Reich College of Education

Dr. Karen Caldwell

Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling

Dr. Karen Caldwell, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling, has served on the faculty at Appalachian State University since 2000. She has taught graduate students counseling, family therapy, and expressive arts therapy, and has taught undergraduate students tai chi chuan in the Physical Education program in the Department of Recreation Management. Her scholarship and research agenda while at Appalachian State University has focused on the interrelationship of physical and mental functioning as well as issues of diversity and social justice. In pursuit of this agenda, she has published 50 scholarly works and secured $2.68 million in funding for the university, including a National Institutes of Health grant and two grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She is retiring to private practice in the Boone area as a psychotherapist with a specialty in guided imagery and music and expressive arts therapy.