Diane Cooper

Professor of College Student Affairs Administration in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services at The University of Georgia. She received a B. A. degree in Marketing Management from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1978, M.Ed. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Counseling in 1979 and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Counselor Education in 1985, with a concentration in post-secondary education and vocational development. She served for eight years as a student services practitioner in North Carolina before joining the faculty in Student Development at Appalachian State University from 1992-1995. For 6 years she was the Editor for the College Student Affairs Journal and on the editorial board for the Journal of College Student Development and the Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs. Her research interests are in program design and assessment, legal and ethical issues in student affairs practice, and in professional issues related to underrepresented groups in higher education. Her primary focus for research right now is on improving staff development practices for all student services professionals. CSAA, SAA, CP