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Stephanie Chalk
Visiting Assistant Professor
Stephanie Chalk
Ph.D., LMHC
Contact
Telephone: 617-552-0527
Email: stephanie.chalk@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0001-6223-9066
Education
- Ph.D., James Madison University
- Post-Graduate, Tabor College
- M.A., The George Washington University
- B.A., George Mason University
Courses
Foundations of Mental Health Counseling I & II
Lifespan Development
Psychopathology
Group Counseling
Theories II
Research Interests
Trauma; multiculturalism; international psychology and comparative mental health; counselor education; human factors and applied cognition
Expertise
- Cognitive and Social Development
- Health and Well Being
- Social & Emotional Development
Department
Profile
Stephanie Chalk is a clinical educator, psychotherapist, and researcher with over 16 years of experience in behavioral health. She has over 17 peer-reviewed publications and 32 presentations in the fields of behavioral health, counselor education, and human factors psychology. She has won multiple awards for her teaching, service, and scholarship both nationally and internationally. In addition to her work at Boston College, she is the former Associate Director of the School of Counseling program at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia and the current owner and founder of Two Rivers Psychotherapy and Consulting, a private practice serving Massachusetts and Virginia.
Select Publications
Chalk, S. C. (2026). Ethical and Legal Foundations. In V. E. Kress, M. J. Paylo, & N. A. Stargell (Eds.), Counseling Children and Adolescents (2nd ed.). Pearson.
Evans, A.M., Chalk, S. C., Green, D., Hornsby, T., Ramsay-Seaner, K., & Haskins, R. (2025). Cyberbullying as a method of discrimination among people of color: A mixed methods study. Wisconsin Counseling Journal, 37, 26-46.
Chalk, S. C. (2025). An autoethnographic study of interdisciplinary behavioral health in K-12 students. Kōrero Journal.
Chalk, S. C., Jackson-Cherry, L., Riggs Dermody, A., Dillman, Q., Coogan, E., & Blenman, A. (2024, October 31-November 2). Training mental health counseling interns to serve medically-underserved populations: A qualitative analysis of clinical and interdisciplinary experiences [Conference presentation]. Psych Congress, Boston, Mass.
Chalk, S. C., Rachuba, A., Vigilis, A., Milligan, L., & Cano, M. (2023, March). Stopping Asian Hate: A Quantitative Analysis on Trauma, Coping, and Posttraumatic Growth Amongst Asian-Americans [Conference presentation]. 2023 Mediterranean Region Counselors Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
Honors and Awards
Excellence in Early Career, Marymount University (2024)
Distinguished MR-CA Member Award, Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (2023)
Outstanding Teaching Award, James Madison University, (2020)
Doctoral Leadership Award, Mediterranean Region Counselors Association (2019)
Grants & Fellowships
Washington Region Library Consortium, @Open at WRLC Grant
Health Resources and Services Administration, Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Grant
James Madison University, Johnathan Davis Memorial Scholarship
The George Washington University, Ruth Ann Parker Wells and David Leonard Wells Endowment Award