Kenneth Simington

Assistant Professor Kenneth Simington is a Faculty Member at Wake Forest University since July 2021, serving as the School Counseling Program Coordinator. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from UNC-Greensboro (1996), an M.Ed. in Counseling from UNC Chapel Hill (1984), and a B.A. in Psychology from UNC Chapel Hill (1983). His work focuses on practice-based integration of counseling and education.

• Ph.D., Counseling and Counselor Education, UNC-Greensboro, 1996
• M.Ed., Counseling, UNC Chapel Hill, 1984
• B.A., Psychology, UNC Chapel Hill, 1983

Research interests include comprehensive school counseling programs, brief counseling models in schools, multicultural counseling, school discipline, and social-emotional learning. His practice-based work emphasizes program creation, development, and evaluation in alternative education, bullying prevention, crisis intervention, and school reform.

Professional service includes roles as School Counseling Program Coordinator (2024), WFU Faculty Search Committee Chair (2022-23), and board member of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce (2019). He teaches at Wake Forest University and has held adjunct roles at University of Virginia, UNC Greensboro, and North Carolina A&T State University.

• Carver High School Academic Hall of Fame – 2020
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Education Award – 2020
• City of Winston-Salem Resolution for Service – 2019
• Business Journal Movers and Shakers Award – 2009
• North Carolina Counseling Association Supervisor of the Year – 2006
• North Carolina School Counselor Association Supervisor of the Year – 2006
• North Carolina Middle School Counselor of the Year – 1995

Kenneth Simington has not advised any formal academic students. He is involved in community-based initiatives and counseling adolescents in mental health centers.

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