Faculty Profiles

Haley Ault

Assistant PRofessor of Counselor education 

Haley Ault

Email: hrault@usf.edu
Office Location: USF Tampa campus, EDU 158-F 
Curriculum Vitae


Dr. Haley Ault is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Lifelong Learning, a National Certified Counselor, and Licensed Professional School Counselor (TN). Her previous work as a school counselor included developing comprehensive school counseling programs, serving on the district counseling advisory board, and supervising counseling trainees. Her professional work centers on promoting professional excellence in school counseling, developing practical evidence-based teaching practices, and establishing program structures that enhance the graduate school experience for counselor trainees. Specifically, she is interested in school counselor leadership identity, career and college programming across the K-12 curriculum, and assessment in counseling.


Recent Publications

Ault, H. R., Sexton, K., Gibbons, M. M., Wynn, M., & Lange, R. (2024). Career and college readiness programming of rural Appalachian school counselors: A consensual qualitative research study. Professional School Counseling, 28(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X231225219

Ault, H. R., Gantt, H. S., & Barrio Minton, C. A. (2023). Anti-racist considerations for teaching CACREP assessment and diagnosis courses. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 5(1), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc05dxpf

Lenz, A. S., Ault, H. R., Balkin, R., Barrio Minton, C., Erford, B., Kim, B. S. K., Hays, D., & Li, C. (2022). Responsibilities for Users of Standardized Tests (RUST-4E). Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 55(4), 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2022.2052321

Recent Presentations 

Ault, H. R., & Gantt, H. (2023, October). Anti-racist considerations for teaching CACREP assessment and diagnosis courses[Content session]. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Andre, L., Ault, H. R., Labarta, A., Huang, Y.-J., Adams, C., Emelianchik-Key, K. (2023, September). Leadership in AARC: A gathering space for graduate students and new professionals [Content session]. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference, Nashville, TN, United States.

Ault, H. R. (2023, September). Defining systemic change in school counseling: A Delphi study [Poster presentation]. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference, Nashville, TN, United States.

Lenz, A. S., Cade, R., Ault, H. R., Li, C., & Barrio Minton, C. A. (2022, September). Three strategies for teaching testing & assessment using the Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (4E) [Content session]. Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States.