Curriculum Vitae

  • Education

    • (in progress) Ph.D. Counseling - Montclair State University

    • M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Monmouth University

    • B.A. Psychology - Boston University

  • Licensure + Certifications

    • (OH) Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (License #E.2303270)

    • (NJ) Licensed Professional Counselor (License # 37PC00883300)

    • (NCC) National Certified Counselor (#1215383)

  • Honors + Awards

    • NBCC Doctoral Minority Fellow

    • ACES Emerging Leader

    • 1st Place, ACA Graduate Student Ethics Competition (Doctoral)

    • NBCC Master’s Minority Fellow

    • 1st Place, ACA Graduate Student Ethics Competition (Master’s)

  • Professional Membership

    • Counselors for Social Justice, Research Committee Co-Chair

    • Chi Sigma Iota

    • American Counseling Association

    • Association for Counselor Educators & Supervisors

Publications

Refereed Publications

Baden, A.L., Sharma, S.M., Adams, L.M., Randall, R., Harrington, E.S ., Agrusti, M.L., Jasmin, M., Kobus, A., Kwon, D., Nsenkyire, K., Carias, R., & Balducci, S. (2024). “How could you give your child away?”: Birth parents’ experiences of microaggressions. The Counseling Psychologist, 52(6). https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000241265012

Sharma, S.M., Bianchini, J., Cakmak, Z.L., Kaplan, MR., & Ahluwalia, M.K. (2024). Taking action: Reflections on facilitating a peer-led social justice advocacy group. The Professional Counselor, 13(4), 462-472. https://doi.org/10.15241/sms.13.4.462

Baden, A.L., Sharma, S.M., Harrington, E.S., White, E.E., Zhang, X., & Pinderhughes, E.E. (2024). White adoptive parents of children from China, microaggressions, and parental awareness of bias. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001217

Baden, A.L, Sharma, S.M., Balducci, S., Ellis, L., Randall, R., Kwon, D., & Harrington, E.S. (2022). A trauma-informed substance use disorder prevention program for transracially adopted children and adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, 130(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105598

Delaney, M., Callas, K., & Sharma, S.M. (2021). Developing the ecological self: A socially engaged art project. International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education, 8(2), 189-196. https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0381.0802019

Non-Refereed Publications

Sharma, S.M., Randall, R., & Tirrell, M. (2021, June). Counseling Today https://ct.counseling.org/2021/06/team-from-montclair-state-university-wins-acas-2021doctoral-level-ethics-competition/

Sharma, S.M., Maliko-Abraham, H., Lawn, M., & Ramos, E. (2018, August). Counseling Today, 67(2), 10-13. https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/ethics/ethicscolumns/ethics_august_2018_competition-winners-2018.pdf?sfvrsn=5942532c_4