Books by Rachael D. Goodman

Dr. Rachael D. Goodman is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling and Development Program at George Mason University. Dr. Goodman's interests focus on social justice issues in counseling, with an emphasis on trauma counseling, including historical/transgenerational trauma, systemic oppression/marginalization, immigrants and refugees, and disaster response/community outreach. Her research and clinical work has included outreach and trauma counseling among marginalized populations, particularly in communities that have experienced oppression or natural/human-made disaster. Currently, Dr. Goodman is conducting research using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) model, focused on the experiences of immigrant and refugee children and families, including transgenerational trauma and resilience.

Paul C. Gorski is an Associate Professor of Integrative Studies at George Mason University, where he teachers courses on social justice, human rights, and animal rights. He is a Research Fellow in the Center for the Advance of Well-Being and on the board of directors of the International Association for Intercultural Education. His recent books include Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap, The Big Lies of School Reform (with Kristien Zenkov), The Poverty and Education Reader (with Julie Landsman), and Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education (with Seema Pothini). He lives in Falls Church, Virginia, with his cats Unity and Buster.