About
We represent a collaborative effort of researchers, practitioners, and advocates who care deeply about equity, access to opportunity, and the inherent human rights of working people and their families. The team leaders of this network are David Blustein and Amy Mazur. David is a professor of counseling psychology at Boston College, and Amy is a career specialist with the JVS Boston.
Who We Are
David Blustein
Team Leader, WIN Program
Professor & Golden Eagle Faculty Fellow, Counseling Psychology (Boston College)
Lynch School David Blustein’s study of the roles of work in psychological functioning has transformed counseling and vocational psychology. His expertise also includes unemployment, decent work, precarious work, relationships and work, the future of work, STEM career development for marginalized high school students, and other aspects of the radically changing world of labor.
Amy Mazur
Project Coordinator, WIN Program
Career Development Specialist & Counselor Educator
With a focus on career counseling individuals who have a desire to make meaning of their work lives, Mazur's specific interest is in understanding how the client/counselor relationship fosters growth and change. Amy serves as a career specialist with the JVS Boston.
Blake A. Allan
Associate Professor & Program Director, Counseling Psychology (University of Houston)
Allan is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Counseling Psychology at the University of Houston. His specific area of interest is investigating the predictors and outcomes of work quality, operationalized as underemployment, precarious work, meaningful work, and decent work.
Rachel Cinamon Gali
Professor of Career Development, School of Education (Tel Aviv University)
Gali is a Professor of Career Development in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University.
Kelsey Autin
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Kelsey Autin is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology in the Counseling program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Autin's general focus of research is on how people find fulfillment in their occupations and how this relates to overall well-being.
Joaquim A. Ferreira
Full Professor & Chair, Department of Education Developmental and Counseling Psychology (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Joaquim A. Ferreira is a Full Professor and Chair Department of Education Developmental and Counseling Psychology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. His main areas of interest are school and work-based transitions, decent work, and well-being.
Saliha Kozan
Adjunct Professor, College of Education (Lehigh University)
Kozan is an adjunct professor at the College of Education at Lehigh University. She is a U.S. Licensed Psychologist with extensive experience working in healthcare and education.
Ofer Sharone
Associate Professor, College of Social & Behavioral Science (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Sharone is an associate professor at the College of Social & Behavioral Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Ofer’s research focuses on career transitions, work and unemployment. His studies are primarily cross-national comparisons and utilize in-depth interviews and participant observations.
Camille Smith
Ph.D. Candidate, Counseling Psychology (Boston College)
Camille is a doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. She currently works as a graduate research assistant for David Blustein on projects related to career development, unemployment and underemployment, and the psychology of work. She has a M.S.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling from Fordham University and a B.A. in Psychology and English/Creative Writing.
Brian Stevenson
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry (Boston University School of Medicine)
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology (Boston College)
Brian is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and Adjunct Instructor at Boston College Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology. His clinical and research interests are focused on developing, implementing, and testing vocational interventions for people living with mental health and substance use disorders.
Mindi Thompson
Professor, Counseling Psychology (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Mindi Thompson, PhD, HSP, is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a licensed and registered Health Service Psychologist. Applications of her research agenda occur within two primary domains: vocational and educational development and mental health and psychotherapy.