Suzy Thomas  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Organizations:

• Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)
  (November 2012 - Present)
  ARNA is a new group of international educators engaged in action research in school and community settings. I have been translating documents from English into Spanish, and serving on the Organizing Committee for the annual conference.
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  (February 2012 - Present)
  Member of Action Research Special Interest Group (SIG) and co-coordinator of the poster session of Bay Area action research for a community celebration on April 30, 2013
• H.B. McDaniel Foundation
  (January 2011 - Present)
  Board Member, Chair of Scholarship Committee, Program Co-Chair for Annual Northern California Conference of School Counselors, held at Stanford
• California Association of School Counselors (CASC)
  (2002 - Present)
  Research Committee Chair, 8/08-present. Assistant Editor, Best Practices in Research, CASC Newsletter, 7/06-9/09
• National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC)
  (2001 - 2003)
• Western Association of College Admissions Counselors (WACAC)
  (2001 - 2003)
• Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES)
  (1998 - Present)
  * WACES Secretary, 2001-2003 * WACES Graduate Student Representative, 2000-2001
• Phi Beta Kappa

Research:

• Research Coordinator, AB1802 Joint Project with University of San Diego
  (February 2007 - December 2008)
  Provided oversight for action research projects in a graduate counseling course; collaborate with researchers in Southern California using the survey they designed, in order to begin to develop a statewide evaluation of the school counseling bill AB1802; assisted with meta-analysis of results from eight schools, which were shared at Summit II in December 2007, followed by revision of the surveys and continued implementation in 2008.
• Researcher
  (March 2004 - December 2007)
  Co-designed statewide online and evaluation surveys for participants in the California School Counseling Research Summits I and II.
• Supervisor of Collaborative Action Research Projects
  (February 2003 - Present)
  Supervise collaborative action research projects, including research design, implementation, and data analysis for graduate students placed in K-12 school settings in the larger Bay Area.
• Researcher
  Joint Project between Saint Mary's College and University of San Diego * Conducted pilot study of school counselor perceptions of research and role issues using an original questionnaire. Project resulted in a presentation at the annual meeting of the California Association of School Counselors (CASC), Pomona, CA
• Focus Group Leader
  * The College Preparatory School, Oakland, CA o Conducted focus groups with high school students to explore the usefulness of college Internet search engines. Project resulted in a paper presented at the 2002 meeting of the Western Association of College Admissions Counselors (WACAC), Stockton, CA.

Service:

• Poster Exhibit Coordinator
  (February 2013 - April 2013)
  AERA Action Research SIG community celebration of Bay Area action research, April 28, San Francisco
• KSOE Ad Hoc Research Committee
  (January 2013 - Present)
• Journal Reviewer
  (January 2013)
  Invited to be a reviewer for a special edition of the journal Professional School Counselor
• Organizing Committee Member and Conference Co-Coordinator
  (November 2012 - Present)
  Action Research Network of the Americas inaugural conference
• Program Review Committee
  (August 2012 - Present)
• KSOE Alumni Task Force
  (February 2012 - Present)
• Conference Co-Chair (Chair of Program), Northern California Conference
  (September 2011 - Present)
  Conference sponsored by California Association of School Counselors (CASC) & H.B. McDaniel Foundation
• Graduate and Professional Academic Honor Council
  (August 2011 - Present)
  Served previously 1/10-8/10 as well
• Tenured Graduate At-Large Representative, Grievance Committee
  (August 2011 - May 2012)
• Editorial Board Member, California School Counseling Journal
  (June 2011 - October 2012)
• Member, KSOE Dean's Search Committee
  (September 2010 - February 2011)
• Member, KSOE Academic Policies Committee
  (September 2010 - May 2012)
• Member, KSOE Accreditation Steering Comittee
  (May 2010 - May 2011)
• Co-Director, California Action Research Collaborative (CAL ARC)
  (April 2010 - June 2011)
  A subgroup of CSCRIN, CAL ARC annually evaluates research proposals from graduate students and practicing school counselors and selects 1-2 projects each year to support through mentoring and guidance.
• Member, Advisory Board, Institute of School Psychology, School Counseling, and Guidance in India
  (April 2010 - Present)
• Co-founder, California School Counseling Research Interest Network (CSCRIN)
  (November 2009 - Present)
  A professional group aimed at supporting collaborative action research projects in California in order to develop a strategic research agenda for school counseling.
• Member, GCP Tenure Track Search Committee
  (September 2009 - Present)
• Co-facilitator for "A Campus of Difference" diversity workshops
  (August 2009 - June 2010)
• Planning Committee Member
  (October 2007 - May 2009)
  Planning committee for Counselor Institutes for Contra Costa County through the County Office of Education
• Dissertation Chairs Committee
  (September 2006 - July 2008)
  Saint Mary's College, School of Education
• Faculty Technology Group (Formerly FCAT)
  (September 2006 - May 2009)
  Saint Mary's College
• Library Committee (Co-Chair, 2/07-9/08
  (September 2006 - June 2009)
  Saint Mary's College
• Incentive Awards Program
  (2006 - June 2009)
  U.C. Berkeley
• Planning Committee for California School Counseling Research Summit (Co-Chair 2006-2007 for Summit II)
  (2005 - 2007)
  University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
• Curriculum Team Leader for Health Education Courses,
  (2004 - December 2008)
  Saint Mary's College
• School Psychology Advisory Committee
  (2003 - 2006)
  Saint Mary's College
• Advisory Board, Graduate Counseling Program
  (2002 - Present)
  Saint Mary's College