Tim Poynton
Boston, Massachusetts
SUNY Albany, Boston University
Dr. Tim Poynton has been a school counselor, counselor educator, and researcher
for 24 years. He is currently an associate professor at the University of
Massachusetts Boston, where he teaches college counseling and career counseling
courses at the graduate level to current and future school counselors. He has also
taught undergraduate students in a course titled “Work and Play: Counseling Skills
for Life.”
Dr. Poynton earned an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree from the State
University of New York at Albany, and an Ed.D. from Boston University. Dr. Poynton
has published more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, books, and book chapters,
and has delivered more than 100 presentations across the country on topics ranging
from college choice and career development to research methods and assessment
in school counseling.