Daya Singh Sandhu
Professor
Educational & Counseling Psychology (ECPY)
Room 316 - College of Education & Human Development
502-852-6646
daya.sandhu at louisville.edu
- A special interest in school and multicultural counseling
- More than twenty years of experience in public schools as a guidance counselor, testing coordinator, and English teacher
- Proven record of strong teaching and counseling skills
- Expert in cross-cultural counseling, Neuro-linguistic Programming, and assessment techniques of counseling and psychotherapy
- Professional experience in the field of counseling and psychotherapy for 15 years
- Special interest in addictive behaviors
- Skilled and experienced writer, researcher, and public speaker
- Well-versed in various therapeutic modalities in both theoretical orientations and practical application
- An experienced presenter and workshop trainer
- Highly innovative, hard-working, results-oriented, sincere, compassionate, and possesses leadership qualities
- Administrative experience as Chair of the Educational and Counseling Psychology Department at the University level in addition to experiences as high school principal and Director of Intensive Residential Guidance Program
Educational Background
- EdD Counselor Education, Mississippi State University
- Specialist University of Mississippi, 1979
- (English) Oxford, Mississippi 38677
- M.Ed. Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38732
- M.A. (English) Punjab University Chandigarh, Punjab, India
- Bachelor of Government Training College Jalandhar, Punjab University, India
- Teaching (B.T.)
- B.A. Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar, Punjab University, India
- Faculty of Science Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar, Punjab University, India
Teaching Areas
- School counseling
- Multicultural counseling
- Spirituality
- Career counseling
Research Interests
- School counseling
- Multicultural counseling
- Career counseling
- Neurolinguistic programming
- Spirituality
Professional Activities
- Served on seven different editorial boards, including Journal of Counseling and Development, the premier journal of the American Counseling Association
- Serving on the CACREP Executive Board of Directors from 1996 to 2001
- Chair, Research and Knowledge Committee of the American Counseling Association 2000 - 2003
- Co-Chair, International Committee, American Counseling Association 2005-2006
Honors & Awards
- 2005 Fulbright Senior Specialist
- 2001-2002 Fulbright Research Scholarship Award for India
- 2001 President's Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity
- 2000 Multicultural Research Award - National award presented by the American Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development on March 23, 2000.
- 2000 College of Education Alumnus of the Year Award, Mississippi State University, February 11, 2000.
- 2000 Multicultural Teaching Award - Presented by the University of Louisville on March 23, 2000.
Professional Memberships
- American Association for Adult Development and Aging
- American Association for Counseling & Development
- American Counseling Association (ACA)
- American Association for Humanistic Education & Development
- American Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development
- American Educational Research Association
- American School Counselor Association
- International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors Phi Delta Kappa
- Society for Accelerative Learning & Teaching
- World Council for Curriculum Instruction
