Rate My Professor Allison Crowe

Allison Crowe is a Professor of Counselor Education and Acting Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Professions in the College of Education at East Carolina University. She earned her PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a master’s degree in Community Counseling from the College of William and Mary, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Virginia. A Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor-Supervisor (LCMHC-S) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), Dr. Crowe has extensive clinical experience in inpatient facilities, crisis units, outpatient care, domestic violence settings, working with adults with severe mental illness, crisis intervention, women and families, and substance use disorders.

Her research specializes in mental health stigma, stigma associated with intimate partner violence, mental health needs of law enforcement, protective factors in rural Black youth, virtual reality-enhanced therapies, and creative approaches in counseling and counselor education. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles, a book Overcoming the Stigma around Intimate Partner Violence (Routledge Press, 2017), and several book chapters. Key publications include “The role of protective factors in moderating the association between racism and suicidal ideation or depression among rural Black youth: A scoping review” (Youth & Society, 2024), “A systematic review of public stigmatization toward women victims of intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries” (Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 2023), and “Let them know it's okay to get help: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Police Officers” (Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2022). Dr. Crowe has received numerous awards, including the Administrator of the Year Award from the North Carolina Counseling Association (2023), the National Research Best Practice Award from the American Counseling Association (2019), the MECD Patricia B. Elmore Award for Outstanding Research in Measurement and Evaluation (2019), and the Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award (2019). She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling (2016-2024), is a subject matter expert on domestic violence for the American Counseling Association, and co-founded the See the Triumph Campaign in 2012, an international research, education, and advocacy initiative to eradicate stigma associated with intimate partner violence. As past president of the North Carolina Counseling Association, she teaches graduate-level courses on helping skills, clinical mental health counseling, group counseling, family counseling, theories, ethics, and research.