Contact Information

N334 Lindquist Center
Psychological & Quantitative Foundations
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242 USA

• Ph.D. Counseling Psychology (APA Accredited), University of Oregon, 2001

Dissertation Title: Prediction of post secondary plans for rural Appalachian youth
Predoctoral Internship: The Ohio State University Counseling and Consultation Services (APA Accredited)

• MA, Community Counseling, Loyola University of Chicago, 1996
• BA, Psychology, West Virginia University, 1992
• Licensed Psychologist, Sate of Iowa

• Counseling Psychology Program

• Division 17, Newsletter Editor (2007-present)
• Editorial Board Member, The Counseling Psychologist, (term begins Spring 2009)
• Editorial Board, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (Spring 2008-Present)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Career Development (2006-present)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Career Assessment (2006-present)
• Communications Officer, Society for Vocational Psychology (2003-2007)
• Scheduling Coordinator, APA's Division 17 Hospitality Suite (2003)
• APA's Division 17 Hospitality Suite Chair (2005)

• Career Counseling
• Multicultural and Feminist Psychotherapy
• Women's Issues, Social Justice and Advocacy

• Reading, running, playing with my kids

• Vocational and career development
• Islam and psychology
• Multiculturalism and feminism
  

Articles in refereed journals:

• Ali, S.R. (in press). Using Feminist Psychotherapy with Muslim Women. Research in  the  Social Scientific Study of Religion.
• Diemer, M.A. & Ali, S.R. (in press). Integrating Social Class into Vocational Psychology: Theory and Practice Implications. Journal of Career Assessment.
• Schlosser, L. Z., Ali, S. R., Ackerman, S. R., & Dewey, J. J. H. (in press). Religion, ethnicity, culture, way of life: Jews, Muslims, and Multicultural Counseling. Counseling and Values.
• Ali, S.R. & Saunders, J.L. (in press). The Career Aspirations of Rural Appalachian High School Students. Journal of Career Assessment.
• Ali, S.R., Liu, W.M., Mahmood, A., & Arguello, J. (2008). Social Justice and Applied Psychology: Practical Ideas for Training the Next Generation of Psychologists. Journal of Social Action in Counseling Psychology, 2, 1-13.
• Ali, S.R., Mahmood, A., Moel, J., Hudson, C., & Leathers, L. (2008). A Qualitative Investigation of Muslim and Christian Women’s Views of Religion and Feminism in Their Lives. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14, 38-46.
• Ali, S.R. &  McWhirter, E.H. (2006). Rural Appalachian Youth’s Vocational/Educational Post-secondary Aspirations: Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory. Journal ofCareer Development, 33, 87-111.
• Ali, S.R. & Saunders, J.L. (2006). College expectations of rural Appalachian youth: An exploration of Social Cognitive Career Theory Factors. Career Development Quarterly, 55, 38-51.
• Liu, W.M. & Ali, S.R. (2005). Addressing Social Class and Classism in Vocational Theory and Practice: Extending the Emancipatory Communitarian Approach. The Counseling Psychologist, 2, 189-196.
• Ali, S.R.., McWhirter, E.H., Chronister, K.M. (2005). Self-efficacy and vocational outcome expectations for lower SES adolescents: A pilot study. Journal of Career Assessment, 13, 40-58.
• Flores , L.Y. & Ali, S.R. (2004).When Will We Start Fertilizing the Brown Spots? An Urgent and (Hopefully) Final Call to Vocational Psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 578-586. 
• Ali S.R., Liu, W. & Humeidan, M. (2004). Islam 101: Understanding the Religion and Therapy Implications. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35, 635-642.
• Liu, W.M., Ali, S.R., Soleck, G., Hopps, J. & Pickett, T. (2004) Using Social Class in Counseling Psychology Research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 3-18.
• Sweatt, L. Harding, C. Knight-Lynn, L. Rasheed, S. & Carter, P. (2002) Talking about the silent fear: Adolescents' experiences of violence in an urban high-rise community. Adolescence, 37, 109-120.
• McWhirter, E.H., Rasheed, S., & Crothers, M. (2000). The effects of high school career education on social cognitive variables. Journal of Counseling Psychology,47, 330-341.
• McWhirter, E.H., Torres, D. & Rasheed, S. (1998). Assessing barriers to women’s career adjustment. Journal of Career Assessment, 4, 449-479.

Chapters in books (selected):

• Ali, S.R. Psychology and Sunni Muslims (2006). In E.T. Dowd & S.L. Nielson Exploration of Of the Psychologies of Religion. Springer Publishing Co.: New York.
• Ali, S.R. Theories of Adult and Career Development (2005). In P. Gore (Ed.) National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. National Resource Center: Columbia, SC.
• Ali, S.R. ., Lewis, S.Z., Sandil, R. (2005). Career counseling with Asian women. In W.B. Walsh and M. Heppner (Eds.) Handbook of Career Counseling for Women. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Ali, S.R. & Ancis, J. (2004). Multicultural Education and Critical Pedagogy Approaches In C. Z. Enns & A. L. Sinacore (Eds.), Teaching and Social Justice: Integrating Multicultural and Feminist Theories in the Classroom. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.
• Ancis, J. & Ali, S.R. (2004) Multicultural Counselor Training Approaches: Implications for Multicultural Feminist Pedagogy. In C. Z. Enns & A. L. Sinacore (Eds.), Teaching and Social Justice: Integrating Multicultural and Feminist Theories in the Classroom. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.
• Ali, S.R., Flojo, J., Chronister, K.M., Hayashino, D.S. Smiling, Q., Torres, D.M.& McWhirter, E.H. (2004). When Racism Is Reversed: Therapists of Color Speak about their Experiences with Racism from Clients, Supervisees, and Supervisors. In M. Rastogi and E. Wieling (Eds.)Voices of Color: First Person Accounts of Ethnic Minority Therapists. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.
• Altmaier, E., Fraley, S., Homafair, B., Maloney, R., Rasheed, S., & Rippentropf, E. (2003). Health counseling: Assessment and Intervention. In Kopala, M. and Keitel, M. (Eds.) Handbook for Counseling Women.
• Bowman, S., Rasheed, S., Ferris, J., Thomas, D. McCray, M., & Weitzman, L. (2001). Interface between multiculturalism and feminism: Where are women of color? In J.G. Ponterotto, J.M. Casas, L.A. Suzuki, & C.M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of Multicultural Counseling. Thousands Oak, CA: Sage.

• Feminist Psychotherapy Seminar
• Beginning Practicum
• Advanced Practicum