. + 3 more
March 6, 2022
Mortgaging Careers
Student loan debt in the United States has been approaching crisis proportions since at least the early 2000s, but it is relatively recent that we in psychology have started to recognize the scope of the crisis in our own ranks. My research (Lantz [Wilcox] & Davis, 2017; Wilcox et al., 2021a, 2021b) has demonstrated that […]
Melanie M. Wilcox, Ph.D.
December 2, 2021