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Priyanka Jha, Ph.D.

Co-Founder

DeKalb, Illinois, United States7 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in trauma-informed pedagogy and counseling.
  • Strong background in qualitative research and teaching.
  • Advocate for social justice in counseling education.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Counseling and Education professional focused on mental health and social justice.

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Skills

Core Skills

TeachingCourse DesignResearch DesignMental Health CounselingCareer CounselingTrainingCrisis InterventionPsychotherapyCounseling

Other Skills

Case PresentationEvent ManagementExploratory Data AnalysisGroup TherapyIBM SPSSLeadershipLiterature ReviewsMicrosoft OfficePEBLPsychologyQualitative ResearchResearchStudent CounselingSyllabus Development

About

A counselor educator in training with interest areas in counselor education and supervision, trauma-informed teaching, gender-based violence and multicultural and social justice issues in counseling and counselor education. My aim as a counselor educator and a counselor is to work towards advocacy for students, educators in the field and clients, as well as working towards an inclusive and introducing trauma-informed pedagogy in counseling and counselor education field.

Experience

7 yrs
Total Experience
1 yr 2 mos
Average Tenure
8 mos
Current Experience

University of northern iowa

Assistant Professor

Aug 2025Present · 8 mos · Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States · On-site

Northern illinois university

3 roles

Instructor

Jun 2025Present · 10 mos · DeKalb, Illinois, United States

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2022May 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos · DeKalb, Illinois, United States

  • Supervisor of Undergraduate Instructor, Fall 2024
  • Assist in the recruitment, training and supervision of Graduate Teaching Assistants
  • Serve as liaison between campus partners such as Career Services, the University Writing Center, and the Alumni Association.
  • WGSS 101 Introduction to Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Fall 2024
  • Responsible for co-teaching lectures, gradings, and providing feedback for a synchronous online course.
  • COUN 211 Career Planning, Instructor of Record Summer 2024
  • Responsible for course and assignment design, planning syllabus, delivering lectures, gradings, and providing feedback for an asynchronous online course.
  • Collaborated with University Writing Center and NIU Alumni Association for helping students in Professional Email Conversation Experiential Assignment with NIU Alumni
  • COUN 540 Group Work in Counseling, Doctoral Co-Instructor, Fall 2023 & Spring 2024
  • Delivered lectures on the transition stages of groups and termination of groups.
  • Responsible for grading 25% of the course assignments, planning syllabus and classes.
  • Leading one of the experiential growth groups, a group experience required by CACREP.
  • COUN 425 Human Relations Skills & Strategies, Instructor of Record, Fall 2023 & Spring 2024
  • Responsible for course and assignment design, planning syllabus, and delivering lectures.
  • Facilitated class lectures and discussions, and provided feedback for student assignments.
  • Facilitated lab practices for demonstration of clinical skills and provided feedback for small group training.
  • COUN 400 Exploration in the Counseling Profession, Instructor of Record, Fall 2022, Spring 2024 & Summer 2024
  • Responsible for course and assignment design, planning syllabus, and delivering lectures.
  • Facilitated class lectures and discussions and provided feedback for student assignments both in-person and online asynchronous format.
  • Facilitated small and large group discussions based on the course topics.
Course DesignSyllabus DevelopmentTeachingStudent CounselingQualitative Research

Graduate Research Assistant

Aug 2022May 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · DeKalb, Illinois, United States

  • Assisted Dr. Injung Lee in a graduate research assistantship role in the Department of Counseling &
  • Higher Education (Fall 2022-Spring 2024).
  • Co-authored on several qualitative research studies with Dr Lee and colleagues which are currently in revision/manuscript writing.
Qualitative ResearchResearch Design

Supertails

Trainer

Jun 2021Aug 2021 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Supertails is building a digital pet care platform which offers expert-led healthcare services and products. With an aim to reimagine the pet care space, Supertails offers on-demand video vet consultations, training and products across the categories of food, accessories, grooming essentials, and toys for dogs and cats.
  • Conducted successful online training sessions based on positive reinforcement-based method on pet parents
  • Facilitated soft skills training for the in-house veterinarian team
  • Conceptualized and customized training modules for the trainers and post-session packages for the customers
  • Coordinated and conducted market research calls related to training pet parents
TrainingEvent Management

Yourdost - your emotional wellness coach

In house Psychologist

Sep 2020Jun 2021 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Provided counseling and crisis intervention for university students and corporate employees
  • Handled various maternity programs, proactive calls and provided brief counseling
  • Monitored quality-related work on the platform
  • Developed various content and modules on mental health topics
  • Conducted webinar for the In-house team as part of the ‘webinar series during Covid 19
PsychotherapyCrisis Intervention

The lighthouse counsellors

Co-Founder & Psychotherapist

Aug 2020Aug 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Counseling adolescents, emerging adults, and adults for mental health concerns
  • Creating content and managing the social media activities
PsychotherapyMental Health Counseling

Mentoria

Career Counsellor

Jul 2020Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Career counseling for Basic, Advance and Ascend clients
  • Evaluating assessments for trainee counselors
Career Counseling

Private practice

Psychotherapist

Apr 2020Aug 2020 · 4 mos

  • • Worked with a varied population and managed cases related to anger management, depression, suicide, sexual identity, relationship and interpersonal issues, and family issues under supervision.
Psychotherapy

Clarence high school bangalore

Trainee Counselor

Jun 2019Feb 2020 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • 270 hours of supervised one-to-one counseling of school students
  • Conducted Life skills classes for students for primary and high school
Counseling

Fortis healthcare

Internship Trainee

Apr 2019May 2019 · 1 mo · Mohali, Punjab, India

  • Assisted senior counselor with counseling cases for in-patients
  • Engaged in academic sessions, orientation to psycho-diagnostic tools, integrated activities, and presentations

Nautilus academy of advanced learning

Content Developer

Jan 2017Jun 2017 · 5 mos · Bangalore

  • • Created content for English grammar for students and teachers.

Education

Northern Illinois University

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Counselor Education & Supervision

Aug 2022May 2025

Christ University, Bangalore

Master of Science - MSc — Counseling Psychology

Jan 2018Jan 2020

Christ University, Bangalore

Bachelor of Arts

Jan 2015Jan 2018

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