Timothy Eng
Visiting Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
Timothy Eng, PhD, is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education. Professor Eng earned his doctorate from the University of Central Florida and has worked with a wide range of clients in various settings including residential, outpatient, substance use, community mental health, and University settings.
- PhD, Counselor Education & Supervision, University of Central Florida
- MS, Counseling- College Student Personnel, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- BS, Health Studies- Health Administration, University of Rhode Island

Biography
Professor Eng's research interests include service learning in counselor education, multicultural issues, educational access and opportunity for BIPOC students, and the imposter phenomenon amongst faculty and counselors-in-training. In Fall 2024, Eng was a recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Award to travel to Slovakia. In this role, he presented on the topic of wellness and assisted with the ongoing establishment of a university-based counseling center at Trnavsk Univerzita v Trnave, which houses the country's first counseling program
More About Timothy Eng
Areas of Expertise
- Imposter Syndrome
- Wellness
- Service Learning in Counselor Education
- College Adjustment and Self-efficacy in college students
Course Sampling
- Practicum
- Family Therapy
- Group Counseling
- Theories of Counseling
- Counseling Skills
Service learning in counselor education, multicultural issues, educational access and opportunity for BIPOC students, and the imposter phenomenon amongst faculty and counselors-in-training.
- Dissertation Title: Academic Resilience and Wellness as Predictors of Imposter Syndrome in First-Generation Graduate Students Publications in Refereed Journals
- Frank. A., Yanson, J., Eng, T., Super, J.T. (2024). Mentorship matters: Embedding RCT into the teaching internship in counselor education. ACES Teaching Practice Briefs.
- Rujimora, J., Butler, S., Yanson, J., Frank, A., Eng, T., Summers H., & Joe, J. R. (2024). From cohort to cohesion: Application of relational-cultural theory to doctoral cohort development. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health.
- Duquette, K., Challenger, C., & Eng., T. (2022). The adolescent cultural, racial, and ethnic support(ACRES) model: A practical model for guiding adolescent students of color in their cultural, racial, and ethnic identity development. Professional School Counseling, 27(1).
Textbooks/Book Chapters
- Shillingford, M.A., Stretch, L.S., Eng, T., Hinson, M. (2024). Paraphrasing and summarizing. In Butler, S. K. & Shillingford-Butler, M. A. (2024). (Eds). Intersectional counseling skills: The journey to becoming a culturally inclusive counselor. Cognella Publishing. San Diego: Cognella Academic Publishing.
- Challenger, C. D., & Eng, T. (2021). Challenges are mostly unique to African Americans. In M. O.
- Adekson (Ed.), African Americans and mental health (pp. 23-30). Springer, Cham.