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William Briddick

Chris Briddick

Title

Associate Professor

Office Building

Thompson Center

Office

102

Mailing Address

Thompson Center 102
School of Educ, Counseling & Human Dev-Box 2214
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Briddick works in the areas of clinical mental health counseling and career development and career counseling.

Education

  • Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision | Kent State University
  • M.Ed. in human development counseling | George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University
  • B.A. in psychology | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Academic Interests

  • Counselor education and supervision
  • Career development and career counseling
  • The history of the counseling profession

Academic Responsibilities

  • Teach in the CHRD program

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • American Counseling Association
  • South Dakota Counseling Association
  • National Career Development Association
    • Research Committee
    • Publications Development Council (past)

Awards and Honors

  • T. W. Schultz Scholar, South Dakota State University
  • Distinguished Scholar Award, College of Education and Counseling, South Dakota State University
  • Mavis Booze Mentorship Award, South Dakota Counseling Association
  • Sewrey Colloquium, South Dakota State University
  • Students' Association Graduate Teacher of the Year Award, South Dakota State University
  • Clark Hanson Faculty Service Award, College of Education and Counseling, South Dakota State University
  • Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International, Kappa Sigma Upsilon Chapter
  • Judith A. DeTrude Professional Recognition Award, Kent State University

Grants

  • Library Grant, Institute of Turkish Studies
  • Study Abroad Grant, Turkish Coalition of America
  • Educational Grant, Turkish Cultural Foundation
  • Service Learning Grant, South Dakota State University

Areas of Research

  • Career development and counseling
  • Career construction theory
  • Life design

Publications

Select Publications

  1. Briddick, W. C. (1997). Twenty years since and beyond: An interview with Roger Aubrey. Journal of Counseling and Development, 76 (1), 10-15.
  2. Thombs, D. L. and Briddick, W. C. (2000). Readiness to change among at-risk Greek student drinkers. Journal of College Student Development, 41(3), 313-322.
  3. Savickas, M. L., Briddick, W. C. and Watkins, C. E. (2002). The relation of career maturity to personality type and social adjustment. Journal of Career Assessment, 10 (1), 24-41.
  4. Briddick, W. C. (2009). Frank Parsons on interests. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74 (2), 230-233.
  5. Briddick, W. C. (2009). Frank findings: Frank Parsons and the Parson family. Career Development Quarterly, 57 (3), 207-214.
  6. Briddick, W. C. and Sensoy-Briddick, H. (2009). Dabbling toward our future’s past: Teaching the history of career counseling. Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 25 (1), 36-45.
  7. Taber, B. J., Hartung, P. J., Sensoy-Briddick, H., Briddick, W. C. and Rehfuss, M. (2011). Career Style Interview: A contextualized approach to career counseling. Career Development Quarterly, 59 (3), 274-287.
  8. Taber, B. J. and Briddick, W. C. (2011). Adlerian based career counseling in an age of protean Careers. Journal of Individual Psychology, 67 (2), 107-121.
  9. Briddick, W. C. and Sensoy-Briddick, H. (2012). The concept of role models in life-design. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 7 (4), 326-333.
  10. Hees, C. K., Rottinghaus, P. J., Briddick, W. C. and Conrath, J. A. (2012). Work-to-school transitions in the age of the displaced worker: A Psychology-of-Working perspective. Career Development Quarterly, 60 (4), 333-342.
  11. Pope, M., Briddick, W.C. and Wilson, F. (2013). The historical importance of social justice in the founding of the National Career Development Association. Career Development Quarterly, 61 (4), 368-373.
  12. Briddick, W. C., Sensoy-Briddick, H. and Savickas, S. (2018). Career construction materials: The story of a career development curriculum and portfolio in a Turkish school. Early Child Development and Care, 188 (4), 478-489.
  13. Sensoy-Briddick, H. and Briddick, W. C. (2022). Countering master narratives with narratives of persistence: A liberation perspective in career counselingCypriot Journal of Educational Sciences17(SI.1), 1427-1440. DOI:10.18844/cjes.v17iSI.1.6672
  14. Sensoy-Briddick, H. and Briddick, W. C. (2022). Their stories: A curriculum-based career intervention for elementary students. African Journal of Career Development,4(1), 8 pages. DOI:10.4102/ajcd.v4i1.63
  15. Sensoy-Briddick, H. and Briddick, W. C. (2024). Who owns their story: Career construction with gifted and talented students. Gifted Education International, 40(3), 312-327. DOI:10.1177/02614294241268036

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