Dr. White has a strong counselor identity and has experience in the areas related to counselor education, including teaching, counseling, supervision, research, and service to the profession. She is also a licensed professional counselor (LPC-Ohio).

She earned her PhD in Counselor Education and currently works as an Assistant Professor. She has been teaching at the collegiate level since 2006 and has taught a variety of classes at the bachelor, master, and doctorate levels. 

Her clinical experience is vast. She has worked in several residential treatment centers and a  counseling center housed on a university campus. Prior to becoming a faculty member, she worked as a licensed professional counselor and drug and alcohol counselor at a community mental health center, specializing in work with populations who have a HIV positive status and clients who have an addiction diagnosis and/or a criminal background. 

Dr. White has demonstrated a commitment to service within the counseling profession and her community. Her national service positions have included serving on the Counselor Educator Task Force for Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), the ACA Public Awareness and Support Committee, Legislative and Advocacy Committee of IAAOC, Conference Development Committee for AARC, and Editorial Board Member for the Counseling and Values Journal (ASERVIC). On a local level, she has served as the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor Association president, secretary, and membership co-chair and a member on the Tennessee Counseling Association ethics committee. She was also the membership chair of the Ohio Counseling Association, the President of the North Central Ohio Counseling Association.

Dr. White is always looking for new ways to collaborate with colleagues and advance the profession of counseling. Dr. White’s research interests include the use of technology in counselor education, advocacy for the counseling profession, social justice concerns for counselors, LGBTQQIA issues in counseling, and leadership development.