Dr. Irvin received numerous accolades, including as an Honoree at the National Distinguished Service Registry, Counseling, and Development.
LOS ANGELES, CA, September 05, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Robert H. Irvin, Jr., PhD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Irvin celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
For more than 40 years, Dr. Irvin was heavily involved in academia specializing in psychology. Despite his love for the field, he always preferred teaching to treating patients. After graduating from college, he spent his first two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Central Africa teaching English as a foreign language in the Republic of Chad between 1974 and 1976. He subsequently garnered a long and successful career in academia, most recently as a faculty member of West Los Angeles College (WLAC) as an adjunct assistant professor until retirement in 2019.
As an expert in cross-cultural counselor education and training, college counseling, and peer counselor development programs, Dr. Irvin taught a myriad of courses at WLAC, including Introduction to Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Lifespan Psychology. Drawing on years of experience, he formerly taught at Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles City College and was the Director of Education at Sylvan Learning Systems Inc. as part of a contract reading specialist project with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Among numerous other significant appointments, Dr. Irvin held roles with the Assistant Professor and Director of Student Services, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Learning Specialist at the University of Southern California, and among other organizations, the Council for Minority Education, University of Oregon He also devoted time to research as a research analyst II for the Department of Mental Health of Los Angeles County. During his lengthy career, Dr. Irvin also spent another two and a half years in the U.S. Peace Corps as a Sub-Regional Programming and Training Coordinator in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1996 to 1998.
Dr. Irvin co-authored a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development in 1995 titled 'The Internal Dialogue of Culturally Different Clients: An Application of the Triad Training Model.' The article was based on a statement analysis of the cross-cultural triad model, a model designed to help counselor trainees understand the problem from the client's point of view. It can be viewed at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2161-1912.1995.tb00261.x. Dr. Irvin also served as a workshop facilitator, participant, panelist, and presenter at numerous conferences and symposia in his field. Moreover, Dr. Irvin provided numerous educational consultant and outreach services as a professional in higher education and public education.
A career that was backed by a prolific educational background, Dr. Irvin first received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Loyola Marymount University in 1974 and a Master of Public Health in International Public Health from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1978. He subsequently trained at the East-West Center, Cultural Learning Institute, The Institute of Behavioral Science, in the department of psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1978 to 1979. Additional educational pursuits to Dr. Irvin's credit include a clinical internship in psychological and counseling services at Muir College at the University of California at San Diego, a graduate teaching fellowship in the department of counseling and educational psychology, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon in 1988, and several credentials in psychology, counseling, and education.
Dr. Irvin is a professional member of the American Counseling Association, the Association of Black Psychologists, the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision, the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, and the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research. He is also a past member of Phi Delta Kappa, UCLA and Delta Sigma Theta, Head Start Board, Los Angeles.
As a testament to his success and hard work, Dr. Irvin received numerous accolades, including as an Honoree at the National Distinguished Service Registry, Counseling, and Development in 1990 and with an Instructor Appreciation Award from the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services of Los Angeles Valley College in 2017.
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