Research Interests
1
Rural School Counseling
I desire to continue the work I am building within my dissertation, exploring culturally sustaining social-emotional learning, school counseling programming, and distinct aspects of supporting all students, including students in rural communities.
2
School Counseling Interventions
I am interested in assessing the effectiveness of interventions utilized by school counselors. Additionally, I am curious about "best practices" for school counseling and evaluating these practices for effectiveness for use with diverse student populations.
3
School Counselors and Data Usage
I desire to engage in work that helps support school counselor's use of data, including training and teaching methods for future school counselors.
Publications
Wills, L. N., Gibbons, M. M., Taylor, S. F., & Makupson, M. (2024). Beyond city limits: A scoping review of school counseling service delivery in rural schools. [Manuscript in preparation].
Cheng, Y., Wills, L., Wise, H., & Erford, B. (2024). Psychometric Synthesis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Journal of Counseling and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12531
Wills, L., Bradford, E., & Erford, B. T. (2022). Meta-study for Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) from 2007-2019. Journal for Social Action in Counseling Research, 14(2)127-139.https://doi.org/10.33043/JSACP.14.2.127-139
Lemberger-Truelove, M. E., Li, D., Kim, H., Wills, L., Thompson, K., &Yu-Lee, L. (2024). Meta-analysis of Social and Emotional Learning Interventions Delivered by School Counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12537
Kwag, D., Change, C., Hinkle, D., Erford, B., & Wills, L. (2023). A meta-study of the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling: An analysis of publication characteristics from 2000-2019. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2023.2247551
Kim, H., Lemberger-Truelove, M. E., Wills, L. N., Basner, E. J., & Tipton, J. L. (2024). Mechanisms of change in school counseling intervention studies: A content analysis. Professional School Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X241247164
Erford, B.T., Chang, C., Crockett, S., Byrd, R., Johnsen, S., Maclnerney, E., Menzies, A., Milosky, A., Saks, J., Wills, L., (et al.). (2023). An Omnibus Synthesis of 22 Counseling Journals from 2010-2019. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling, 56(3), 187-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2023.2224028
Book Chapters
The University of Tennessee
Barrio Minton, C. & Wills, L. Brief counseling: Principles and practices-Solution-Focused counseling. (under review).
Current Research Experience
The University of Tennessee
School-based interventions and school connectedness
Past Research Experience
Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology Meta-Study
Vanderbilt University
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) Psychometric Synthesis
Vanderbilt University
The Moore Laboratory
University of Tennessee
Cognitive Aging Laboratory
University of South Florida
Auditory and Speech Sciences Laboratory
University of South Florida
Infant Visual Cognition Laboratory
University of Tennessee
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Literacy Laboratory
University of Tennessee