Olivia Ngadjui, NCC, LPC

Olivia T. Ngadjui, PhD, NCC, LPC (ID, WY) (she/her/hers) is a tenure-track Assistant Professor who joined the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology in August 2021. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the states of Idaho and Wyoming. Dr. Ngadjui also serves as a Distinguished Fellow with the Diversity Research Action Consortium at George Mason University, led by Dr. Sam Steen. She earned her PhD in Counselor Education from Idaho State University and a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The George Washington University, where she received the 2021 Dean’s Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award. Dr. Ngadjui has presented at numerous counseling, mental health, and education conferences at the national, regional, and local levels.

 

A proud Washingtonian, Dr. Ngadjui is one of the few individuals actually born and raised in Washington, DC (specifically, the southeastern region, part of ward 8), and a proud graduate of DC Public Schools. She remains deeply grateful for the dedicated and inspiring educators from the Patricia Roberts Harris Educational Center, who helped raise and guide her from kindergarten through eighth grade—including her former school principal Theodore Hinton, Jr., Kimbrough Sr., Brockenberry Jr., Pitts, Shelton, Osborne, Robinson, Brooks, Rankin, Turley, and many more. Their influence continues to shape her teaching, as she strives to embody their same care, love, and belief in her students’ potential. After spending her early years in the city, Dr. Ngadjui came to appreciate the quiet pace and trafficless atmosphere, she discovered while studying out of state. Now living in Michigan, she enjoys life as a Michigander—taking naps, watching sunsets, staying active through health and fitness, planning for the annual baking competition through the College of Education and Human Development at WMU, and serving her community in Kalamazoo County.