Jessica (Jessie) Koltz, Ph.D., NCC, NCSC, LSC, CMHC is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of the M.Ed. in School Counseling Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. A former P–12 school counselor, Dr. Koltz brings over a decade of clinical, supervisory, and leadership experience in school and community mental health settings. She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Her scholarship centers on school counseling interventions addressing academic stress and student well-being, culturally responsive and mindfulness-informed practices, and supervision and preparation models for school counselors. Dr. Koltz’s work emphasizes applied, practice-based, and single-case research designs that bridge research and implementation in schools. She is actively engaged in professional service, accreditation review, and mentoring graduate students in counselor education.