The Pillars

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING
& INSTRUCTIONAL SCIENCES
CINS New Faculty & Staff
Ellen Parham
Ellen was hired in June of 2019 as our department’s new
Secretary V. Ellen has worked for 28 years managing a large
office involved in various business practices including human
resource tasks in the field of injury claims processing. Ellen
brings an abundance of energy, an intrinsic desire to learn and
“get it right”. We welcome Ellen and look forward to her being
part of the CINS and CEPS professional family.
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING & INSTRUCTIONAL SCIENCES
Dr. James Stefurak
Chair
Our department comprises graduate programs in three
domains: Instructional Design, Counseling and Educational
Media. We train leaders in the Gulf Coast region and abroad
that impact a variety of industries including mental health and
primary health care, education, industry, government and the
military.
Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Burke Johnson
Burke Johnson had a busy 2018-2019 year of writing and
publishing. This year he revised two books, coedited another
book, and is currently coediting a fourth book. He continues his
internationally-recognized work in the areas of mixed methods
research and program evaluation methodology.
Dr. Johnson’ s books are as follows:
1. Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (available October
of 2019 with a 2020 publication date). Educational research:
Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches (7th ed.). Los
Angeles, CA: Sage.
2. Christensen, L. B., Johnson, R. B., & Turner, L. A.
(available August 2019 with a 2020 publication date). Research methods, design, and analysis
(13th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
3. Njoku, M. G. C., Jason, L. A., & Johnson, R. B. (Eds.). (2019). Psychology of peace promotion:
Global perspectives on personal peace, children, and adolescents and social justice. New York,
NY: Springer.
4. Onwuegbuzie, A. J., Johnson, R. B. (Eds.) (hoping to be available in Fall 2020) Reviewer’s Guide
for Mixed Methods Research Analysis. New York, NY: Routledge.
During 2019, Burke also gave international workshops on mixed methods research at the
University of Bergen (Norway), the University of Oslo (Norway), the Global School in Empirical
Research Methods (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland), and University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine (Trinidad & Tobago).