Dr. Ileana Gonzalez

Dr. Ileana Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education (CHSE). Prior to her appointment at the University of Maryland, she held a faculty position at Johns Hopkins University for over a decade. Prior to her career in higher education, she gained extensive experience in the field of K-12 education as a teacher and school counselor working with Caribbean populations in South Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2013. Her identity as a first-generation college student and daughter of refugees informs her beliefs in equity and access to a quality education for all students, particularly those from marginalized populations. She has published and presented nationally on social justice action in schools and in higher education settings and on multicultural competence and antiracist training for counselors. Her research interests include multicultural and antiracist counselor education, cultural competence in counseling and social justice action in urban school settings. She is an active member of the American Counseling Association, Association of Counselor Education and Supervision, Counselors for Social Justice and the Association of Multicultural Counseling Development.