Assistant Professor, Director, Masters Counseling Program, and Core Counseling Psychology Faculty  

Office: CFO 705
940-898-2317  phone | 940-898-2301 fax | email: mailto:dmollen@mail.twu.edu

Education

Ph.D.	2004	Counseling Psychology with Gender Studies (minor) - Indiana University
M.A.	1998	Counseling Psychology -  University of Denver
B.A.	1993	Psychology (Major) Adelphi University

Courses Taught
Undergraduate Psychology of Women, Cross Cultural Psychology

Graduate Psychology of Sexuality, Cross Cultural Psychology, Practicum, Capstone Proficiencies, Master’s Professional Issues, College Teaching

Research Interests
Women’s sexuality, Childfree women, Multicultural Counseling, Training/Teaching Issues

Recent Publications

• Stabb, S. D., Mollen, D., Cruz, C., Simonson, K., Vyas, A., & Brucker, K. H. (in press). Five therapists’ personal and professional reflections and integration. In A. Mahoney and O. M. Espin (Eds) Sin or salvation: The relationship between sexuality and spirituality in psychotherapy. Haworth.
• Mollen, D., & Ridley, C. R. (in press). Cross cultural counseling. In C.S. Clauss-Ehler (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Springer.
• Ridley, C. R., & Mollen, D. (in press). Cross-cultural counseling competencies. In F.T. L. Leong (Ed.). Volume Four: Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Competence. Sage.
• Mollen, D. (2009). In defiance of compulsory mothering: Voluntarily childfree women’s resistance. In G. MacDonald & E. Faulkner (Eds.), Victim no more? Women resisting the label of law. [city]: Fernwood Press.
• Leistyna, P., & Mollen, D. (2008). Teaching social class through alternative media and by dialoging across disciplines and boundaries. Radical Teacher, 81, 20-27.
• Stabb, S. D., Mollen, D., Cruz, C., Simonson, K., Vyas, A., & Brucker, K. H. (2008). Five therapists’ personal and professional reflections and integration. Women in  Psychotherapy Special Edition: Women’s Sexuality & Spirituality, 31, 41-57.
• Mollen, D. (2008). Guidance and guidelines for the theory and practice of feminist therapy. [Review of the book Feminist therapy, theory, and practice: A contemporary practice]. Sex Roles, 59, 900-902.
• Hahn, K., & Mollen, D. (2008). Exploring our past, anticipating our future. [Review of the book The Foundation and Future of Feminist Therapy]. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32, 340-341
• Mollen, D. (2006). Voluntarily childfree women: Experiences and counseling considerations. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 28, 269-282.
• Mollen, D., Ethington, L. L., & Ridley, C. R. (2006). Positive psychology: Considerations and implications for counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 34, 304-312.
• Mollen, D. (2006). Indispensable pragmatic approaches to multicultural pedagogy [Review of the book Teaching gender and multicultural awareness: Resources for the psychology classroom]. Sex Roles, 54, 157-158.
• Ridley, C. R., & Mollen, D. (2005). Post doctoral training in multicultural counseling competence. In R. T. Carter (Ed.), Handbook of racial-cultural counseling and psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 204 218). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.

Honors/Grants/Service

• 2009   Mary Mason Lyon Award, Winner
• 2008   Texas Woman’s University Favorite Faculty Member, Nominee                             
• 2008   Mary Mason Lyon Award, Nominee
• 2007   Minnie Stevens Piper Award, Nominee
• 2007   Who’s Who in America
• 2007   TWU Ally Program (recognized supporter of LGBT population on campus)
• 2007   TWU Summer Research Stipend, 2007 (unfunded)
• 2007   Texas Woman’s University Favorite Faculty Member, Nominee                             
• 2007   Texas Woman’s University Outstanding Faculty Adviser, Nominee       
• 2007   VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood named Outstanding Student Organization
• 2006   Who’s Who Among American Teachers                                                       
• 2005   Pioneer Diversity Award, Texas Woman’s University