Roger L Worthington

Roger L. Worthington, Ph.D. is the Assistant Deputy Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Missouri. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (JDHE).

Dr. Worthington is also the Vice President for Diversity and the Public Interest of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP) of the American Psychological Association (APA), the SCP coordinator for the 2011 National Multicultural Conference and Summit, and a member of the APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. He is the guest editor for a special issue of JDHE on “Measurement and Assessment in Campus Climate Research,” and a member of the guest editorial team for the Journal of Counseling Psychology on “Critical Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Research in Counseling Psychology.”

From 1999 through 2005, Dr. Worthington was the architect and principal investigator for the MU Campus Climate Study, which included 5 phases of data collection and 3 volumes of reports. In 2005, he chaired a campus-wide Task Force for Campus Climate and Training. In 2007-08 he was one of the tri-chairs of the Task Force for a Veteran-Friendly Campus. Since 2006, Dr. Worthington has been the principal investigator and project director of the MU Difficult Dialogues Program, a project funded by two prestigious Ford Foundation grants.

In addition to his role in the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, Dr. Worthington is a licensed psychologist and an associate professor of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, where he has taught courses to undergraduate and graduate students on counseling & interpersonal skills, ethics and law for professional psychology, research design, measurement, and human diversity. He is a nationally recognized scholar on issues of human diversity in counseling and education. He has won numerous awards for service and teaching excellence, including the College of Education High Flyer Award (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998), the MU Graduate Professional Council’s Gold Chalk Award (2001), the University of Missouri Curators’ Faculty Performance Shares (2001), and the MU LGBT Resource Center’s Catalyst Award (2001).

Ph.D. from the University of California-Santa Barbara, 1995, in Counseling Psychology, (APA-accredited)

M.A. from the University of California-Santa Barbara, 1990, in Counseling Psychology

B.A. from California State University, Fullerton, 1987, in Psychology (Cum Laude)

Edited Volumes, Special Issues, and Published Reports

Articles in Refereed Journals

Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries

Articles Appearing in the Popular Press and Published Book Reviews

In Progress or Under Review

Other Reports

2008 Co-Principal Investigator. Worthington, R. L., & Burgoyne, S., (with Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Baum, R., Azizan-Gardner, N., & Placier, P.) “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education: Phase 2.” Office of the Provost, University of Missouri ($30,000 contingent on external funding).

2006 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L., Azizan-Gardner, Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., N., Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Lambeth, E., Flores, L. Y., & Placier, P. “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education” MU Dean of the Graduate School ($2,500).

2005* Principal Investigator.Worthington , R. L. , Azizan-Gardner, Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., N., Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Lambeth, E., Flores, L. Y., & Placier, P. “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education” Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues Initiative ($100,000).

2005 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L., Azizan-Gardner, Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., N., Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Lambeth, E., Flores, L. Y., & Placier, P. “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education” MU Office of Research, PRIME Fund ($25,000).

2005 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L., Azizan-Gardner, Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., N., Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Lambeth, E., Flores, L. Y., & Placier, P. “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education” MU Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies ($10,000).

2005 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L., Azizan-Gardner, Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., N., Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Lambeth, E., Flores, L. Y., & Placier, P. “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education” MU Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs ($10,000).

2005 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L., Azizan-Gardner, Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., N., Ladehoff, P., Hodge, S., Lambeth, E., Flores, L. Y., & Placier, P. “From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education” MU Dean of the College of Education ($5,000).

2005* Hart, J. (PI), Grogan, M., Litt, J., & Worthington , R. (Co-PIs). (2005). Diversity in curriculum and pedagogy: Hidden and sought. Funded by the Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers University and the Ford Foundation. ($12,000).

2004 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L. “ MU Campus Climate Study for Underrepresented Groups—Phase V Stakeholder Focus Groups,” Offices of the Chancellor and Provost, University of Missouri . ($21,388.09).

2003* Project Co-Director. Flores, L. Y., Worthington , R. L. , & Boggs, K. “ ¡Sí Se Puede! Graduate Preparation Workshops for Undergraduate Latino/a Students,” Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology: American Psychological Association ($4000).

2002 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L. “ MU Campus Climate Study for Underrepresented Groups,” Research Council Grant, University of Missouri-Columbia ($4,992).

2001 Principal Investigator. Worthington , R. L. , Hacquard, L., Nichols, R., Azizan-Gardner, N., Mendoza, P. “MU Campus Climate Study for Underrepresented Groups.” University of Missouri-Columbia , (Various Campus Units). ($20,400).

1998 Project Director. Worthington, R. L. , Short, R., Frisby, C. “Advancing the MU Interprofessional Initiative's Instructional Objectives through an Intensive Faculty Development Project.” MU Faculty Development Project Award, Office of the Vice Provost for Minority Affairs. ($3,000).

1998* Co-Project Director. Holliday, G., Worthington , R. L. , Gutierrez, M. Fine, M. Cowger, C., Short, R., & Frisby, C. “Community-University Partnership Program.” Kauffman Foundation, Planning Grant ($14,000).

1998-99* Co-Investigator.  Lapan, R., Short, R., Kosciulek, J., & Worthington , R. L. The impact of Missouri 's Community Careers School-to-Work system on student development: A longitudinal study.  Funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. ($230,923.17).

 2008                Fellow, Society of Counseling Psychology, American psychological Association

2007                Distinguished Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, “For Commitment to the Ideals of Scholarship, Leadership and Service”

2006-07           High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (summer).

2005-06           University of Missouri Leadership Development Program, President’s Academic Leadership Initiative, University of Missouri System.

2005-06           High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Interviewing, Assessment and Diagnosis (winter).

2004-05*         High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (summer); Senior Seminar (fall).

2003-04*         High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (summer and fall); Supervised Practice in Counseling (winter).

2002-03*         High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (summer and fall).

2001-02*         High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (summer); and Counseling and Interviewing: Crisis Intervention (summer).

2001                Board of Curators’ Faculty Performance Shares ($4,000 equivalent), University of Missouri, “Outstanding Achievement in Teaching.”

2001                Gold Chalk Award, Graduate Professional Council, University of Missouri, Columbia, “Excellence in Teaching and Support of Graduate Students.”

2001                Catalyst Award, LGBT Resource Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, “Speaking up and out and often regarding LGBT issues.”

2000-01*         High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching.” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (fall); and Supervised Practice in Counseling (fall).

1998-99*         High Flyer Award, MU College of Education, “Excellence in Teaching” Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology (summer and fall).

                        * Denotes teaching awards for two or more courses during the same academic year.