Her research interests include evaluating the effectiveness of evidence-based school counseling interventions, specifically those focused on improving students’ pro-social skills, fostering a positive classroom climate, and preventing bullying. In 2011, she was awarded Florida School Counselor of the Year for PK-8 and was recently (2016) honored at Florida Atlantic University as the University and College of Education’s Scholar of the Year. Dr. Mariani is a co-author of the book Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling: A Manual for Practice (Corwin, 2016).