Dr. Linda
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Dr. Robert
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Dr. Yolanda Edwards |
John Holcomb
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Dr. Brian Kamentz |
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Sara Jordan |
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Dr. Leech completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education at Ohio University in 1998, where she previously earned a master's degree in counselor education with an emphasis in rehabilitation counseling. She has more than twenty-five years of experience working with people of all ages with physical, cognitive, and psychiatric disabilities. Past responsibilities included clinical service, program development, and administration. Her undergratuate education centered around nursing and social work, providing a uniquely relevant foundation for her rehabilitation counseling career. Dr. Leech has also worked as an interpreter and teacher of American Sign Language, and has been a foster parent for hard to place children, such as juvenile offenders. Prior to coming to Carolina, she was a member of a private counseling and psychotherapy practice in Ohio. She is an avid activist for the rights of individuals with disabilities and was a co-founder of a Center for Independent Living in Columbus, OH. Several of the grant-funded programs she implemented have received awards and other special recognition. Her current research and publicatioan interests include the effects of psychological disabilities on vocational functioning, and the development and implementation of community-based services which facilitate the return to work of individuals experiencing mental illness.
Dr. Chubon received both an M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling from the
University of Pittsburgh. He assumed his academic position at Carolina in 1980.
Previously, he was the administrator of the rehabilitation medicine department in St.
Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began his professional career
as a rehabilitation counselor. He has published a book titled Social and Psychological
Foundations of Rehabilitation, several book chapters, and numerous professional
journal articles. Dr. Chubon is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of
Applied Rehabilitation Counseling and has held editorial positions on several other
professional journal staffs. His research interests include quality of life assessment of
persons with disabilities and the use of high technology in rehabilitation-related
activities. His professional practice activities include the preparation of life care
plans and medical costs analyses for use in disability litigation. In addition to his
professional background, he has extensive personal experience as a person with a
disability, having sustained a spinal cord injury in 1954. Although he
officially retired in 2001, Dr. Chubon continues to participate in various
Program activites.
Dr. Edwards earned M.A. in rehabilitation counseling from South Carolina State University and Ph.D. degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from University of Iowa. Previously, Edwards has taught at University of Maryland College Park where she served as Assistant Professor teaching master and doctoral students in rehabilitation counseling. In her short career she has authored several articles and books chapters dealing with rehabilitation education, distance learning, disability issues including mental health issues for African Americans. While at the University of Maryland, Dr. Edwards has been PI and director of several grants from RSA including master/doctoral vocational training grant and job placement certificate grant awarded last year. In 2002, she was awarded the Henry C. Welcome Research Fellowship, which is research fellowship for minority researchers given by from Maryland Higher Education Commission.She has held many leadership positions in state and national professional organization, Presently, she is Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling (JARC), chair of professional standards for American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA), secretary of National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns and serves as reviewer for Rehabilitation Education Journal as well as Journal of Rehabilitation.
Holcomb is an instructor in RCP program. Holcomb is the coordinator of psychiatric rehabilitation certificate for RCP program. He is responsible for recruiting, supervising, and teaching within the program. Holcomb has been involved with development of coursework for psychiatric certificate sense its inception. He currently teaches a number of courses in psychiatric rehabilitation certificate as well as rehabilitation courses and assists Dr. Leech in rehabilitation clinic. He has provided expert testimony on number of issue involving consumers with SMI to Medicaid benefits, Social Security Administration.
Linda L. Leech, Ph.D., Assistant Professor/Director lleech@gw.mp.sc.edu (803)
434-4296
Robert A. Chubon, PH.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus rchubon@medpark.sc.edu (803) 434-4296
Yolanda V. Edwards, Ph.D., Assistant Professor yedwards@gw.mp.sc.edu (803)
434-4076
John Holcomb, MRC, Instructor/Coordinator of Rehab Psychiatric Certificate
jholcomb@gw.mp.sc.edu
(803) 434-4296
Brian Kamentz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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