Yanhong Liu, Associate Professor of Counseling and Counselor Education, has received the 2024 Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentoring Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
Liu joined the Syracuse University School of Education in 2018, having previously served as an assistant professor of Counselor Education at the University of Toledo, where she was also the School Counseling Program Coordinator and Admissions Coordinator for the master’s and doctoral programs.
An associate editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development, Liu also has served as an associate editor for The Professional Counselor and as a member of several editorial boards for counseling and interdisciplinary journals.
The Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentoring award acknowledges individual educators whose mentorship impacts students and colleagues in extensive ways and who have been a significant mentor to graduate counseling students, emerging counseling educators, supervisors, and counselors.
Doctoral student Sarah Litt nominated Liu, who she says, “[E]mbodies the virtues of a servant leader. Through her caring and personal mentoring of both students and professionals, along with her extensive scholarly work and collaborations with current and former students and leaders in counselor education and supervision, she not only guides but models what it means to honor the key roles of a counseling professional.”
Litt adds, “This award highlights Dr. Liu’s significant contributions to the profession and her lasting impact on the next generation of counselors and educators.”