Amy Cook

Amy Cook is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Counseling and School Psychology Department within the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She also holds the administrative position of Associate Provost within the university's central leadership. Her work bridges academic scholarship, departmental leadership, and institutional administration.

• PhD: Counseling Psychology, University of Connecticut

Dr. Cook's research is centered on promoting equity and access in youth development, primarily through social-emotional learning (SEL). Her research team, SEASEL (Supporting Equity & Access for Social Emotional Learning), employs community-engaged participatory research methods, working directly with youth and educators in partner schools and organizations to develop and implement transformative practices. Her scholarship focuses on creating equitable outcomes and elevating youth voices within educational and mental health contexts.

Her funded research includes serving as a co-Principal Investigator on Project Teachers Learning with Counselors (TLC), a personnel preparation grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This project aims to provide interdisciplinary training for master's level candidates in Special Education and School Adjustment Counseling, with a focus on transformative SEL to support children with emotional and behavioral disorders.

• Scientific Awards: No awards listed in the provided text.

Dr. Cook is actively involved in graduate education, teaching courses in collaborative consultation in schools, professional, ethical, and legal issues in counseling, sociocultural considerations in counseling, research in counseling and psychology, and practicum. She integrates her community engagement and research outcomes into her teaching to prepare graduate students for impactful practice.

Her work is organized around her research lab, the Supporting Equity & Access for Social Emotional Learning (SEASEL) team, which is the primary vehicle for her community-engaged research projects.