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Professional Biography: Giselle Hernandez Navarro, Ph.D., LCSW, CADC, NCC, ACS is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, specializing in clinical practice, addiction counseling, and trauma recovery. She completed her Counselor Educationand Supervision doctorate degree at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in 2023. Dr. Navarro earned a Bachelor of ArtsDegree in Applied Psychology with High Departmental Distinction from the University of Illinois atChicago (UIC) in 2007. Dr. Navarro graduated from the University of Chicago with a Master of ArtsDegree in Clinical Social Service Administration, specializing in school social work in 2009. Dr. Navarrocompleted her education in addiction counseling at Waubonsee Community College in 2018. Dr. Navarromaintains the following licensures in the state of Illinois: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (149.020788),School Social Worker Endorsement (871714), Certified Addictions Counselor (34707), National CertifiedCounselor (1727803), and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS-4974). Her professional background hasbeen influenced by 16 years of clinical work in multiple community settings: foster care, elementary and highschools, an autism home support program, an inpatient hospital, an intensive outpatient addiction recovery program, a college counseling center, and private practice. Dr. Navarro has nine years of experience as an instructor and supervisor in higher education. Since 2024, she has served as an assistant professor at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, where she published her research on Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) in About Campus, a scholarly peer-reviewed journal focusing on issues affecting college students, faculty, and administrators. Her research has also examined the ambiguous loss associated with Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) on affected family members, along with studies on attachment to God, religious coping, and alcohol use, published in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. In 2025, Dr. Navarro was selected as lead faculty to train and facilitate an evidence-based, anti-racist trauma course at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, following a competitive, nationally recognized recruitment process sponsored by the National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development (NITEWD) and the University of North Carolina School of Social Work in Chapel Hill. Recently, she was elected as a consulting editor for Social Work, an academic journal sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Based on her clinical and research experience, Dr. Navarro has provided educators with practical strategies for incorporating trauma-informed approaches into their classrooms. These workshops have been highly requested by ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ’s College of Education and College of Health and Human Services, as well as by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)’s Training Institute for School Social Work Professionals. Additionally, Dr. Navarro has presented her research on trauma-informed practices and addiction at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ’s 2025 Spring Faculty Professional Development Day and the Research Days 2025 Conference. Dr. Navarro is also an active member of several collegiate committees, including the University Curriculum Committee, the Social Work Curriculum Committee, the College of Health and Human Services’ Interprofessional Education Committee, and the Research Mixer Committee. Since 2021, she has been part of the Illinois Certification Board’s leadership team, designing evidence-based workshops for addiction professionals.   Manuscripts: Hernandez Navarro, G. (2025). Room to recover on Campus: Rising together with Collegiate Recovery Programs. About Campus, 0(0).  Hernandez Navarro, G. (2023). The ambiguous loss of alcohol use disorders on affected family members: Can Al-Anon involvement and psychological flexibility make a difference? [Archived dissertation]. Northern Illinois University. (Navarro) Hernandez, G., Salerno, J., & Bottoms, B. L. (2010). Attachment to God, religious coping, and alcohol use. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 20(2), 97-108.