Senior Associate Director
Cornell University, New York, United States
Dr. Jessamyn Perlus is the Senior Associate Director in Cornell Career Services. In addition to student appointments and workshops, she manages the Career Exploration Unit, runs the Career Services liaison program, programming committee, and professional development committee, and social media.
She completed her M.S. and Ph.D. from the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has worked in counseling centers, disability services, and career services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Grand Valley State University.
Jessamyn is a Certified Career Counselor (CCC) and has taught career courses and specializes in career assessments. As a counseling psychologist, Jessamyn is enthusiastic about integrating theory, research, and practice. She is particularly interested in the intersection of career and mental health. Her dissertation work is on the impostor phenomenon and how it impacts career striving. She enjoys helping college students define and achieve their career goals.
Jessamyn was part of the 2024 NACE MLI Cohort.
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From Canvas to Career: Gamifying the Career Development Toolkit
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