Summer Kuba, Ph.D., Ed.S., MSW
Director, School Counseling Program
Education
- Ph.D. in Counseling, Florida Atlantic University
- Ed.S. in School Counseling, Florida Atlantic University
- M.A. in Education, University of Phoenix (online)
- MSW in Social Work, University of Central Florida
Field of Expertise
- School Counseling
- Advocacy
- Supervision and Leadership
- Clinical Social Work
Licensure and Certification
- Prekindergarten-12 Guidance and Counseling, State of Florida, Department of Education
- Clinical Educator
- Collaborative Institution Training Initiative (CITI)
- Elementary Education / Grades K-6, State of Florida, Department of Education
- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), State of Florida, Department of Education
- Exceptional Student Education (ESE), State of Florida, Department of Education
- Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern (Florida)
Biography
Dr. Summer Kuba is the School Counseling Program Director and an associate professor at Liberty University. She has written on topics including grief/loss, crisis, the MTSS process in schools, and Biblical integration in counseling. Dr. Kuba has diverse experience as a school counselor and a private practice clinician, working with children, adolescents, women, and families. She has provided therapeutic services in a residential home for abused children, has experience working with adolescents in a residential and outpatient drug treatment facility, spent time as an advocate for the Juvenile Division of the Florida State Attorney’s Office where she supported victims of violent crimes. As a school counselor, she focused specifically on elementary and middle school students. Dr. Kuba actively presents at state and national conferences and continues to seek out leadership and advocacy opportunities for the counseling profession.