Jennifer West

Education

• D., School Psychology, The University of Michigan (year)
• S.,Clinical Child Psychology, Towson State University(year)
• S., Psychology, Howard University (year)

Research Interests

• Culture, Learning and Achievement
• Impact of Screen -Time on Social-Emotional Health & Academic Achievement
• Race-Related Socialization and Adolescent Identity Developmen

Professional Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Psychologist in the State of Maryland
• Nationally Certified School Psychologist

Awards (Selected)

• Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
• American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program 7^th Annual Achievement Award for Innovations in Treatment

Professional Experience

• School Psychologist, The Howard County Public School System
• Psychologist for Achievement Equity, The Howard County Public School System
• Disability Evaluation Consultant, AMCE Physician Group
• Peer Grant Reviewer, TD Educational Foundation

Professional Memberships

• National Association of School Psychologists
• American Educational Research Association

Publications (Selected)

• Daniel, K. & West, J. (2012). The Adlerian Tasks of Life (Green, R., Ed.). Theory and practice of Adlerian Psychology: Preliminary edition. San Diego, CA: Cognella.
• West, J. (2012) Achievement Through Diversity and Not In spite of It. In Maryland School Psychologists Association Protocol, Volume xli, retrieved from www.mspaonline.org
• Daniel, K. & West, J. (2010).  Careers in school psychology in (Lucas, A., Ed.). Careers in Counseling and Psychology for Masters Level Graduates: A guide to choosing the right career path. San Diego, CA: Cognella.
• Reed, G. & West, J. (2010). Urban Schools, In Clauss-Ehlers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Cross Cultural School Psychology, Springer.
• West, J. (2010). Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity, In Clauss-Ehlers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Cross Cultural School Psychology, Springer. 

Presentations (Selected)

• Scott, D., Daniel, K., & West, J. (2017, February). Creating a high quality mock interview process in preparation for internships with preservice school psychologists. Poster presentation made at the Trainers for School Psychologists’ Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX
• West, J. (2018, March). Positioning for Success: Does the Way We Nurture Our Students Need to Change? Workshop presented at the 18^th Annual Regional HBCU Summit on Retention. Ocean City, MD.
• West, J. (2018, March). Thriving in Graduate School: Feedback from our Students.  Workshop presented at the 18^th Annual Regional HBCU Summit on Retention. Ocean City, MD West, J. (2018, March).
• West, J. (2016, December). The Impact of too much Screen-Time on Kids and Teens . Presentation prepared for staff development at Friendship Public Charter Schools. Washington: DC.
• Daniel, K. & West, J. (2015, November). Strategies for handling a student at risk: Support during a crisis. Workshop presented at the Student Adlerian Society Conference. Bowie, MD.

Personal

Dr. West has worked in the field of School Psychology for over 30 years and is a passionate advocate for culturally responsive education.  Dr. West came to Bowie with 15 years of professional school based experience all aimed at helping educators accelerate the achievement of low performing students. Her extensive experiences in the public schools provided her with a broad range of innovative tools to help train and direct future school psychologist to become culturally responsive change agents in our public schools. Dr. West, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, is the proud mother of a 16-year-old daughter.