David Julius Ford, Jr., Ph.D., LCMHC (NC), LPC (VA, NJ), NCC, ACS
- Department Chair
- Associate Professor
Department: Professional Counseling
Office: Monmouth University Graduate Center 111
Phone: 732-923-4620
Email: dford@monmouth.edu
Dr. Ford hails from North Carolina originally. He is a Licensed Counselor in North Carolina, Virginia, and New Jersey. He is Board-Certified Counselor and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. He began his career in Student Affairs and has ten years of counseling experience. He has eight years collegiate teaching experience and has taught undergraduate Human Services courses, graduate counseling courses, and doctoral counselor education courses. He has taught face-to-face and online. He has experience working in addictions facilities, community agencies, and in college counseling centers. His scholarly and advocacy interests are Black men in higher education (especially those at PWIs), Black Greek-letter Organizations, Queer and Trans people of color, HIV/AIDS, and the intersection of religion/spirituality and sexual orientation. Currently, he is the President-elect of the New Jersey Counseling Association, is on the planning committee for the National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Action, Research, and Change, and is on the Board of Directors for the LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network. He is a classically-trained pianist and is a proud, active, and financial member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Education
Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, Old Dominion University
M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Wake Forest University
B.A. in Psychology, Wake Forest University
Research Interests
Qualitative research methods
Career Counseling
HIV/AIDS
Black male college students, especially at PWIs
Black Greek-letter Organizations
Intersectionality: race/ethnicity and sexual
orientation/gender identity, religion/spirituality and sexual orientation
Cultural sensitivity in Counselor Education and Supervision
Cultural sensitivity in Mentoring
Professional Associations
American Counseling Association
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
North Atlantic Region for Counselor Education and Supervision
Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
National Career Development Association
Co-chair for the Counselor Educator Academy
Member, Diversity Council
Chi Sigma Iota
New Jersey Counseling Association
Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North
Carolina
Awards
NBCC Minority Fellowship Program Doctoral Fellowship recipient, 2013-2014 (Inaugural cohort)
Additional Information
Member, Monmouth University President’s Diversity Council
NBCC MFP Mentor
Monmouth University First to Fly Program Mentor
Keeper of Records, Asbury Park-Neptune (NJ) Alumni Chapter
of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Courses
Recently Taught Classes
2024 Fall
- Mental Health Counseling – PC 505
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
- Research Methods in Counseling – PC 603
- Testing and Assessment in Counseling – PC 506
2024 Spring
2023 Fall
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
2023 Summer B
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
2023 Spring
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
2022 Fall
- Human Development Through the Life Span – PC 515
- Introduction to Counseling Skills – PC 523
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
- Theories of Counseling – PC 525
2022 Summer B
- Human Development Through the Life Span – PC 515
- Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Abuse – PC 540
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
2022 Spring
- Human Development Through the Life Span – PC 515
- Introduction to Counseling Skills – PC 523
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
2021 Fall
- Introduction to Counseling Skills – PC 523
- Multicultural Counseling – PC 529
- Theories of Counseling – PC 525