Gail E. Uellendahl

Gail E. Uellendahl is emeritus professor of counselor education with the Counselor Education Program of the Counseling and Guidance Department in the Graduate School of Eduction at California Lutheran University (CLU). She came to CLU with more than 16 years of experience designing and implementing college counseling programs at Queens College, City University of New York. At CLU, Uellendahl taught a variety of courses focused on the theory and practice of counseling. She regularly participated in regional, state, and national conferences, and made presentations about assessment and school counseling, critical incident stress management in K–12 settings, culturally proficient higher education teams, the use of student outcomes data for designing school counseling programs, and supporting first-generation students. Her research focuses on site supervision for counseling interns and the experiences of successful first-generation graduate students.  She is a practicing licensed psychologist in New York and California and has a long-standing interest in serving first-generation and other underrepresented populations as well as a long history of advocacy for students with disabilities. She was a first-generation college student who earned an AA degree in child care. Uellendahl received her PhD in counseling psychology from New York University.

updated 2024