Arien Muzacz

Dr. Muzacz is an alumna of OSU's Ph.D. program and has been a core faculty member since 2017. She began teaching in 2014 and has supervised master's- and Ph.D.-level learners as a full-time core faculty member in CACREP-accredited counseling programs since 2016. Dr. Muzacz is an active researcher and scholar who publishes academic work that shapes clinical practice; she has solo authored or collaborated on articles in peer-reviewed professional journals, book chapters, and invited conference presentations on topics ranging from sizeism to substance use prevention and integrated behavioral health to kink and consensual non-monogamy. Her research agenda centers human sexuality and social justice counseling and advocacy. Her areas of academic specialization are mental health counseling, clinical supervision, and online/hybrid course development. Dr. Muzacz has earned Quality Matters certification for 5 hybrid Ecampus courses since 2018. 

As someone who holds social privilege in multiple areas including racial identity, Dr. Muzacz is committed to equitable access to counseling, education, licensure supervision, and counseling leadership for members of racial, ethnic, and tribal groups that have been oppressed in the lands now called the United States. She has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Clinical Director of Revolution Consulting, LLC, since its inception in 2022, and led the implementation of the grant-funded Oregon Supervision Equity Initiative (OSEI) to increase racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity among supervisors in Oregon beginning in 2023. She also serves as Chapter Faculty Advisor for Omega Sigma Upsilon (2023-present) and the President of the Oregon Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (OACES; 2024-present). Her most important life roles are spouse to an avid birder on the autism spectrum, mom to a thriving, dancing, Cub Scout who does taekwondo, and duck mom. She lives in Salem, Oregon, where she reads, tries to garden, and eats vegan food.