Karen W Tao portrait
  • Director of Clinical Training, Counseling Psychology (PhD), Educational Psychology
  • Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
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Professional Service

  • Utah Psychological Association. Member-At-Large. 05/2012 - 06/2013
  • Association for Women in Psychology. Role: CEU Chair. Conference Planning Committee . 10/2012 - 03/2013
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology. Ad-hoc Reviewer. 01/2012 - present
  • American Psychological Association and Commission on Accreditation. Role: Future APA Site Visitor for the Commission on Accreditation. Attended Commission on Accreditation's APA site visitor training at the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (February 2012). 02/09/2012 - present
  • Utah Psychological Association - Diversity Committee. Member. 12/2011 - present
  • Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. Role: Consulting Editor. Review manuscripts submitted to the journal. 01/01/2010 - present
  • Association for Women in Psychology . Role: Collective Coordinator. Collective Coordinator. 03/05/2023 - present
  • Utah Mental Health Counseling Association. Role: Committee Chair. Graduate Student & Emerging Professionals Committee Chair. 01/2020 - 09/2022
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology . Consulting Editor. 01/01/2017 - present
  • American Educational Research Association. Role: Ad-Hoc Reviewer. Ad-Hoc Reviewer American Educational Research Journal - Social and Institutional Analysis. 12/17/2014 - present
  • Association for Women in Psychology. Role: Staffer/ Regional Coordinator. Staffer/ Regional Coordinator on AWP National Implementation Collective. 10/01/2014 - 03/2018
  • American Psychological Association Division 29. Role: Member. Participate in Education and Training subcommittee. 09/2013 - present

Internal Service

  • Search Committee Chair. 01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Search Committee Member - Transform Dean. 12/2022 - present. University service.
  • Search Committee Co-Chair. Co-Chair Search Committee Career Line Faculty, 09/2022 - 01/2023. Department service.
  • RPT Committee. 08/2022 - present. College service.
  • Direct the Counseling Psychology PhD Program. Director of Clinical Training, 07/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Director. Program Director, 12/2018 - 07/2021. Department service.
  • Diversity Committee . Co-Chair, 08/2013 - 07/2018. Department service.
  • Diversity Committee. Chair, 08/2012 - 05/2013. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Escalante Elementary . 09/01/2016 - 06/2017
  • Rose Park Elementary. 10/2014 - 09/2016
  • Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition. 09/2012 - 09/2017
  • Utah Office of Health Disparities. 06/2012 - 06/2014

Outreach

  • Asian American Student Association. 09/2014 - present
  • Presentation for the University of Utah's 15th Annual Asian American Student Association High School Conference. 02/21/2014 - present

Honors & Awards

  • University of Utah Foundation Fellow. University of Utah, 08/2019
  • Faculty Fellow. University of Utah, 10/2017

Affiliations

  • Utah Psychological Association (UPA), Member, 12/2011 - present
  • Association for Women in Psychology (AWP), Member, 09/2011 - present
  • American Psychological Association (APA), Member, 09/1998 - present

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