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Anneliese Singh, PhD Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPC, is the associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, and an associate professor at the University of Georgia's department of counseling and human development. Additionally, Singh serves as the coordinator of the counselor education doctoral program at the University of Georgia and is co-founder of the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition and Trans Resilience Project, an initiative that works to combat heterosexism, racism, sexism and other intersection oppressions in Georgia public schools. Her research interests center on Asian-American/Pacific Islander counseling, LGBTQQ+ counseling and education, transgender mental health, social justice and multicultural training. Singh's research, practice and advocacy centers on the resilience of transgender people, transgender people of color, transgender youth, survivors of trauma, immigrants, South Asian survivors of child sexual abuse, and social justice and empowerment training.

Singh has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters and media publications. She is the coauthor of Asian American Psychology: Current Perspectives with Alvin N. Alzarez, PhD. Singh is a recipient of APA's Early Career Psychologist Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity and Public Interest and has received an APA Presidential Citation for International Leadership on Trans Counseling Psychology. Furthermore, Singh has been honored as an APA Fellow and Distinguished Researcher on Race/Ethnicity and LGBTQ concerns by the APA's Society for Psychological Study of LGBT Issues.

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https://coe.uga.edu/directory/profiles/asingh

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https://www.amazon.com/Anneliese-A.-Singh-PhD/e/B01GNC6BEMopens in new window

Date created: 2017

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