Counseling and Human Development Services

Faculty

Laura Dean

Elected to the directorate of the American College Personnel Association Commission for Professional Preparation

Assistant Professor in the College Student Affairs Administration program, Department
of Counseling and Human Development Services, College of Education.

Dr. Dean joined the faculty in the summer of 2006. She received a B.A. in English from
Westminster College (PA) in 1980. After working as a high school teacher and a college
admissions counselor, she received her M.Ed. (1988) and Ph.D. (1991) in
Counseling/Student Development in Higher Education from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She worked at Manchester College (IN) for five years as
Associate Dean of Student Development and Director of Counseling. She then worked as
a chief student affairs officer for ten years, first as Dean of Students at Pfeiffer University
(NC) and then as Vice President for Student Development/Dean of Students at Peace
College (NC). She is a National Certified Counselor and is past president of the
American College Counseling Association, for which she serves as the representative to
the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). On CAS, she
currently also serves as Member at Large on the Executive Council and as Publications
Editor. She has served on editorial boards for the College Student Affairs Journal and the
Journal of College Counseling. Dr. Dean’s research interests include small college
environments, the use of standards in student affairs, and college counseling issues.