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Nadia T. Hasan, M.A., is a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at The University of Akron. She earned her B.S. in psychology from the University of Florida in 2002, and her M.A. in psychology from The University of Akron in 2005. Hasan is the Chair for the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS; 2006-2009). She is a student affiliate member of APA Divisions 17, 26, 35, 45, 51, and 52. Hasan is also a student affiliate member of the Ohio Psychological Association. She has completed several practicums at university counseling centers including the Counseling, Testing, and Career Center at The University of Akron, Cleveland State University’s Counseling Center, and Case Western Reserve University’s Counseling Center. Nadia has taught several psychology courses such as introduction to psychology, the history of psychology, and career planning. 

Her research interests include multicultural counseling, gender issues in counseling, international students, vocational psychology, and psychology education and training. She is lead editor, along with Drs. Nadya Fouad and Carol Williams-Nickelson, on the upcoming APA book called, Studying Psychology in the United States: Expert Guidance for International Students. Hasan has received several awards including the Outstanding Woman Scholar Award from The University of Akron’s Women in Higher Education Committee (2007), a Scholarship to Attend the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders sponsored by the American Association of University Women (2007), and the 2005 Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity Award given by the Section on Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Division 17. Hasan has published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Counseling Psychologist, and Training and Education in Professional Psychology.