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Diane Estrada PhD
Associate Professor Emerita
- School of Education & Human Development
Email Address:diane.estrada@ucdenver.edu
Mailing Address:
- CU Denver
Lawrence Street Center
1380 Lawrence Street
Denver, CO 80204
Diane Estrada joined the School of Education and Human Development (SEHD)in 1999 as the Director of The Counseling and Family Therapy Center and the CU-Denver Student Counseling Center. In 2001, she decided to return to the classroom to train students in multicultural responsive counseling practices at California State University Sacramento. In 2003, she returned to the SEHD as a faculty member in the counseling program where she has served in various leadership positions.
Prior to coming to CU Denver, Estrada was a faculty member at Florida Atlantic University. She also worked in community mental health agencies, and established a family therapy practice working with a diverse population of clients.
Estrada's hobbies include hiking, biking, snowshoeing with her husband, daughter, and canine child.
Areas of Expertise
- Multicultural Issues in Clinical Supervision, Family Therapy Training, and Institutional Policy
- The lived experience of faculty and students of color in the Academy
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- BS University of Florida
- M. Ed & ED.S. University of Florida
- PhD University of Florida
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- AAMFT Approved Supervisor Candidate
Resumes/CV:
Affiliations
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Counseling Association
- American Family Therapy Academy
- Association for Counselor Education & Supervision
- Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development
- International Family Therapy Academy
Faculty by Program
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- ASPIRE to Teach
- Counseling
- Couple & Family Therapy
- Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Human Development and Family Relations
- Leadership for Educational Organizations
- Learning Design & Technology
- Learning, Developmental & Family Sciences
- Literacy Education
- Research & Evaluation Methods
- School Psychology
- Special Education
- STEM Education
- Teaching