Allison Paolini, Ph.D., NCC, is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and is the Director of the MSE School Counseling Program at Arkansas State University. She has previously worked as an elementary school counselor and her main area of research interest is social emotional learning and its instrumental role in mitigating school violence, as well as the impact of social emotional learning on fostering academic, social/emotional, career readiness, and success for all students.