Author Biography

Edil Torres-Rivera, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Before earning his Ph.D., he was a Behavioral Science Specialist in the United States Army for over 12 years. Since 1995, he has published over 12 articles in the areas of multicultural counseling and chaos theory. He currently teaches classes in group counseling, multicultural counseling and child and family guidance.

Cleborne D. Maddux taught for ten years in the public schools of Oregon and Arizona before earning his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1978. Since that time he has been an assistant, associate, and a full professor at four different institutions, most recently at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he is a professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology. He currently teaches classes in statistics and in information technology in education. He is the author of 14 books and more than a hundred scholarly articles, many in the area of information technology in education.

Loan Phan is a doctoral student in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her concentration is multicultural counseling. Her research interests are chaos theory, group work and family issues among Vietnamese women. She is currently teaching group dynamics and multicultural counseling courses.