Counseling and Higher Education

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Chair: Suzanne E. Degges-White

Graduate Faculty

Suzanne E. Degges-White, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, professor
Melissa Fickling, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, associate professor
Yenitza Guzman, Ph.D., Governors State University, clinical assistant professor
Kimberly A. Hart, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor, Northern Illinois University
Xiaodan Hu, Ph.D., University of Florida, associate professor
Quortne Hutchings, Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, assistant professor
Dana Isawi, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, assistant professor
Katy S. Jaekel, Ph.D., Iowa State University, associate professor
Carrie A. Kortegast, Ph.D., Iowa State University, associate professor
Injung Lee, Ph.D., University of Iowa, assistant professor

Jacqueline Mac, Ph.D., Indiana University, assistant professor

Gudrun Nyunt, Ph.D., University of Maryland, assistant professor

Timothy Schoonover, Ph.D., University of Arkansas, assistant professor
Peitao Zhu, Ph.D., Syracuse University, assistant professor

The Department of Counseling and Higher Education offers graduate courses leading to the degrees: Master of Science in Education, Doctor of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy. The department advances scholarly activity for faculty and students and supports individual and collaborative efforts in institutional and noninstitutional settings.

Students interested in educator licensure should also see “Educator Licensure Information.”

Master of Science in Education
All courses with the CAHE designator may be counted toward a student’s program in higher education and student affairs, counseling, or counselor education and supervision.

Adult and higher education
Counseling

Doctor of Education
All courses with the CAHE designator may be counted toward a student’s program in higher education, counseling, or counselor education and supervision.

Doctor of Philosophy
Counselor education and supervision

Admission

The faculty in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education selects the best-qualified applicants for admission to its programs. When the number of applicants exceeds a program’s capacity, qualified applicants may be denied admission and encouraged to reapply at a later date. Decisions about admissions are ordinarily made each spring.

Any applicant who is denied admission to a program in the department may submit to the appropriate program admissions committee a written request for reconsideration that includes information not previously submitted. Final decisions of program admissions committees may be appealed to the department’s Committee on Admissions, Retention, and Professional Standards. Appeals to this committee must be in writing and must explain the basis for the appeal.

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