Our Department
Interested in becoming a school counselor or school psychologist? Contact Suelle Micallef Marmara, counseling program director at suelle.micallefmarmara@uwrf.edu or Scott Woitaszewski, school psychology program director at scott.woitaszewski@uwrf.edu to discuss your goals and learn more about our programs. Explore below to learn more about our campus, faculty and staff.
Our Location
UWRF is only a 20 to 30 minute drive from downtown St. Paul, Minn. You'll attend classes in the Wyman Education Building, located in the heart of campus. Class sizes are small, giving you an opportunity to connect and engage directly with faculty and staff!
Our Outcomes and Accreditation
- Since spring 2017, 96% of counseling graduates were employed as school counselors within nine months of graduation.
- Since 2002, 100% of school psychology interns have found employment.
- Each of our programs is approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. School psychology is accredited by the National Association of School Psychologists, while the counseling program is CACREP accredited.
Our Faculty and Staff
Scott Woitaszewski, Ph.D., NCSP
Chair, Counseling and School Psychology Department; Director, School Psychology Program; Professor, School Psychology
Office: 227 Wyman Teacher Education Building
Phone: 715-425-3883
Email: scott.woitaszewski@uwrf.edu
Education:
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College
M.S., Ball State University
Ph.D., Ball State University
Interests include: School safety and crisis intervention, suicide and threat assessment, measuring school intervention effectiveness, intervention implementation science.
Suelle Micallef Marmara, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling Program; Assistant Professor, Counseling
Office: 231 Wyman Teacher Education Building
Phone: 715-425-4034
Email: suelle.micallefmarmara@uwrf.edu
Education:
BS (Hons), University of Malta
MGT, Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute Malta
M.A., University of Malta
M.A., University of Maryland in College Park
Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Interests include: psychosocial adjustment of adolescent immigrants, cross-cultural supervision, counseling in hospital settings.
Caroline Baker, Ph.D., NCC, LSC
Professor, Counseling
Office: 104 North Hall
Phone: 715-425-3237
Email: caroline.baker@uwrf.edu
Education:
B.S., University of Tennessee
M.A., University of Tennessee
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Interests Include:
Multicultural competency and social justice in counseling, racial/ethnic minority student experiences in counseling graduate programs, career counseling, scholarship of teaching and learning.
Todd A. Savage, Ph.D., NCSP
Professor, School Psychology
Office: 232 Wyman Teacher Education Building
Phone: 715-425-4623
Email: todd.savage@uwrf.edu
Education:
B.A., University of Minnesota
M.S.E., Ed.S., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., School Psychology, University of Kentucky
Interests include: Culturally-responsive practice; social justice issues; mental health services in schools; and LGBTQ+ issues in education with an emphasis on gender diversity.
Alexis Sanchez (they/them), Ph.D., NCSP
Assistant Professor, School Psychology
Office: 225 Wyman Teacher Education Building
Phone: 715-425-4498
Email: alexis.sanchez@uwrf.edu
Donald Lee Stovall, Psy.D., L.P.
Professor Emeritus, School Psychology
Email: donald.lee.stovall@uwrf.edu
Education:
B.A., Macalester College
M.S.E., University of Wisconsin-River Falls (School Psychology)
Psy.D., Minnesota School of Professional Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
Interests include: Promoting mental health programs for children and adolescents, parenting issues, integration of children with exceptional needs into general education settings, and promoting fair assessments of students from diverse backgrounds.
Education:
B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison
M.S., University of Wisconsin–Stout
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Interests include: Collaboration among school professionals, solution-focused counseling, adventure counseling, care-giving of older adults, groups counseling.
Angus McKechnie
Department Associate, Counseling and School Psychology
Office: 203 Wyman Teacher Education Building
Phone: 715-425-0785
Email: angus.mckechnie@uwrf.edu
Counseling
Suelle Micallef Marmara
231 Wyman Education Building
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022
suelle.micallefmarmara@uwrf.edu
