Lauren Shure, Ph.D.

Lauren Shure joined the Counseling program in 2012. Dr. Shure holds a BS in Psychology, MSEd and EdS in Marriage and Family Counseling and Ph.D. in Counselor Education with a specialization in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida. Before joining Barry University's Counseling program, she planned and coordinated research and evaluation on the PBIS Indiana Project, a statewide network of culturally responsive positive behavior intervention and support programs (CR-PBIS) in K-12 schools. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and Indiana. Her professional interests include multicultural training and supervision, counselor positionality and issues of educational equity. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Shure, L., West-Olatunji, C., & Cholewa, B. (2019). Investigating the relationship between school counselor recommendations and student cultural behavioral styles. Journal of Negro Education, 88(4), 454-466. Canfield, B., & Shure, L. (2018). Intercultural Family Counseling. In B. Flamez & J. Hicks Family therapy: Theory, skills, assessment, and application. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing. West-Olatunji, C., Yoon, E., Shure, L., Pringle, R. & Adams, T. (2018). Girls and Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Double Bind in K-12 Schools. In B. Polnick, B. Irby, & J. Ballender (Eds.), Girls and women of color in STEM: Navigating the double bind in K-12 schools. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Shure, L., Ritter, S., Azziz, R., Skiba, R., Cole, C., Middelberg, L., & Sheya, A. (2015). Development of a mixed methods approach to describe and measure culturally responsive school practices and disparate disciplinary outcomes. The Online Journal of New Horizons in Education, 5(3), 23-40. West-Olatunji, C. Jean-Paul, N., Shure, L., Goodman, R. D., & Lewis, D. (2014). Culture-centered research and counselor efficacy. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, 5, 129-137. West-Olatunji, C., Goodman, R. D., & Shure, L. (2011). Use of Multicultural Supervision with School Counselors to Enhance Cultural Competence. Journal of School Counseling, 9(16), 1-29. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v9n16.pdf West-Olatunji, C., Shure, L., Pringle, R., Adams, T., & Baratelli, A., Lewis, D., & Cholewa, B. (2010). School counselors’ positioning of African-American girls in low-resourced schools as math and science learners. Professional School Counseling, 13, 185-195. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Shure, L., & Johnson, T. (2020, February). "Examining & Updating How We Teach Multiculturalism & Social Justice in Counseling." Education session at the 2nd Florida Statewide Networking Conference, Miami Shores, Florida. Johnson, T., & Shure, L. (2020, January). "Utilizing a Process Group to Deepen Counseling Students' Racial Identity Development." Education session at the Association of Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) Conference, Dorado, Puerto Rico. Flores Locke, A., & Shure, L. (2018, September). "Applying the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) to Counseling Families of LGBT Youth." Education session at the 3rd annual ALGBTIC Conference, Portland, Oregon. Shure, L., Yearwood, O., & Vasquez, C. (2018, March). "Youth Empowerment and Social Learning with the HTHDYDT?! Program and the Interactive videoRehearser Media Platform." Education session at the 5th annual CCSI Community Engagement Symposium, Miami Shores, Florida. Shure, L., & Machuca, R. (2017, March) "Exploring LGBTQ youth resilience with community partners: Bridging the research–practice gap." Symposium at the 4th annual CCSI Community Engagement Symposium, Miami Shores, Florida. Shure, L., & Moro, R. (2016, October). "Evaluating Counseling Training and Services: A Research Model." Education session at the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Machuca, R., & Shure, L. (2016, October). "Fostering Resilience Among LGBT Youth." Education session at the 2nd annual ALGBTIC Conference, San Antonio, Texas.