Assistant Professor
Phone: 903.566.7144
Email: kbircher@uttyler.edu
Building: HPR 241
Department: Psychology and Counseling
Kendra Bircher
Dr. Kendra Bircher is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and Certified School Counselor (CSC) in Texas. In addition to her role as an Assistant Professor in the M.A. school counseling program, she provides counseling to adolescents and adults in private practice. Her role as a former school counselor informs her teaching and supervision practices. Dr. Bircher is committed to helping her students develop culturally sustaining identities that attend to the unique needs of the students and families they serve, empowering students to be effective leaders and change agents in the school counseling field, and providing students with practical strategies for advocacy in action within the school setting. Her research is centered on K-12 educational equity and social justice advocacy, supporting the academic and social-emotional needs of underserved youth, school counseling and disparities in rural school settings, and instructional leadership in school counseling practice. While she values her role as a #MommaScholar, she is always a momma first!