Aparna Ramaswamy,Edd,Phd,LCPC,ACS
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Aparna Ramaswamy, EdD, PhD, LCPC, ACS SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Counselor Educator, Clinical and Academic Supervisor for Masters and Doctoral level counseling students striving to cultivate an authentic engagement that is inclusive and conducive to self-acceptance and inspired growth, both in the counseling office and in a classroom - learning space. Values such as humility, empathy, non-judgmental acceptance are integrated with structured guidance and an unwavering focus on working towards desired educational and therapeutic goals. Counseling and educational passion to reclaim multicultural healing practices as world traditions that add value to Western counseling theories. This has guided research articles and academic course creations to re-present dance, music and meditation as therapeutic modalities thereby advocating for under-represented communities of women and men dancers, performing artists, and immigrant populations that may not have a counseling history but hold a legacy of healing practices that often pre date formal counseling constructs. TEACHING PEDAGOGY Teaching pedagogies include Master’s and Doctoral level andragogical and transformative learning approach to cultivate a progressive learning environment that inspires critical reasoning, experiential learning, and empowered leadership infused with values of social equity, cultural humility, and professional integrity. Creative teaching methods reflect a multidisciplinary approach and employ experiential educational methods that are delivered in traditional classroom settings, and in asynchronous and synchronous online learning formats using HIPAA compliant learning management systems within Blackboard and Zoom. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING ORIENTATION A passion to identify culturally effective strategies that integrate Western counseling constructs with multicultural healing traditions that include dance, movement, music, and meditation to empower each person to be their own center of healing. Clinical supervision orientation is aligned with concepts from Integrative Developmental Model of supervision that foster counselor’s personal growth and professional competence across developmental domains. EDUCATION University of the Cumberlands. Williamsburg, Kentucky (CACREP accredited) Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Counselor Education and Supervision (2017) California Institute of Integral Studies. San Francisco, California. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Transformative Studies (2012) Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2004) Stella Maris College, India BS in Biology (1985) 1 Dr. Aparna Ramaswamy 240 506 2793; [email protected] CITIZENSHIP: United States of America PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (Licenses Current) State licensure: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Maryland (2006) State / District licensure: Licensed Professional Counselor, Washington, DC (2014) Approved Clinical Supervisor (2015) Professional Clinical Mental Health Counseling (15+ years of experience) Graduate Teaching experience (5+ years of experience) Online pedagogies specific to clinical training program (5+ years of experience) CACREP Standards and Program Evaluation (3 years of experience) Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling (15+ years of experience) Developing Multicultural Supervision Competence (2+ years of experience) Delivery of hybrid classes (3+ years of experience) Learner-centered education delivery (5+ years of experience) Experiential learning and social engagement methods (25+ years of experience) TEACHING EXPERIENCE and PROGRAMMATIC LEADERSHIP Johns Hopkins University, MD (Counseling program) Visiting Assistant Professor (2015 – present) Adjunct faculty (2014 – 2015) Proposed and designed new course titled Integrating alternative approaches to mental wellness Proposed and designed new course titled Meditation and Mindfulness in Counseling Revised asynchronous online course titled Appraisal and Testing in Counseling Asynchronous Online teaching experience using Blackboard LMS o Introduction to Clinical Mental health Counseling o Appraisal and Testing in Counseling o Ethical and Legal issues in Counseling Face-to-face teaching experience o Counseling Theory and Practice o Counseling Techniques o Career / Life Development and Planning o Diagnosis in Counseling o Meditation and Mindfulness in Counseling o Integrating Alternative Approaches to Mental Wellness o Clinical Practicum: Clinical Mental health Counseling (academic and clinical supervisor) o Clinical Internship – Clinical Mental health Counseling (academic supervisor) Advisor to 75 counselors-in-training Programmatic Leadership o Initiated and collaboratively created standardized syllabi for 5 core counseling courses adhering to CACREP, CAEP and MSDE standards for learning outcomes and assessments o Admission of candidates that match programmatic emphasis on rigorous learning, research interest, and experiential involvement in community. o Writing support for international students and non-native English speakers 2 Dr. Aparna Ramaswamy 240 506 2793; [email protected] University of the Cumberlands, Kentucky (School of Counseling) Director of CES Doctoral Studies (2017 – 2018) Directed CES doctoral program with over 125 doctoral students using hybrid learning format Compliance with CACREP Standards and Program Evaluation Application evaluation and Admission interviews for doctoral students Supervision and delivery of high-quality course content that reflected a learner-centered and andragogical teaching pedagogy Presentations and Workshops during on-campus residencies Leadership in admissions screenings and increasing enrollment of student Created Dissertation manual per CACREP requirements Dissertation Chair and committee member for doctoral candidates Introduced new course titled Dissertation proposal writing for quicker dissertation completion Course steward for Multicultural Issues in Counselor Education and Supervision to focus on Multicultural Supervision Competence Course steward for Dissertation seminar and Advanced Educational Research Synchronous Online instructor using Blackboard LMS and Zoom Advanced Internship for doctoral students (supervision) Multicultural Issues in Counselor education supervision Advanced Educational Research Dissertation seminar - literature review Dissertation – writing proposal and dissertation California Institute of Integral Studies, California (Transformative Leadership Program) Teaching Assistant (2011 – 2012) Hybrid teaching format Doctoral level courses o Research design and methodology o Integral Approaches to dream analysis Co-created research methodology course o Integral Research: Arts and Imagination Susheelam Center for Indian Cultural Studies, Germantown, MD Lead Instructor and Owner (1990 – 2011) Taught classical Indian dance for over 20 years to 250 young girls and women using experiential learning and social engagement methods Developed Dance Curriculum designed to preserve integrity of an ancient theatrical tradition Promoting teamwork, collaboration, respect, and self-esteem through group and social engagement working with students from 5 years old to adults Offered individualized dance lessons to emphasize individual strengths through learner centered teaching and performance techniques. 3 Dr. Aparna Ramaswamy 240 506 2793; [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS, PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS EdD Research Mixed method research culminating in dissertation on Multicultural Counseling Competence Correlational analysis between counselor’s meditative practices and their social empathy, advocacy and openness to diversity Current studies on efficacy of Meditation and Mindfulness coursework on counselor’s Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice Competence PhD Research Reclaimed yoga as guiding principles of multicultural practices that lead to meditation Distilled core principles of yoga from ancient Indian manuscripts Completed arts-based phenomenological research on classical Indian dance Used self-heuristic inquiry on meditative dancing experience Counseling Research Developed integrative approach combining expressive arts, music and meditation with cognitive and behavioral counseling orientation (published article) Completed qualitative research study on efficacy of integrative approach in treating depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder (published article) Completed Action Research study to develop meditative model for schizophrenia (published article) PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal article Ramaswamy, A., Werries, J., Wesley, M., Bluemlein, J., and Simpson, J. (2017). The role of meditation in cultivating cultural humility and multicultural competence (under review) Ramaswamy, A. (2016). Integrative Yoga Therapy to relieve symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder. Proceedings of Yoga and Psyche Conference (2014). Caplan, M. and Axel, G. (Ed.). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 137–154. Ramaswamy, A., and Deslauriers, D. (2014). Dancer – Dance – Spirituality: A phenomenological exploration of Bharatha Natyam and Contact Improvisation. Dance, Movement and Spiritualities, 1(1), 105–122. Ramaswamy, A. (2014). Natya yoga therapy: Using movement and music to create meditative relief in schizophrenia (based on ashta anga yoga). Action Research, 12(3), 237–253. Ramaswamy, A. (2014). Natya yoga therapy: Using movement and music to create meditative relief in schizophrenia