After earning a BA in Psychology from Marist College, Dr. Stacy Pinto received both her MA in School Counseling and PhD in Counselor Education from Montclair State University. Her experience spans a variety of counseling settings, including K-12 and higher education environments, and both in-home and community-based mental health services. Prior to joining the faculty at DU, she served as both an administrator and adjunct instructor at Montclair State University. She is a National Certified Counselor, and both a certified School Counselor and Licensed Associate Counselor in the State of New Jersey, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate in Colorado. Her interests include intersectionality, queer issues across the lifespan, sexual identity labeling and language, and the creation of affirming counseling and educational environments.

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• Advanced Counseling Theory
• Multicultural Counseling
• Intermediate Techniques
• Lifespan Development
• Basic Counseling Techniques
• School Counselor Interventions & Strategies

Publications

Lardier, D., Opara, I., Brammer, M. K., Pinto, S. A., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R. (in press). Psychological sense of community, community civic participation, and ethnic identity on social justice orientation and psychological empowerment between LGBQ and Non-LGBQ youth of color. Journal of LGBT Youth.

Lardier, D. T., Pinto, S. A., Brammer, M. K., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R. J. (2020). The relationship between queer identity, social connection, school bullying, and suicidal ideations among youth of color. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 14(2), 74-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/15538605.2020.1753623

Lardier, D., Bermea, A., Pinto, S. A., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R. (2017). The relationship between sexual minority status and suicidal ideations among urban Hispanic adolescents. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 11(3), 174-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/15538605.2017.1346491

Pinto, S. A. (2014). ASEXUally: On being an ally to the asexual community. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 8(4), 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/15538605.2014.960130

Presentations

Pinto, S. A. (2020, October). An introduction to the Intersectional Labeling Framework, 2020 Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities Conference, Virtual. (Featured Presentation)

Pinto, S. A. & O’Malley, J. (2020, October). Emphasizing intersections: Teaching counselors to leverage intersecting identities, 2020 Rocky Mountain Association of Counselor Education, Virtual.

Christian, N., Pinto, S. A., & Kooyman, L. (2020, February). Counselor education & supervision: Avenues of advocacy for LGBTQ+ populations, The 37^th Annual Teachers College Winter Roundtable, New York, NY.

Pinto, S. A. & O’Malley, J. (2019, October). School counselor onboarding, 2019 Colorado School Counselor Association Conference, Loveland, CO.

Pinto, S. A., Kooyman, L., Lardier Jr., D. T., & Dzik, P. (2019, October). Counseling sexual minority identified clients: Implications for training and supervision, 2019 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Seattle, WA.

Lardier, D.T., Pinto, S. A., Bermea, A., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R.J. (2017, March). Sexual minority status and suicidal ideations among urban Hispanic adolescents, American Counseling Association 2017 Conference & Expo, San Francisco, CA. (Featured Education Session)

Pinto, S. (in progress). An introduction to the Intersectional Labeling Framework. 

Pinto, S., Lardier, D. T., Kooyman, L., & Dzik, P. (in progress). Counseling sexual minority identified clients: Implications for training and supervision.

Lardier, D. T., Opara, I., Pinto, S., Garcia-Reid, P., & Reid, R. (under review). The mediating effects of cognitive empowerment and social justice issues awareness between sense of community, ethnic identity, community participation and psychological empowerment among queer and non-queer youth of color.