About the Authors

Linda C. Greene, currently serving as Co-Editor for Meridian, is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Educational Research and Leadership and Counselor Education at North Carolina State University. She received her Masters Degree in Counselor Education with a concentration in school counseling from NC State following undergraduate work in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked as a school counselor at the middle school and elementary school levels. Her research interests include career development, spirituality, and expressive arts therapy. Her goal is to pursue a career in academics that will include research and writing in the area of curriculum development and school counseling. 

Charlie Blackburn, a member of Meridian's Editorial Board, is a second-year doctoral student in Counselor Education at North Carolina State University. His research interests include developmental issues in counseling and intervention. A native of middle Tennessee, he graduated from high school in Lebanon, TN and then pursued his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then returned to Tennessee to complete a Master's degree in Human Development Counseling at Vanderbilt University. Charlie has worked in a variety of settings to include psychiatric hospitals and wilderness programs. Most recently, he worked as a therapist with a focus on victim and perpetrator issues.

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