Meet the Counselors

Allison started working at BC in Fall 2009. Allison attended  the University of Arizona where she received her B.A. in Psychology; she then attended the University of Oregon where she  received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology.Allison is the primary instructor for HD 140: Race in America; She has taught courses such as HD 120: Learning Strategies [Read More...]

  Born and  raised in Seattle, Belle Nishioka earned her Master of Arts degree in Psychology  from Antioch University, Seattle, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs/Japanese Language from the University of Puget Sound. She  is thrilled to be able to pursue her passion of supporting students in their  pursuit of their academic and [Read More...]

Harlan’s career in higher education began in 1991 as an  academic advisor in a TRIO program. Since that time he has worked in multiple  departments at three different colleges in a variety of positions such as a  program coordinator, transfer specialist, faculty counselor, and department  chair. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rowan  University, [Read More...]

Katherine has been working at BC since Summer 2007. She attended  Scripps College in California where she received a dual BA in Political  Science/International Relations and Asian Studies. Following college, Katherine worked for 2 years as an English teacher in southern Japan where she  greatly enjoyed the experience of living in another country and  working  on her Japanese [Read More...]

Ron Taplin, a native of Seattle,  joined the Administrative staff of then Bellevue Community College in January of 1992 and served as a Associate Dean for 12 years. He joined the Counseling staff in 2006. He received his BA (Sociology) from WSU in 1972 and the M.  Ed. in 1973 from Idaho State University. Ten years later he [Read More...]

Steve is about to begin his 30th year at Bellevue College.  He received his Bachelors of Arts degree and Masters in Education at Ohio  University. He was continuing his education in Marriage and Family Therapy, as  a possible career option, before joining the counseling staff at BC. He is a  native Buckeye from Ohio. Prior [Read More...]

Gaelyn has been working at BC since 2006. She is actually a  former graduate of BC, transferring to WWU with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art with a concentration in Graphic Design. She continued her education at Mars Hill Graduate School where she completed her Master’s degree in Counseling. She teaches a variety of human  development [Read More...]

Beth Luzzi graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2004 with a BA in History and Secondary Education. After teaching 10th grade American  history for two years she found an interest in helping students on a more  personal level. She moved out of the small town of Bangor, Pennsylvania to the city of Seattle to pursue her Masters degree [Read More...]

Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Student Success and  the Counselors in the Counseling  Center Jeannette started working at Bellevue College in 1990, before moving to Washington where she worked for Portland Community College for  3 years. Jeannette is originally from Maryland. Jeannette is responsible for overseeing the everyday  operations within the department.  She  builds the Human Development, [Read More...]