Cheryl Moore-Thomas, Ph.D., NCC

Interim Associate Dean, Associate Professor
School Counseling Program
Education Specialties Department
Loyola University Maryland
School of Education
Timonium Graduate Center
2034 Greenspring Drive
Room 40K
Timonium, MD 21093
410-617-1511 (phone)
410-617-1515 (fax)
Cmoore4@loyola.edu

Education
B.A. Loyola College in Maryland (Elementary Education)
M.Ed. Loyola College in Maryland (School Counseling)
Ph.D. University of Maryland (Counselor Education)

Courses
GC 701 Techniques of Educational Counseling
GC 704 Theories of Counseling
GC 706 Group Counseling in Schools
GC 791 School Counseling Practicum
GC 722 Internship in School Counseling

Bio
Cheryl Moore-Thomas received her Ph. D. in counselor education from the University of Maryland. She is currently an assistant professor of education in the school counseling program at Loyola College in Maryland. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Moore-Thomas worked in the public school system. Her former positions included classroom teacher, professional school counselor, counseling department chair, student services specialist, assistant to the associate superintendent, consultant, and trainer. Over her professional career, Dr Moore-Thomas has published and presented in the areas of multicultural counseling competence, racial identity development of children and adolescents, and accountability in school counseling programs.

Selected Publications
Bryan, J., Day-Vines, N., Moore-Thomas, C., Holcomb-McCoy, C., (in press). Demystifying the process of using longitudinal databases in school counselor research. Counselor Education and Supervision.

Smith-D’Arezzo, W.M., & Moore-Thomas, C. (2010). Children’s Perceptions of Peers with Disabilities. Teaching Exceptional Children Plus, 6(3) Article 2. Available online at http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol6/iss3/art2

Bryan, J, Holcomb-McCoy, C., Moore-Thomas. C., & ., Day-Vines, N. (2009). Who sees the school counselor for college information? A national study. Professional School Counseling,12, 280-291.

Moore-Thomas, C. (2009). Counseling middle schools: What students expect. Principal, 88, 48-49.

Moore-Thomas, C., & Day-Vines, N. (2008). Culturally competent counseling for religious and spiritual African American adolescents. Professional School Counseling,  11, 159-165.

Erford, B., Balcom, L., & Moore-Thomas, C. (2007). The screening test for emotional disturbance (STEP): Studies of reliability and validity. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 39, 209-225.

Erford, B., O’Brocki, C., & Moore-Thomas, C. (2007). Technical Analysis of the Reading Essential Skill Screener Upper Elementary Version (RESS-U). Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 40, 33-41.

Moore-Thomas, C., & Lent, R. (2007). Middle school students' expectations about counseling: Factor structure and relation to help-seeking receptivity. Professional School Counseling, 10, 411-418.

Moore-Thomas, C. (2005). African American adolescents’ religiosity and spirituality: Implications for professional school counselors. The Counseling Interviewer, 37, 17-22.

Moore-Thomas, C. (2005). Who am I? Exploring identity in a group counseling experience for African American females. The Counseling Interviewer, 38, 19-23.

Chapters (Peer Reviewed in an Edited Book)
Holcomb-McCoy, C. & Moore-Thomas, C. (2011). Multicultural issues in group work. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Group work: Process and application, (pp. 39-51). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Erford, B., Moore-Thomas, C., & Wallace, L. (2010). Program accountability. In B.T. Erford (Ed.), Professional school counseling: A handbook of theories, programs and practices (2nd ed.) (pp.251-259). Austin, TX: PRO-Ed.

Holcomb-McCoy, C. & Moore-Thomas, C. (2010). Multicultural issues in group work. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Group work in the schools, (pp. 37-49). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Moore-Thomas, C. (2010). Cultural identity development. In D. Hays and B. Erford (Eds.), Developing multicultural counseling competency: A systems approach, (pp. 32-52). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.

Moore-Thomas, C. (2010). Comprehensive developmental school counseling programs. In B.T. Erford (Ed.), Professional school counseling: A handbook of theories, programs and practices (2nd ed.) (201-208). Austin, TX: PRO-Ed.

Moore-Thomas, C. (2010). Multicultural counseling competence in school counseling. In B.T. Erford (Ed.), Professional school counseling: A handbook of theories, programs and practices (2nd ed.) (pp.70-77). Austin, TX: PRO-Ed.