Bobby Bonwenyue Gueh

2020 - Ph.D. Counseling Supervision and Student Personnel Services, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
2010 - Walden University, Certificate in Multicultural and Diversity
2010 - Walden University, Certificate in Adult Learning and Leadership
2007 - Ed.S, Marriage and Family Therapy, The College of New Jersey
2003 - M.A, Counseling Education, The College of New Jersey
2000 - B.S., History Education, South Carolina State University

Professional School Counseling
Black Male School Counselors

GSU IMPACT (Innovative Males Pursuing Advancement in Counselor Training)
Anti-Racist School Counseling

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Multiculturalism and Social Justice
Supervision and Counseling
Mentoring and Leadership
Program Development and Recruitment

Dr. Bobby Bonwenyue Gueh is originally from Liberia, West Africa. He is a clinical assistant professor and program coordinator of the Master’s School Counseling program at Georgia State University College of Counseling and Psychological Services, at both the Atlanta and Alpharetta campuses. He has been a school counselor for 19 years and has worked at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

Gueh has dedicated his professional and personal work to mentoring and developing minoritized males within schools and the juvenile systems. He has also developed several programs for marginalized students, including mentoring and first-generation programs. Gueh has co-authored several articles and book chapters and is currently authoring “Supporting Mental Health in Black Boys: A Guide for Teachers”.

In addition, he has provided training and workshops for educators at the local, state, national and international levels on many topics, including race and racism, multiculturalism, Black male achievement, positive parenting, post-secondary options, social-emotional learning, and social justice, activism and crisis response.

Gueh has been a keynote speaker at many conferences, organizations, schools, and workshops, and has a special gift of motivating and evoking a spirit of change in his audience. His research interest includes diversity within the school counseling profession, crisis intervention, Black male success in the counseling profession, racial reconciliation and equity. He has been recognized as Gwinnett County School

counselor of the year, semifinalist Georgia School Counselor of the Year, Advocacy Award for New Jersey Department of Juvenile Justice, New Jersey Douglas Boroughs Caring Award, and most recently, The Courtland Lee Social Justice Award, given by the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision.

His core principles as a counselor have been leadership, activism and mentorship. He believes that every counselor’s ultimate goal is to bridge ALL students to get over the raging waters of life to a place of self-harmony and self-actualization because every child has the potential to be great!