Dr. Davison Avilés coordinates the school counseling program and teaches career development, school counseling, human development, practicum and internship in counseling, and interpersonal and organizational behavior. His current research centers on multicultural and social justice issues in school counseling and career development.

Background
Prior to joining the Department in 1999, Dr. Bob (as he was named by his students)) taught at George Mason University, where he was coordinator for the school- and higher education-counseling programs. He also spent two years at the University of Minnesota, where he completed his doctoral internship and served as an advisor at the Chicano/Latino Learning Resource. Dr. Bob consults with educational institutions in Illinois and across the United States and is president-elect of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development. He is the author of articles in The Journal of Counseling and Development, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development and Career Planning and Adult Development Journal. Most recently, Dr. Bob wrote a book chapter, “Multicultural Issues in Assessment,” to be included in the upcoming ACA publication, A Guidebook: Practices in Multicultural Competencies. In addition Dr. Bob is co-editor of the Illinois Counseling Association Journal (with Dr. Jobie Skaggs) and serves on the editorial board of Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development.

Dr. Bob has received local and national awards for his research and professional contributions, including the American Counseling Association Research Award (with Dr. Arnold Spokane) and the Illinois Multicultural Counseling Association Professional Development Award.

Dr. Bob seeks to apply the principles of social justice and multiculturalism in his personal life and professional activities. He volunteers in his church and community, working with Latino/a grandparents who are raising grandchildren, teaching Sunday school, and reading each week at his neighborhood school. A Bradley University Kemper professional development site coordinator, Dr. Bob assists Kemper partner schools develop and implement strategies for school improvement.