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Nishi Ravi wins 2025 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders award

Nishi Ravi, an Indian Counseling Psychology student at Marquette University, and five others have been awarded the 2025 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award by AAC&U.

Nishi Ravi / Website— nrpsychotherapy.org

Nishi Ravi, an Indian counseling psychology student at Marquette University, has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2025 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). 

The award recognizes graduate students who demonstrate exemplary leadership in teaching, learning, and civic engagement.

Originally from India, Ravi is a COSCA-qualified counselor and a queer-affirmative psychotherapist. Her extensive professional experience spans both public and private sectors across multiple countries, where she has worked with clients of all ages, including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. 

She specializes in psychotherapy, psychological assessments, and psychodiagnostic testing, addressing a wide range of emotional and psychological complexities.

Beyond clinical practice, Ravi is an award-winning qualitative researcher and autoethnographer. She has facilitated workshops and group sessions, served as a panelist, and presented at conferences in India, the United States, Scotland, and England. 

Her research focuses on therapist training, therapy processes, supervision, sex and disability, culture, trauma, and lived experiences.

Committed to ethical and reflective practice, Ravi emphasizes the importance of creating a safe and supportive therapeutic space. 

Ravi is one of five recipients of the 2025 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. The other honorees include:

  • Summer Blanco—Plant Biology, University of Georgia
  • Red D. Douglas—Educational Leadership, Oakland University
  • Victoria Fields—Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • Ava Polzin—Astronomy & Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
     

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