Southern Illinois University Carbondale

	Jane L. Swanson
Degree	Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Position	Chair, Department of Psychology; Professor, Counseling Psychology
Office	281, Life Sciences II
Phone	(618) 453-3529
Fax	(618) 453-3563
Email	swanson@siu.edu
Biosketch	Dr. Swanson is a counseling psychologist and the Chair of the Department of Psychology. Her research interests involve career development and vocational psychology, including perceived career barriers, career counseling, measurement of vocational interests, and career psychology of women. She has authored a book and numerous book chapters regarding vocational psychology, and published research articles in Journal of Vocational Behavior, Career Development Quarterly, Journal of Career Assessment, and Journal of Counseling Psychology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association, and was formerly chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology and treasurer of the Division of Counseling Psychology.
Research Interests	Adolescent career exploration Barriers to career development Career counseling
Selected Publications	Recent Journal Articles & Book Chapters: Swanson, J. L., & Miller, S. A. (in press). Using longitudinal methodology in career guidance research. In R. Van Esbroeck and J. A. Athanasou, International handbook of career guidance. Swanson, J. L ., Gore, P. A., Leuwerke, W.,D'Achiardi, C., Edwards, J. H., & Edwards, J. (2006). Group interpretive strategy and accuracy in recalling interest inventory information at three time intervals. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development , 236-246. Swanson, J. L., & D'Achiardi, C. (2005). Assessing process-oriented and contextual career constructs. In S. D. Brown and R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work. New York : Wiley. Swanson, J. L. (2003). Understanding midcareer development: From whose perspective? The Counseling Psychologist , 31 , 212-220. Spokane , A. R., Fouad, N. A., & Swanson, J. L. (2003). Culture-centered career intervention. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 62 (3), 453-458. Book: Swanson, J. L., and Fouad, N. A. (in press). Career theory and practice: Learning through case studies (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage Publications. Papers from 2007 APA convention: On-line Assessment / Children's Interests Dr. Swanson's current CV
Teaching	Graduate Psychology Course: Vocational Psychology and Career Development (Psyc 548)