Professor Brian Calhoun
Brian Calhoun
Associate Professor of the Practice, Career Counseling and Development
Professor Brian Calhoun is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Education at Wake Forest University. He teaches classes with the College to Career series in the undergraduate college. His professional interests include career counseling and development, and he serves as a member of the National Career Development Association research committee. Mr. Calhoun also serves as a senior faculty fellow in a first-year residence hall (South Residence Hall). His research agenda focuses on career interventions that assist students with developing and learning more about their career options in the world of work.
- Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Education
- Member, Wake Forest University Technology Committee
- M.A. in Counseling, Wake Forest University, 2012
- M.B.A., Wake Forest University, Babcock Graduate School of Business, 2003
- B.S., Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Wake Forest University, 1997
- Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Counseling
- Faculty Fellow, Johnson Hall, Wake Forest University
- School Counselor (K-12), Public Schools of North Carolina
- EDU 120: Professional Framework for Career
- EDU 220: Options in the World of Work
- EDU 299: Career Planning
- EDU 320: Strategic Job Search
- Scholl, M. B., Perry, J., Calhoun, B., & Robinson, H. (2016). CAREER SUPPORT WORKSHOP SERIES: Promoting the resilience of community ex-offenders. Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 32(1), 169-178.
- Scholl, M. B., Perry, J., Calhoun, B., & Robinson, H. (2018). Chapter 9 – Career Support Workshop Series: A Postmodern Intervention for Community Ex-Offender Population. In M.B. Scholl & J. T. Hansen (Eds.) Introduction to postmodern perspective on contemporary counseling issues: Approaches across diverse settings. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Calhoun, B. (in press). Chapter 12 – Review of Career Thoughts Inventory. A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment. In Stoltz, K. & Barclay, B. (Eds.) A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment (7th edition). Broken Arrow, OK. NCDA Press.
- Calhoun, B., Wheeler, M., Osborn, D., & Gardner, D., (2018, June) National Career Development Association – National Conference (Phoenix, Arizona), Presentation: “Designing Research that Impacts Practice”
- Robinson, H., Calhoun B., & Howard M. (2017, February) North Carolina Counseling Association – State Conference (Durham, North Carolina), Presentation: “Generating Options, Generating Hope: Using Online and In-Person Tools to Help Clients Become Unstuck”
- Scholl, M., Calhoun, B., & Robinson H. (2016, July) National Career Development Association – National Conference (Chicago, Illinois), Roundtable: “Ex-offender Career Support – Mental Illness and Resilience”
- Scholl, M., Calhoun, B., & Robinson H. (2016, March) American Counseling Association – National Conference (Montreal, QC), “Career Workshop Series: Outcomes of a postmodern intervention for ex-offenders”
- Calhoun, B., Hayden, S., & Grybush, A. (2016, February) Workshop at the North Carolina Counseling Association (Greensboro, NC), “Career Genogram – Family Influence on Career Attitudes and Perspectives”