Faculty

Photo of Jon Borland Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Jon Borland

Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Jennifer Kirsch Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Jennifer Kirsch

Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Christine D. Lewis Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Christine D. Lewis

Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Rebecca Milner Ph. D., Program Coordinator, Associate Professor

Rebecca Milner

Ph. D., Program Coordinator, Associate ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Christy Oaks Ph.D., Clinic Director, Clinical Instructor

Christy Oaks

Ph.D., Clinic Director, Clinical InstructorCounseling Program

Photo of Mickey White Ph. D., NCC, BC-TMH, Associate Professor

Mickey White

Ph. D., NCC, BC-TMH, Associate ProfessorCounseling Program

Faculty Bios and Vitas

 

  • Dr. Jon Borland
    Dr. Jon Borland, PSC (OH), Assistant Professor, (Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Central Florida, 2020). Dr. Borland (he/him) is a licensed Professional School Counselor in the state of Ohio and has over a decade of experience working with students and their families in educational and private settings. He has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 2021 and teaches a variety of courses in both the school counseling core and concentration. His research interests include school counselor training and competencies, youth mental health and educational policy, instrument development, and HIV awareness and education. He is an active member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), American School Counselor Association (ASCA), and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
  • Dr. Jennifer Kirsch
    Dr. Jennifer Kirsch, LPC (VA), NCC, Registered LPC Supervisor (VA), Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [Virginia Tech], August 2022). Jenny (she/her) joined the counseling program at ETSU in 2022 and will teach courses across the counseling core and electives specializing in couple and family therapy. She is an active member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (ACES), with regional membership to its Southern branch (SACES), as well as membership to two ACA-affiliated organizations: the Association of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness (ACSSW) and the International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling (IARTC). She also serves on the education and webinar committee for the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) and is a member of the SACES Women’s Interest Network. Her areas of research and professional interest include wellness, professional quality of life, COVID-19 stress, trauma-informed care and practices, supervisee development, and instrument development – particularly toward the creation of an inclusive and culturally representative measure for wellness.
  • Dr. Christine D. Lewis
    Dr. Christine D. Lewis, LPC (MS), NCC, NCSC, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Counseling and Supervision, The University of Mississippi, 2021). Dr. Lewis (she/her) is a Licensed Professional School Counselor in the state of Mississippi and has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 2021. She teaches courses in both the school counseling and clinical mental health counseling core and concentration. She is a member of the American School Counseling Association (ASCA), Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (with local membership in SACES). Her professional interests include advocacy of school counselor training to work with students with disabilities, promotion of adolescent mental health awareness, K-12 collaboration and connection to resources, and multicultural and social justice awareness.
  • Dr. Rebecca Milner
    Dr. Rebecca Milner, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Counseling and Supervision, James Madison University, 2014). Dr. Milner (she/her) has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 2016 and regularly teaches courses in both the clinical mental health counseling core and concentration. She is a member of the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (with local membership in SACES), the American Counseling Association, and the Counselors for Social Justice division of ACA. Her professional interests include multicultural and intercultural development, social justice and anti-racism, mindfulness, technology facilitated sexual violence, international service-learning, crisis counseling and risk assessment, and expressive arts. Dr. Milner currently serves as the Counseling Program Coordinator. 
  • Dr. Christy Oaks
    Christy Oaks, LPC-MHSP (TN), Clinical Instructor/Clinical Director (Ph.D. Counseling Education and Supervision, University of the Cumberlands, 2024). Oaks (she/her/they/them) joined the counseling program at ETSU in 2022 and teaches counseling courses in addition to directing the program’s Community Counseling Clinic. She is an active member of American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (with a local membership in SACES), Sexual Affectional Intersex and Gender Expansive (SAIGE), and Southeastern Women’s Studies Association (SEWSA). She has experience working with various populations including outpatient work with substance abuse, mood disorders, trauma, and other presenting concerns; individual and group counseling with youth, adolescents, and adults; in-school counseling with elementary age children. Her professional interests include wellness, self-care, social justice, and advocacy and empowerment of the LGBTQIA+ community and other identities with histories steeped in marginalization and discrimination. 
  • Dr. Mickey E. White
    Dr. Mickey E. White, NCC, BC-TMH, Associate Professor, (Ph.D., Counseling, University of North Texas, 2019). Dr. White (he/him) currently serves as the program's CACREP liaison. He has been part of the Counseling Program faculty at ETSU since 2019 and regularly teaches courses in substance use counseling, social and cultural foundations, telemental health, and clinical skills. He is an active member of professional counseling organizations, including the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) and the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES). His areas of research center around the intersections of gender identity/expression and other marginalized identities, broader LGBTQ+ issues in counselor preparation, professional issues in counselor education, decolonization and liberation practices in counseling and counselor education, and animal-assisted therapy.