David Blustein
Professor
Biography
David L. Blustein is a Professor and the Golden Eagle Faculty Fellow in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at Boston College. Dr. Blustein is the author of The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy and The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty: The Eroding Experience of Work in America. He has instrumental in developing psychology of working theory, which represents an inclusive and social justice-informed perspective on the role of work in people's lives and in their communities. Dr. Blustein has contributed numerous articles and book chapters on psychology of working theory, unemployment, career development/counseling, psychotherapy, decent work, dignity at work, psychology of precarity, relationships and work, social class, race, and other aspects of contemporary working. He also has consulted with national and international organizations, such as the International Labor Organization, OECD, and the United Nations Development Program.
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Courses taught
- APSY4101 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
- APSY4211 Psychology of Work
- APSY7101 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
- APSY7448 Career Development
- APSY9846 Pre-Internship Counseling Practicum Seminar
- APSY9911 Doctoral Continuation
- APSY9988 Dissertation Direction