Diandra J. Prescod is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of School Counseling at the University of Connecticut. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and Program Coordinator of Career Counseling at the Pennsylvania State University. Diandra received her Ph.D in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. She is active in the field of Counselor Education and presents her research nationally and internationally; she has present her work in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Hungary. Diandra currently serves as secretary for the European Branch of the American Counseling Association.
Diandra's research focuses on career development interventions for (a) STEM undergraduate students and (b) women/students of color in higher education. In 2017 she created Academic Wellness and Career Consultations from a partnership formed with Penn State's Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering. The program offers career counseling services to both undergraduate and graduate students and Diandra directed the program from 2017-2020. She was previously a co-Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant that encouraged undergraduate students to pursue degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Technology).
Diandra co-authored the 2020 Article of the Year in the National Career Development Association's Career Development Quarterly. From 2019-2020 she was a member of the organizing committee for the Pennsylvania Career Development Association (est. 2019) that won the NCDA's Outstanding State Division Award in 2020. In 2018, Diandra was awarded with the New Professional of the Year Award from the North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES). In 2016 and 2017, she was selected to be an Emerging Leaders Fellow for both the regional (North Atlantic) and national chapters of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. She won the 2014 Outstanding Journal Article Award from the Association for Adult Development and Aging for her co-authored article entitled "Career Intervention Considerations for Unwed Young Black Mothers in the United States."
Media mentions:
Counseling Expert Strives to Support the Unemployed Amid COVID (2020)
Inaugural Year of Career Counseling-Engineering Partnership Sees Great Success (2018)
Career Counseling Partnership with the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (2017)
Addressing the STEM Crisis Through Career Development Interventions (2016)
Diandra's research focuses on career development interventions for (a) STEM undergraduate students and (b) women/students of color in higher education. In 2017 she created Academic Wellness and Career Consultations from a partnership formed with Penn State's Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering. The program offers career counseling services to both undergraduate and graduate students and Diandra directed the program from 2017-2020. She was previously a co-Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant that encouraged undergraduate students to pursue degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Technology).
Diandra co-authored the 2020 Article of the Year in the National Career Development Association's Career Development Quarterly. From 2019-2020 she was a member of the organizing committee for the Pennsylvania Career Development Association (est. 2019) that won the NCDA's Outstanding State Division Award in 2020. In 2018, Diandra was awarded with the New Professional of the Year Award from the North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES). In 2016 and 2017, she was selected to be an Emerging Leaders Fellow for both the regional (North Atlantic) and national chapters of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. She won the 2014 Outstanding Journal Article Award from the Association for Adult Development and Aging for her co-authored article entitled "Career Intervention Considerations for Unwed Young Black Mothers in the United States."
Media mentions:
Counseling Expert Strives to Support the Unemployed Amid COVID (2020)
Inaugural Year of Career Counseling-Engineering Partnership Sees Great Success (2018)
Career Counseling Partnership with the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (2017)
Addressing the STEM Crisis Through Career Development Interventions (2016)
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