ABOUT YAS

Yas (Djadali) Hardaway is a synergistic, innovative, and equity-driven career development leader, practitioner, and educator. She serves as the Executive Director of Career Services at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP). Additionally, she is a Course Lead and Adjunct Faculty in GSEP’s Psychology Division, where she instructs master's-level students in Career Development Theories & Techniques. Yas is a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Career Counselor, and holds an Executive Leadership Academy Certificate from the University of California, Berkeley. Her diverse professional background, starting in 1999, includes work at major institutions such as The Florida State University, the University of California, Irvine, and Loyola Marymount University, alongside transnational experience with global shipboard universities. A published author and international conference presenter, Yas’s work has focused on the application of career theories to practice, graduate-level career services, and the study of sociocultural career development. Beyond academia, she maintains a private practice, Insight Careers, providing virtual coaching to early-to-senior-level professionals navigating career transitions and advancement. Yas holds both a Master of Science and an Education Specialist degree in Counseling from The Florida State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Kentucky.