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Gerler Wins Counselor Education Award

Dr. Edwin Gerler received Pennsylvania State University’s Counselor Education Award for outstanding contributions to the profession.

Gerler, a professor in the curriculum, instruction and counselor education department, has been at NC State for more than 30 years. He completed a doctorate at Penn State in 1975 after working as an elementary school counselor in Millville, Pa.

Gerler is the founding editor of the Journal of School Violence. He co-authored one of the most popular textbooks in the field, School Counseling in the Twenty-First Century, fifth edition, with colleague Dr. Stan Baker. Gerler and Baker are collaborating on a project to expand the use of technology in school counseling, developing a school counseling activity network called scan21st.com.

Gerler recently began work on a National Science Foundation grant to explore how computer gaming affects students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.

Gerler Wins Counselor Education Award

Dr. Edwin Gerler received Pennsylvania State University’s Counselor Education Award for outstanding contributions to the profession.

Gerler, a professor in the curriculum, instruction and counselor education department, has been at NC State for more than 30 years. He completed a doctorate at Penn State in 1975 after working as an elementary school counselor in Millville, Pa.

Gerler is the founding editor of the Journal of School Violence. He co-authored one of the most popular textbooks in the field, School Counseling in the Twenty-First Century, fifth edition, with colleague Dr. Stan Baker.

Gerler and Baker are collaborating on a project to expand the use of technology in school counseling, developing a school counseling activity network called scan21st.com. Gerler recently began work on a National Science Foundation grant to explore how computer gaming affects students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.