Ariel Harrison

Ariel Harrison, Ph.D., NCC, LPC is a licensed school counselor in Virginia, a certified school counselor in Georgia, and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia. She has worked as a school counselor for almost 12 years in elementary, middle, and high school settings that include private, public, and charter schools.

She is the Academic Program Coordinator and Core Faculty in the School Counseling masters program at Walden. Ariel is a graduate of Walden University's Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral program and loves the relationships that she has formed with students and faculty at Walden. Her theoretical orientation involves Adlerian Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and her research interests include school belonging, race and racial identity development, African American counseling concerns, and multicultural counseling competence.

Courses Taught

COUN 6302-S - Counseling Techniques in Schools

COUN 6312 - Multicultural Counseling in the Schools

SPLB 671L - MSCO Prepracticum 1

COUN 6311S - Leadership, Advocacy, and Consultation in Schools

COUN 6111S - Introduction to School Counseling

Education

BA, The University of Virginia

MS, Longwood University

PhD, Walden University

Public Service

Georgia School Counselor Association, Other -

The University of Virginia Black Alumni Mental Health List, Participant -

Awards / Honors

2021 Counselor Educator of the Year, Georgia School Counselor Association, 2021

Publications

Payne, R. D., Harrison, A. D., Griffin, M. A. (2024). “Safe spaces are built:” How African American Women Discuss Professional Connectedness in Online Doctoral Programs. Journal of African American Women and Girls in Education

Harrison, A. D. (2022). 10 Tips for Navigating Online Graduate School: A Guide for Single Parents and Primary Caretakers.

Harrison, A. D. (2023). Cultural Competency and Meaningful Online Relationships: Creating Safe Spaces for BIPOC Students.

Harrison, A. D. (2022). 10 Tips for Navigating Online Graduate School: A Guide for Single Parents and Primary Caretakers.

Harrison, A. D., Golden, S. Culturally Sustainable Counseling Curricula in Online Higher Education.

Presentations

Harrison, A. D. (2022). Balancing Counselor Educator Identities: School and Professional/CMHC. SACES

Payne, R. D., Griffin, M. A., Harrison, A. D. (2021). Confronting Integration, Belonging and Isolation of Graduate Students of Color. Walden University

Griffin, M. A., Harrison, A. D., Payne, R. (2020). Mentoring African American Women: Strategies for Colleges, Programs, and Faculty. Walden University

Harrison, A. D. (2020). Multicultural Competence Support for School Counselor Educators. Georgia School Counselor Association