Counseling Program

Department of Counseling and Human Services

Faculty

 

Photo of James R. Bitter Ed.D., NCC, Professor

James R. Bitter

Ed.D., NCC, ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Jon Borland Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Jon Borland

Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Christine Lewis Pugh Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Christine Lewis Pugh

Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Rebecca Milner Ph. D., Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor

Rebecca Milner

Ph. D., Program Coordinator, Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Photo of Cassandra Pusateri  Ph. D., NCC, Director of Field Experience

Cassandra Pusateri

 Ph. D., NCC, Director of Field ExperienceCounseling and Human Services

Photo of Mickey White Ph. D., NCC, BC-TMH, Assistant Professor

Mickey White

Ph. D., NCC, BC-TMH, Assistant ProfessorCounseling Program

Faculty Bios and Vitas

 

  • Dr. James Robert Bitter
    Dr. James Robert Bitter, NCC, Professor (Ed.D., Counselor Education, Idaho State University, 1975). Dr. Bitter (he/him) has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 1995 and regularly teaches courses in both the clinical mental health counseling core and couples and family. He is a member of the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (with local membership in SACES), the American Counseling Association (state membership in TCA), and the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP). His professional interests include couples and family counseling, anti-racism, the development of gemeinschaftsgefuel and social interest, international consulting, and Adlerian therapy. Dr. Bitter’s professional website has more information about his professional endeavors: http://www.jamesrobertbitter.com
  • Dr. Jon Borland
    Dr. Jon Borland, PSC (OH), Assistant Professor, (Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Central Florida, 2020). Dr. Borland (he/him) is a licensed Professional School Counselor in the state of Ohio and has over a decade of experience working with students and their families in educational and private settings. He has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 2021 and teaches a variety of courses in both the school counseling core and concentration. His research interests include school counselor training and competencies, youth mental health and educational policy, instrument development, and HIV awareness and education. He is an active member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), American School Counselor Association (ASCA), and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
  • Dr. Christine Lewis Pugh
    Dr. Christine Lewis Pugh, LPC (MS), NCC, NCSC, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Counseling and Supervision, The University of Mississippi, 2021). Dr. Lewis Pugh (she/her) is a Licensed Professional School Counselor in the state of Mississippi and has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 2021. She teaches courses in both the school counseling and clinical mental health counseling core and concentration. She is a member of the American School Counseling Association (ASCA), Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (with local membership in SACES). Her professional interests include advocacy of school counselor training to work with students with disabilities, promotion of adolescent mental health awareness, K-12 collaboration and connection to resources, and multicultural and social justice awareness.
  • Dr. Rebecca Milner
    Dr. Rebecca Milner, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Counseling and Supervision, James Madison University, 2014). Dr. Milner (she/her) has been part of the Counseling Program faculty since 2016 and regularly teaches courses in both the clinical mental health counseling core and concentration. She is a member of the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (with local membership in SACES), the American Counseling Association, and the Counselors for Social Justice division of ACA. Her professional interests include multicultural and intercultural development, social justice and anti-racism, mindfulness, technology facilitated sexual violence, international service-learning, crisis counseling and risk assessment, and expressive arts. Dr. Milner currently serves as the Counseling Program Coordinator. 
  • Dr. Mickey E. White
    Dr. Mickey E. White, NCC, BC-TMH, Assistant Professor, (Ph.D., Counseling, University of North Texas, 2019). Dr. White (he/him) currently serves as the program's CACREP liaison and clinical mental health program coordinator. He has been part of the Counseling Program faculty at ETSU since 2019 and regularly teaches courses in substance use counseling, social and cultural foundations, telemental health, and clinical skills. He is an active member of professional counseling organizations, including the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) and the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES). His areas of research center around the intersections of gender identity/expression and other marginalized identities, broader LGBTQ+ issues in counselor preparation, professional issues in counselor education, decolonization and liberation practices in counseling and counselor education, and animal-assisted therapy.  

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