Contact Information

N370 Lindquist Center
Division of Counseling, Rehabilitation and Student Development University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

• Ph.D. Counselor Education, North Carolina State University, 1997
• M.S. Counselor Education, North Carolina State University, 1993
• B.A. Communication Studies/Public Relations, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1990

• Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Student Development

• National Board Certified Counselor (NCC)
• Licensed Professional Counselor North Carolina (LPC)

• Assistant Professor, Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Student Development
• Assistant Professor, Radford University, 1998
• Career Counselor, Shaw University, 1993
• Resident Director, University Towers, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1990
• Resident Director, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1989

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
• American College Student Personnel Association (ACPA)
• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)

• Watt, S. K., Robinson, T. L., & Lupton-Smith, H. (2002). Building ego and racial identity: Preliminary perspectives on counselors-in-training. Journal of Counseling & Development, 80(1), 94-100.
• Constantine, M. G., & Watt, S.K. (2002), Cultural congruity, womanist identity attitudes, and life satisfaction among African American college women attending historically Black and predominantly White institutions. Journal of College Student Development, 43(2),184-194.
• Howard-Hamilton, M.H., & Watt S.K. (2001). Student Services for Athletes: Services to Enhance Collegiate Experiences. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Robinson, T.R., & Watt, S.K. (In Press). Where no one goes begging: Converging gender, sexuality, and spiritual identities in counseling. In D.C. Locke, J.E. Meyers, & E.L. Herr (Eds.), Handbook of Counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Watt, S.K. (1999). The story between the lines: A qualitative review of the special issue on racism. Journal of Counseling and Development, 77(1), 54-61.

• racial identity development
• spirituality
• persistence and retention of students of color
• graduate student development
• college students

• 07C: 250 Multiculturalism in the Helping Professions
• 07C:278 Applied Microcounseling
• 07C:331 College Students and Their Environments