Elizabeth B. Farnsworth, Ph.D., LPC, LMFT, NCC
Assistant Professor
School of Education and Human Development
E-mail: farnsworth@lynchburg.edu
Office: Courts 330-D
Phone: 434/544-8607
Experience/Background:
I began teaching in 1991 as a doctoral student in Family and Child Development at Virginia Tech. I graduated in 1994 with a Ph.D. specializing in family studies.
Since then, I have taught at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Central Virginia Community College, and Lynchburg College. I have been an assistant professor at Lynchburg College since 1999.
I have almost twenty years of experience in counseling/consulting with a variety of community agencies, such as Central Virginia Community Services, Employee Assistance of Central Virginia, The Rivermont School, The Arc of Central Virginia, Lynchburg Speech Therapy, and have been in private practice as a counselor since 1996.
Degrees/Licenses/Certifications:
Ph.D., family and child development, Virginia Tech, 1994
M.Ed., agency counseling, Lynchburg College, 1984
B.A., psychology, Lynchburg College, 1980
Licensed Professional Counselor, Virginia
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Virginia
National Certified Counselor, National Board for Certified Counselors
Professional Affiliations:
National Council on Family Relations
American Counseling Association
Virginia Psychological Association
Virginia Counseling Association
Honors and Awards:
Who’s Who in America’s Teachers, 2004
Outstanding Private Practitioner of the Year Award, 2003, LACA
Mary Frances Turner Award - Lynchburg College, 2002
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Virginia Tech, 1994
Graduate Student Teaching Award, Virginia Tech, 1992
Phi Kappa Phi
Chi Sigma Iota
Psi Chi National Honor Society
Publications:
Deng, Meng; Poon-Mcbrayer, Fong; Farnsworth, Elizabeth B. The development of special education in China: A sociocultural review. [Journal Article] Rase: Remedial & Special Education. Vol 22(5) Sep-Oct 2001, 288-298. PRO ED, US Current volume is in the current periodical room 1st floor; 1984(v.5) - bound volumes
Allen, Katherine R; Blieszner, Rosemary; Roberto, Karen A; Farnsworth, Elizabeth B; Wilcox, Karen L. Older adults and their children: Family patterns of structural diversity. [Journal Article] Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family & Child Studies. Vol 48(2) Apr 1999, 151-157. Allen Press/National Council on Family Relations, US Current volume is in the current periodical room 1st floor; 1987(v.36) - bound volumes
Farnsworth, Elizabeth B; Allen, Katherine R. Mothers' bereavement: Experiences of marginalization, stories of change. [Journal Article] Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family & Child Studies. Vol 45(4) Oct 1996, 360-367. Allen Press/National Council on Family Relations, US Current volume is in the current periodical room 1st floor; 1987(v.36) - bound volumes
Farnsworth, Elizabeth B. Reflexivity and qualitative family research: Insider's perspectives in bereaving the loss of a child. [Chapter] Sussman, Marvin B. (Ed); Gilgun, Jane Frances (Ed). (1996). The methods and methodologies of qualitative family research. (pp. 399-415). xxiii, 430pp.
Farnsworth, Elizabeth B. Reflexivity and qualitative family research: Insider's perspectives in bereaving the loss of a child. [Journal Article] Marriage & Family Review. Vol 24(3-4) 1996, 399-415. Haworth Press, US
Allen, Katherine R; Farnsworth, Elizabeth B. Reflexivity in teaching about families. [Journal Article] Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family & Child Studies. Vol 42(3) Jul 1993, 351-356. Allen Press/National Council on Family Relations, US Current volume is in the current periodical room 1st floor; 1987(v.36) - bound volumes
Farnsworth, E.B. (2002). A review of Daniel P. Hallahan and Barbara K. Keogh's Research and global perspectives in honor of William Cruickshank. Remedial and Special Education, 23, 190-191.
Professional Interests/Research:
I have a professional interest in the use of reflective processes in teaching and the use of service learning in the educational process. Reflection upon service experiences enables students to make linkages between course content and action in the broader community. I have published in the areas of aging, special education, multiculturalism, and bereavement.
Courses Taught:
Counseling Practicum, Group Counseling, Tests and Measurements, Human Development, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Exceptionalities, Marriage and Family, Educational Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology, Survey of Special Education, Psychology of Aging, Human Sexuality, Death and Dying