Merril Simon
Professor

Brief Biography

College student success and the professional development of new counselors have been the focus of my almost 30 years at CSUN. I am the coordinator of the College Counseling/Student Services and Career Counseling options of the M.S. Counseling program and co-coordinator of the Professional Clinical Counselor sub-option in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling department.

My research interests are related to college student success via primarily non-cognitive, psychosocial factors including the concept and measurement of mattering (vs. marginality) of college students, successful transition to college, and the impact of career indecision on individual's lives.

My most meaningful awards have come from student nominations, particularly receiving the Don Dorsey Mentoring Award, which was co-nominated by Dr. Greg Jackson (of blessed memory) and Dr. Rie Rogers Mitchell, who were both my mentors at CSUN.

My most valued role is to teach and mentor students to rise to their potential. My legacies are the hundred plus alumni whose focus on College and Career Counseling whom I and my lecturer colleagues have produced as competent professionals who are now mentoring the next generation of counselors.

I have actively served and lead committees on elected and voluntary department, college, and university committees in support of students and have been a member and leader in professional associations related to counseling licensure in California.

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