Portrait of Dr. Sarah Martin Blalock

Dr. Sarah Martin Blalock

  • Associate Professor at Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych, College of Education

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Reviewer / Referee, Action in Teacher Education. July 13, 2025 - Present.
  • Chair, Annual Review Committee. January 2025 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, World Journal for Sand Tray Therapy Practice: Promoting the Ethical Practice of Sand Tray. January 2025 - Present.
  • Chair, TXST Institute for Play Therapy. August 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Texas Association for Play Therapy Nominations and Elections Committee. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Professional Counseling Department Information Meetings. September 2023 - Present.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Play Therapy Training in New Zealand. January 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Transforming School Counseling Interest and Research Committee, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, School Counseling Interest Network. November 2022 - Present.
  • Required Program Reviewer, TXST Institute for Play Therapy. August 2021 - Present.
  • Campus Security Authority, Clery Act Compliance Program at Texas State University. September 2019 - Present.
  • Member, SMTX Mental Health Coalition. April 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Program Standards Committee. February 11, 2019 - Present.
  • Member, School Counseling Interest Network, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. August 2017 - Present.
  • Member, Professional Counseling Program Admissions Committee. October 2016 - Present.
  • Organizer, School Counseling Track/ Recruitment Coordinator. July 2016 - Present.

2025

  • Member, COE Scholarship Committee. August 2024 - May 2025.

2024

  • Member, Non Tenure Track Policy and Procedures Statements Committee. September 2023 - December 2024.
  • Graduate Advisor, TXST Counselors for Social Justice. September 2022 - December 2024.
  • Member, Bobcat Care/College Student Mental Health Panel Discussion/ODS. January 2023 - August 2024.
  • Member, TXST Institute for Play Therapy Team. December 5, 2016 - August 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Play Therapy. September 8, 2021 - March 5, 2024.

2023

  • Member, National Suicide Prevention Week: Panel Discussion Member: Tabling Event Participant. March 2023 - September 2023.
  • Member, Graduate College Scholarship Committee. September 2022 - August 2023.
  • Graduate Advisor, Sigma Chi Iota Honor Society. September 2021 - May 2023.
  • Member, COE Graduate Program Retreat. March 3, 2023.
  • Information Booth School Counseling Program Representative/Recruiter, Project Maestros. February 11, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee - Professional Counseling Department. September 2022 - December 2022.
  • Member, CLAS Library Representative. September 2021 - September 2022.
  • Member, College of Education Scholarship Committee. September 2020 - September 2022.
  • Panel Member, Project Maestros/Future Teacher Project. March 2022.

2021

  • Other, Hays County Court: Judge Rubin Becerra. November 2, 2021.
  • Co-Chair, Elementary School Counseling Advocacy and Research Committee: Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. September 17, 2020 - October 6, 2021.
  • Co-Chair, TXST Counselors for Social Justice. August 2017 - July 2021.

2020

  • Co-Presenter, Recruitment Presentation: The Advantages of Being a School Counselor: to Professional Counseling Students. December 2020.
  • Member, Curriculum and Instruction Scholarship Committee. September 2018 - September 2020.
  • Member, Elementary School Counseling Advocacy Research Committee, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. August 2018 - August 2020.
  • Attendee / Participant, Advocacy Day at Texas Capital, Texas Counseling Association. March 2020.

2019

  • Member, Early Childhood Education Coalition. November 2017 - 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dan E. Homeyer Play Therapy Research Grant, Texas Association for Play Therapy. January 2018 - January 2019.

2018

  • Teaching Internship Class of Erika Nielson Vargas, Texas State University. October 8, 2018.
  • Program Representative, Innovation Week, Texas State University. September 28, 2018.
  • Recruitment Presentation, Counselor Kick-Off, Austin Independent School District, Austin, TX. August 14, 2018.
  • Treasurer, Texas Association for Play Therapy. July 2017 - June 2018.
  • Member, Mental Health Advisory Council. September 2017 - February 2018.
  • Program Representative, Graduate Student Fair. February 12, 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Near-Death Experiences. September 2017.

2016

  • Founding Member, Counselors for Social Justice, UNT. September 2015 - May 2016.

2015

  • Co-Chair, Chi Sigma Iota Community Development, UNT. September 2014 - August 2015.