Academic Programs - Counseling and Student Personnel Services: College Student Affairs Focus


Program Faculty

Full-time Faculty

Diane L. Cooper, Professor (Ph.D., The University of Iowa) & Coordinator of the College Student Affairs Administration Master’s Program. Research interests include legal and ethical concerns of student affairs leadership and administration, multicultural issues, mentoring, and interventions with special student populations
Laura Dean, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Greensboro).  Research interests include small college environments, the use of standards in student affairs, and college counseling issues.
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Merrily Dunn, Associate Professor (Ph.D., The Ohio State University).  Research interests include student affairs in higher education, legal issues, and gender issues.
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Michelle Espino, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Arizona).  Research interests include the experiences of students/faculty of color, minority-serving institutions, service-learning, and critical race theory within higher education
faculty pic Richard Mullendore, Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University) & Coordinator for the College Student Affairs Doctoral Program. Research interests include first-year experience issues, orientation programs, transfer students, and parents of college students.
Theodore K. Miller, Professor Emeritus [Ed.D., University of Florida]
Rosemary E. Phelps, Professor, (Ph.D., University of Tennessee).  Research interests in multicultural counseling, supervision, and gender issues.  She splits her time between the SAA Program and the Counseling Psychology Program.  She has published extensively in the Journal of College Student Development and College Student Affairs Journal.
Roger B. Winston, Jr., Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., The University of Georgia). Research interests include psychosocial development of college students, environmental assessment, and professional staffing practices.

Adjunct Faculty

Student affairs staff members at The University of Georgia and other higher education related sites serve as adjunct faculty members for the program. Students will also work with various staff members throughout the University community to obtain internship placements.

Janice (Jan) Davis Barham, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant to the Vice President for Assessment and Staff Development
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Thomas (Tom) Burke, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
Ph.D., Florida State University

Ann Crowther, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Associate Vice President for Instruction
DPA, The University of Georgia

Patricia (Pat) Daugherty, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Ph.D., University of Alabama

Shay Davis-Little, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director of Residence Hall Administrative Operations
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Karen Kalivoda, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director Student Affairs, Disability Resource Center
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Gerald Kowalski, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Executive Director of University Housing
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Joe Moon, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dean for Campus Life and Community Affairs, Oxford/Emory University
Ed.D., The University of Georgia

Keener Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Associate Director of University Housing
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Ralphel Smith, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Director of University Housing
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Tom Walter, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Vice President for Student Development, Gainesville State College
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Andrew Wilson, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Dean for Campus Life and Director of Residence Life
Emory University
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

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