Stacey Havlik

School counselors play a vital frontline role in a student’s educational experience. Building and maintaining trusting relationships, they keep a close eye on their students’ personal-social development as well as their academic achievement in order that students stay balanced and motivated to aspire to higher education. Having worked as a middle school counselor, Havlik is intimately acquainted with the increasingly extensive demands placed on those that perform this role. The focus of her research is on how school counselors can guide and assist homeless children and youth as well as first-generation college students to successful educational careers.

Education:

• B.A. 2003, Rutgers University
• M.Ed., 2005, The College of William and Mary
• Ph.D., 2012, University of Maryland

Research Interest

• Homelessness, education, and school counseling
• School counselor leadership, advocacy, and preparation
• First generation college students

Publications

Havlik, S., Neason, E., Puckett, J., Rowley, P., & Wilson, G. (2017). “Do whatever you can to try to support that kid”: School counselors’ experiences addressing student homelessness. Professional School Counselor, 21(1), 47-59.

Havlik, S., Pulliam, N., Malott, K., & Steen, S. (2017). First-generation college-goers persisting at one predominantly White institution. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice.

Havlik, S., Bialka, C., & Schneider, K. (2016). Theory to practice: integrating service-learning into a pre-practicum introduction to school counseling course. Journal of Counselor Preparation & Supervision, 8(2), 1-12.

Havlik, S., Schultheis, K., & Schneider, K. (2016). Exploring the roles of homeless liaisons and their work with school counselors. Urban Education.

Havlik, S. & Brown, K. (2016). School counselors’ roles and responsibilities working with children and youth experiencing homelessness. Journal of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association. 15, 10-19.

Bialka, C. & Havlik, S. (2016). Partners in learning: Exploring two transformative university and high school service-learning partnerships. Journal of Experiential Learning. 39(3), 220-237.

Havlik, S. (2015). Meeting the needs of students experiencing homelessness. ASCA Magazine.

Cigrand, D., Havlik, S., Malott, K., & Jones, S. (2015). School counselors united in professional advocacy: A systems model. Journal of School Counseling, 13(8).

Havlik, S. & Bryan, J. (2015). Addressing the needs of students experiencing homelessness: School counselor preparation. The Professional Counselor, 5(2), 210-255.

Havlik, S., Brady, J., & Gavin, K. (2014). Exploring the needs of students experiencing homelessness from school counselors’ perspectives. Journal of School Counseling, 12(20).

Malott, K., Havlik, S., Palacios, L., & Contrisciane, C. (2014). Challenges of European American supervisees counseling Mexican American youth: A phenomenological study. Multicultural Perspectives, 16(3), 133- 140.

Bryan, J., Moore-Thomas, C., Gaenzle, S., Kim, J., Lin, C., & Na, G. (2012). The effects of school bonding on high school seniors’ academic achievement: Building student-school connectedness for success. Journal of Counseling and Development, 90(4), 467-480.