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Daniel Cinotti
Professor; Psychology & Counseling, College of Arts & Sciences
Education Credentials: Ph.D.
Expertise: School Counseling, Counselor Education
Joined New York Tech: 2014
Daniel Cinotti, Ph.D., specializes in the supervision and training of professional school counselors. As a counselor educator, he is an advocate for the use of comprehensive school counseling programs and his research interests include school counselor supervision and professional identity. Daniel has presented at local, national, and international conferences on subjects such as fostering school counselor self-efficacy through supervision and anti-bullying. His current research focuses on training future school building administrators to supervise school counselors.
During his career as a practicing school counselor, Daniel worked at various grade levels in several school districts with diverse student caseloads. After defending his dissertation entitled, “The Impact of Aspects of Supervision on School Counselor Self-Efficacy,” he became the first graduate of the Counselor Education Ph.D. Program at Montclair State University. Daniel previously obtained his M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and B.S. in Psychology from The College of New Jersey.
- “Using Policy to Change School Counseling Practice: What Does It Take?” New York State School Counselors’ Association Research Grant.
- Dahir, C., Cinotti, D., Perez-Sadler, S., Smith, G. (2025). The impact of state policy on urban school counseling: A retrospective survey design. Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 9(1).
- Cinotti, D., Feirsen, R., Dahir, C. A., & Kim, N. (2022). Leveraging state policy to promote school counselor–principal collaboration. Professional School Counseling, 26(1c).
- Feirsen, R., Dahir, C., & Cinotti, D. (2021). Moving from school counseling compliance to cohesion: Making mandates meaningful. Journal of School Counseling, 19(25).
- Dahir, C., Cinotti, D., & Feirsen, R. (2019). Beyond compliance: Assessing administrators’ commitment to comprehensive school counseling. National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin.
- Dahir, C., & Cinotti, D. (2018). Dropping out is not an option. Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2(1).
- Shea, M., Cinotti, D., & Stone. C. (2018). An investigation of school counselors’ use of electronic case notes. Journal of School Counseling, 16(18).
- Springer, S., Moss, L., Cinotti, D., & Land, C. (2018). Examining pre-service school counselors’ site supervisory experiences specific to group work. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 43(3), 250–273.
- Springer, S., Land, C., Moss, L., & Cinotti, D. (2018). Collecting school counseling group work data: Initiating consensual qualitative research through practitioner-researcher partnerships. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 43(2), 128–143.
- 2023 – Co-authored the AERA Division E Distinguished Research Award-winning article, “Leveraging state policy to promote school counselor–principal collaboration.”
- 2019 – Received an ACA Leadership Appreciation Award from ACA Past President and Fellow Simone Lambert.
- 2019 – Co-authored the ASGW Research Article of the Year, “Examining pre-service school counselors’ site supervisory experiences specific to group work.”
- 2016 – Appointed to the ACA Presidential Advisory Commission on the Roles and Opportunities for School Counselor Educators by ACA President Catherine Roland.
- 2015 – Received the ACES Research Award at the ACES National Conference.
- 2013 – Conferred the first Ph.D. in Counselor Education by Montclair State University and the first ever Ph.D. by the College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University.
- 2012 – Received the Albert Wang Dissertation Award from the Graduate School at Montclair State University.
- EDCO 880 Bilingual Practicum
- EDCO 875 Extended Supervision
- EDCO 870 Field Practicum and Seminar
- EDCO 725 School Violence Prevention
- EDCO 650 Social Justice, Diversity and Cultural Issues
- EDCO 620 Group Counseling, Leadership and Facilitation Skills
- EDCO 635 Consultation: School and Community
- EDCO 603 Foundations of Bilingual School Counseling
- EDCO 601 Human Development
- EDCO 600 Introduction to School Counseling
- MHCO 704 Group Counseling and Psychotherapy