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Roger L. Worthington
Professor of Counseling Psychology & Higher Education
16 Hill Hall
(573) 882-8360
E-mail: WorthingtonR@missouri.edu
Research Areas
- Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
- Multicultural Counseling Competencies
- LGB Issues and Sexual Identity
Brief Biography
Roger L. Worthington, PhD, is a professor in the College of Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology and the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri. He received his doctorate in counseling psychology in 1995 from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Worthington was the assistant deputy chancellor and chief diversity officer at the University of Missouri from 2006-2011. During that time, he was also a founding member of the board of directors for the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE). He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), and recently served as the vice president for diversity and the public interest of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP) (2008-2011).
He is the incoming editor of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (JDHE), and an associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP). He was the SCP coordinator for the 2011 National Multicultural Conference and Summit, and served as a member of the APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation.
Since 2006, Worthington has been the principal investigator and project director of the MU Difficult Dialogues Program, a project funded by three prestigious Ford Foundation grants totaling $230,000. He is currently the chair of the emerging Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center.
From 1999 through 2005, Worthington was the architect and principal investigator for the MU Campus Climate Study, which included five phases of data collection and three volumes of reports. In 2005, he chaired a campus-wide task force for campus climate and training. The most recent iteration of climate research was a 2009 Student Survey. In 2007-08 he was one of the tri-chairs of the Chancellor’s Task Force for a Veteran-Friendly Campus.
Worthington is also a licensed psychologist and he has taught courses to undergraduate and graduate students on ethics and law for professional psychology, counseling and interpersonal skills, research design, measurement and multicultural counseling. He is a nationally recognized scholar on issues of human diversity in counseling and education. He has won numerous awards for academic, service and teaching excellence.
Academic Background
1995 Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara
Academic Career:
1997-present Full Professor (2009-present), Associate Professor (2003-09), Assistant Professor (1997-2003), University of Missouri. Joint appointment in Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, and Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis (beginning August, 2011).
1994-1997 Assistant Professor, Boston College
Administrative Leadership:
2004-2011 Assistant Deputy Chancellor & Chief Diversity Officer (2006-2011), Faculty Fellow for Diversity (2004-2006), University of Missouri. Office of the Deputy Chancellor. (Appointment ended August 31, 2011.)
2005-06 University of Missouri Leadership Development Program, President’s Academic Leadership Initiative, University of Missouri System.
1999-2004 Director of Undergraduate Studies (1999-2004), Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri.
National Leadership:
2011-present Chair of the Board of Directors, Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center.
2006-2011 Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Acting Second Vice President (2009-2010).
2008-2011 Vice-President for Diversity and the Public Interest, Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of the American Psychological Association).
2011 Conference Organizer and Chair, Roundtable for the Advancement of a National Movement for Difficult Dialogues Teaching and Learning, March 6, 2011, Washington, DC.
2009-2011 National Multicultural Conference and Summit (NMCS) Legacy Fund Committee. American Psychological Foundation ($250,000 fund raising goal).
2009 Conference Organizer and Chair, MU Difficult Dialogues Summer Institute, June 12-15, 2009, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
2007 - 2011 2011 National Multicultural Conference & Summit, Conference Coordinating Committee, Society of Counseling Psychology Representative.
2007 – 2009 APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation, American Psychological Association.
Presentations
2011 Student Affiliates of Seventeen Diversity Conference, Society of Counseling Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, “Keynote: Difficult Dialogues about Privilege: Exploring Intersecting Identities of Race, Class, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Disability.” November 5, 2011.
2011 Kansas State University, “Keynote: Creating an Inclusive Campus Climate.” October 25, 2011.
2011 Texas Tech University, “Difficult Dialogues Teaching and Learning: A Faculty Development Workshop” and “The Evolution of Organizational Diversity in Higher Education: From Affirmative Action to Inclusive Excellence.” October 12, 2011.
2011 University of California at Santa Barbara, “Difficult Dialogues: Controversies of Academic Freedom and Pluralism in Higher Education” and “Diversity Strategic Planning in Higher Education: A Conversation Hour.” May 19, 2011.
2011 Student Affiliates of Seventeen Diversity Conference, Society of Counseling Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, “Keynote: Difficult Dialogues about Privilege: Exploring Intersecting Identities of Race, Class, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Disability.” November 5, 2011.
2011 Kansas State University, “Keynote: Creating an Inclusive Campus Climate.” October 25, 2011.
2011 Texas Tech University, “Difficult Dialogues Teaching and Learning: A Faculty Development Workshop” and “The Evolution of Organizational Diversity in Higher Education: From Affirmative Action to Inclusive Excellence.” October 12, 2011.
2011 Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, “Supervisors Workshop: Working with Students with LGBQQ Clients.” April 28, 2011; and “Graduate Student Workshop: Working with LGBQQ Clients.” April 29, 2011.
2011 University of Miami, “Counseling Psychology Graduate Program Review.” Dean of the Graduate School. April 10-12, 2011.
2011 University of North Texas, Bonnie Lecture: “Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom: Teaching Effectively about Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Religion and Other Difficult Subjects;” and “Workshop: Difficult Dialogues Teaching and Learning;” and “Addressing Climate Issues.” April 4-5, 2011.
2011 Oklahoma State University, “Conducting a Comprehensive Campus Climate Study: From Methods to Measurement to Dissemination.” March 28, 2011.
2010 University of North Dakota, “Counseling Psychologists as Social Change Agents in Higher Education,” June 13-14, 2010.
2010 Texas Tech University, “Conducting a Comprehensive Campus Climate Study: From Methods to Measurement to Dissemination,” and “Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom: Teaching Effectively about Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Religion and Other Difficult Subjects.” April 21, 2010.
2010 Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, “Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom: Teaching Effectively about Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Religion and Other Difficult Subjects.” April 9, 2010; and “Difficult Dialogues in Organizational Team-Building.” May 7, 2010.
2009 Colgate University, “Campus Climate Life Study Initiative.” February – May, 2009.
2009 New Mexico State University, “Counseling Psychologists as Social Change Agents in Higher Education,” and “Difficult Dialogues: Definitions, Assumptions, Characteristics, Purposes and Skills.” April 21-22, 2009.
2008 Argosy University, “Difficult Dialogues in Professional Psychology: Religious Freedoms and Training Values.” August 26, 2008.
2008 St. John Fisher College, “Conducting a Comprehensive Campus Climate Study: From Methods to Measurement to Dissemination,” May 21, 2008
2008 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Implementing a Comprehensive Campus Climate Assessment: Advice, Insights, and Unexpected Benefits” Race, Diversity and Campus Climate at the University of Illinois, April 10, 2008.
Research Activities
Edited Volumes, Special Issues, and Published Reports: 5
Articles in Refereed Journals: 35
Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries: 13
Other Authored Works: 5
Total: 58
Conference presentations: 69
Conference Symposium Chair: 6
Conference Symposium Discussant: 8
Total: 83
External Grant Funding: $491,423
Internal Grant Funding: $143,000
Total: $634,423
Editorial Appointments (Selected)
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
Incoming Editor (2011-present), Editorial Board, 2007-2011
Journal of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association
Associate Editor (2011-present); Editorial Board, 1997-2001, 2005-2006; Ad Hoc Reviewer, 1995-1996; 2001-2004; 2007-2011
Institutional Task Force and Research Reports
Henson,
L., Worthington, R. L., & Fleisher, C. (2008). Report of the Task
Force for a Veteran-Friendly Campus, (42 pages). Office of the
Chancellor, University of Missouri.
Worthington, R. L. et al.
(2006). Report of Deliberative Dialogues on Sexual Health in Residential
Life. Office of the Deputy Chancellor, University of Missouri.
Worthington,
R. L. et al. (2005). Report of the Task Force for Campus Climate and
Training (69 pages). Office of the Deputy Chancellor, University of
Missouri.
*Worthington, R. L. (2005). The MU Campus Climate Study
for Underrepresented Groups: Volume 3 (39 pages). University of
Missouri.
*Worthington, R. L. (2004). The MU Campus Climate Study
for Underrepresented Groups: Volume 2 (232 pages). University of
Missouri.
*Worthington, R. L. (2002). The MU Campus Climate Study
for Underrepresented Groups: Volume 1 (221 pages). University of
Missouri.
Service
2002-present Member, Strategic Planning and Resource Advisory Council, Office of the Chancellor, University of Missouri.
2010-2011 Health System Diversity Task Force, Office of the Vice Chancellor for the MU Health System, University of Missouri.
2006-2010 Member, Task Force for Identifying Strategic Advantages, Office of the Provost, University of Missouri.
2007-2008 Co-Chair, Chancellor’s Task Force for a Veteran-Friendly Campus, Office of the Chancellor, University of Missouri.
2007-2008 Board of Directors, Hispanic/Latin American Faculty and Staff Association, University of Missouri.
2005-2006 Member, Faculty Council, University of Missouri.
2004-2005 Chair, Campus Climate and Training Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chancellor, University of Missouri.