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Rachelle Pérusse, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Dr. Rachelle Pérusse is an Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology within the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Before becoming a school counselor educator, Dr. Pérusse worked with poor and minority youth as a high school counselor in a rural school district in Georgia. She is a National Certified Counselor and a National Certified School Counselor. Professionally, she has worked as a consultant with The Education Trust, Inc. as a MetLife Fellow for the Transforming School Counseling Initiative, and is secretary for the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (2005-2006). As a MetLife Fellow, she conducts consultations with school districts about the role of the school counselor and administrators in relation to closing the achievement gap and advocating for poor and minority youth. Dr. Pérusse has several articles published about national trends in school counselor education, and has co-edited two books: Critical Incidents in Group Counseling and Leadership, Advocacy, and Direct Service Strategies for Professional School Counselors.	•Ph.D. Counselor Education, Virginia Tech, 1997 •M.Ed. Guidance & Counseling, The University of Georgia, 1992 •M.A. Psychology, Georgia State University, 1988 •B.Sc. Psychology, University of Guelph, 1986 « Full C.V. »