Rate My Professor Senel Poyrazli

Senel Poyrazli is a Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg - The Capital College. She received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Houston, M.Sc. in counseling psychology from Northeastern University in Boston, and B.A. in psychological counseling and guidance from Hacettepe University in Turkey. Her clinical experience encompasses work with adolescents, college students, adults, married and unmarried couples, and war veterans, addressing issues such as relationships, psychosocial adjustment, decision making, depression, and trauma. Dr. Poyrazli's research centers on college students' and immigrants' psychosocial and academic adjustment, cross-cultural competency, acculturative stress, factors impacting immigrant student achievement, international students' academic failure, and microaggressions faced by Syrian refugee college students. She teaches courses including counseling skills, interviewing and counseling, group counseling, theories of counseling, family therapy, internship, research methods, and multicultural competency.

Dr. Poyrazli has earned numerous awards and honors, including the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award for 2022-2023 at Bilkent University in Turkey, Fellowship in the American Psychological Association Divisions 52 (2009), 1 (2015), and 17 (2020), Teaching Excellence Award from Penn State Harrisburg (2007), Faculty Diversity Award (2010), Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity Award (2021), Outstanding International Psychologist Award from APA Division 52 (2021), and Excellent Contribution Award from APA Division 17 International Section (2021). She has held leadership positions such as president of APA Division 52 (2014), editor of International Psychology Bulletin for five years, chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee for Division 52, chair of the International Student Mentoring and Orientation Committee for Division 17, associate editor for The General Psychologist (Division 1), editor of the Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, and vice-president of the Pennsylvania Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network, organizing annual immigrant women's health conferences. Her publications appear in journals such as Journal of College Student Development, Journal of College Counseling, Journal of Humanistic Counseling Education and Development, International Journal of Stress Management, Adolescence, Journal of Counseling and Development, and Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.