Christopher Sink, Ph.D., NCC, LMHC (WA Inactive), professor of Counseling and Human Services (since July 2015). Earlier, I spent 21 years as a professor of counselor education at Seattle Pacific University and five years at Northwest Missouri State University. Prior to serving in the professoriate, I worked as a secondary and post-secondary counselor. I have many years of chief editorial experience in counseling-related journals (ASCA’s Professional School Counseling and ACA’s Counseling and Values). I currently serve on the editorial board of multiple peer-refereed journals, including The Professional Counselor (the National Board of Certified Counselors), Professional School Counseling (American School Counselor Association), Counselling and Spirituality (Canadian), Counseling and Values (American Counseling Association and Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling), and Journal of Research on Christian Education. I enjoy consulting (e.g., conducting program evaluations) for school systems and organizations as well as presenting at scholarly and professional conferences on a regular basis including those held in the U.S. and internationally. I have also served as a keynote speaker on multiple occasions. I publish extensively in various areas related to school counseling, social-emotional learning (SEL), educational psychology, positive psychology, and research methods. I am a strong advocate for systemic and strengths-based school-based counseling. Currently, my research agenda includes topics examining social-emotional learning [click link for description of multinational project], program evaluation, outcomes of comprehensive school counseling programs, research methods in counselor education, positive psychology, and spirituality as an important feature of adolescent resiliency. I also have a three-year appointment as visiting scholar at York St John University, Faculty of Education and Theology, York England.
