Mandy Savitz-Romer

I am focused on bridging the worlds of research and practice to prepare educators to promote positive academic, social emotional, and postsecondary development for adolescents and young adults.

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My professional goals are focused on two, interrelated topics: school counseling, and postsecondary access and readiness. Across these topics I highlight the systemic inefficiencies and professional limitations that maintain educational inequality and offer field-based strategies to overcome them. I have narrowed in on how K-12 and higher education systems establish systems of support. That is, I examine how schools, districts, colleges and universities and state policy understand and address the unequal access to counseling and student supports.

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In addition to my university commitments, teaching and mentoring, research, and field engagement, I offer college planning services to a small number of students, which helps keep me connected to the field.