Rawn Boulden
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Counselor Education
Bio
Dr. Rawn Boulden is an assistant professor and on-campus school counseling program coordinator in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at NC State University. Previously, he was an assistant professor at West Virginia University for four years. His scholarship focuses primarily on school counseling and counseling youth and adolescents. His research interests include school counseling, students with diverse learning needs, counselor education, rural school communities, school climate, resilience, cultural competence, and psychometric research. Dr. Boulden has secured more than $10 million of federal grants as lead principal investigator (PI) addressing youth mental health disparities in West Virginia and North Carolina. He is the proud recipient of both the 2023 WVU College of Applied Human Sciences Outstanding Researcher award, and the 2023 WVU Values Coin awarded for his research that aligns with WVU’s land grant mission.
He earned his Ph.D. and B.S. from Old Dominion University, and an M.Ed. from the University of Maryland. Dr. Boulden is a licensed school counselor (VA), nationally certified counselor (NCC) and school counselor (NCSC), fully-certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor, and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in West Virginia.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy Counselor Education and Supervision Old Dominion University
Master of Education School Counseling University of Maryland-College Park
Bachelor of Arts Human Services Old Dominion University