Mesa Specialists

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Search Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Name Expertise/Interests Department
Professor

Counseling

Laura Mathis

LGBT, Substance Abuse, Deaf and Hard of Hearing


Area of Expertise

Access for Deaf and hard of hearing people, LGBT rights and marriage, alcohol and other substance abuse, access for people with disabilities

More:
Laura Mathis has many roles at San Diego Mesa College. In addition to being a counselor and professor, Mathis is the Counseling liaison to San Diego Metropolitan (Met) High School; the department liaison to American Sign Language/Interpreting, Interior Design, and Architecture; and the personal growth curriculum designer for Mesa's Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) grant. Mathis is bilingual in English and American Sign Language.


Role at Mesa

Counselor/Professor


Degrees

  • Master of Science, Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Physiology, UC Berkeley
  • Professional Certificate, Post Employment Training - Administration of Programs Serving Consumers who are Deaf, Late-Deafened and Hard of Hearing (PET-D), San Diego State University
  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)

Counseling


Contact

Phone
(619) 388-2533

Email
lmathis@sdccd.edu

Office