Edward Wahesh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Counseling at Villanova University. As a counselor educator, Dr. Wahesh teaches courses on clinical appraisal, prevention theory and practice, substance abuse counseling, and supervises student interns studying clinical mental health counseling. In addition, he has served as a professional counselor in college, psychiatric inpatient, and secondary school settings. Prior to earning his Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Dr. Wahesh served as the Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Education at Fordham University. As director, Dr. Wahesh managed a substance abuse screening and brief intervention program, advised the peer education student group, coordinated University-wide alcohol and other drug use assessment, and collaborated with campus and community partners to enact environmental initiatives to promote risk reduction. These experiences have shaped his research interests, which include motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, clinical supervision, and substance abuse prevention program development and evaluation. Dr. Wahesh is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and has written and presented on the cognitive mediators of collegiate high-risk drinking, motivational interviewing in clinical supervision, enhancing screening and brief intervention practices, and cognitive-behavioral therapy of addictive disorders.