Dr. Clare Merlin-Knoblich

Dr. Merlin-Knoblich is from Raleigh, NC and began her multicultural competence journey while in college and completing summer internships supporting low-income youth and students of color. As she unpacked her own White privilege and others’ experiences with oppression, she started exploring how school counselors can use their roles in schools to support K-12 students in developing multicultural awareness, including an understanding of how privilege, power, and oppression impacts them and their environments. Her research continues to explore how school counselors can reduce prejudice in schools and ensure that all students have equal opportunities for success. Recently, she has worked on collaborative projects in public schools like the School Counseling Equity Fellowship and Diversity Dinner Dialogues for students and school counselors to explore multiculturalism and social justice. Dr. Merlin has published more than 25 peer-reviewed research articles in counseling and education journals and teaches courses in counseling and teaching in the Cato College of Education at UNC Charlotte.