2010-2011 Scholarship Recipients - College of Education

Program
Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology
Alexandra Kelly
C. Kay Allen Endowed
Scholarship
Why are you interested in counseling psychology?
I‘ve arrived at this career path as the result of a series of
influential volunteer and professional experiences in mentoring
and guidance roles, each of which centered on academic
adjustment, vocational choice and career transition. I‘m
interested in a career as a counseling psychologist because it
provides the chance to make an impact on a number of levels:
working with individuals through one-on-one clinical practice,
contributing to the broader discourse by conducting and
disseminating research, and improving access to resources and
changing institutions through advocacy on behalf of underserved
groups. I tremendously value this opportunity to enter a field in
which social justice, individual strengths and optimal
development are emphasized, and in which the full range of
human diversity is served and celebrated.
About Alexandra
Born in Bryn Mawr, PA. Loves cool summer nights spent
outside with good company.