Ashley Forsythe, Ph.D., oversees the PSYC 395/PSYC 495 process for the FLEX program. She has been a course designer with the Psychology Department since January 2022, and will begin as an adjunct professor for the Psychology Department in Fall 2024. She previously taught at LaSalle University in the M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy and M.A. in Professional Clinical Counseling programs. Ashley earned her B.A. in Communication Studies at Bloomsburg University and then her M.S. in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Student Affairs from Holy Family University. During her graduate program, Ashley completed internships in academic advising for student athletes and career counseling roles in higher education. Upon completion of her degree, she began working in career counseling/career development and employer relations. Ashley has worked at varying levels, within career counseling roles at various universities in the tri-state area over her 15+ year career, and has had an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) throughout her career in her professional responsibilities as well as committee roles and work with professional associations. She has also been immersed in many areas of student and academic affairs including crisis management, civic engagement, student activities, diversity & inclusion, curriculum development, institutional research, and orientation. She has also served on a JED Foundation Implementation Team to provide mental health support and resources to a college campus. Ashley is a NCC and is also a LAC in the state of NJ.

Ashley worked full-time while pursuing her Ph.D. in Higher Education, as well as a Non-Degree Certification in Higher Education Teaching at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. During her Ph.D. program, Ashley studied abroad to South Africa to serve and study education, culture and change. She studied the intersection of career development theory, social capital theory and whiteness in her dissertation: Post-Graduation Outcomes for College Students, More than Numbers: A Mixed Methods Study. This research focused on the importance of the lived experience as they navigated their job search(es) after graduation, as well as the impact of race, ethnicity and gender on the job searching process and perceived barriers to that process. This research was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in some insights into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recent graduates and their career trajectories.

Ashley is currently an Associate Director of Graduate Career Development at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business and is on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE) as the Director of Finance.