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Dr. Steve Benton received bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, completing his Ph.D. in 1983. With five years of teaching experience at the secondary and postsecondary levels, he became assistant professor of educational psychology at Kansas State University (KSU) in the fall of 1983. He was promoted to associate professor at KSU in 1988 and to full professor in 1994. From 1988 to 1990, he served as Chair of the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology. He is currently serving another term as Chair since 2000. Benton, who has served as major professor to 12 doctoral students, is the former Editor (1991 to 2000) of Educational Psychology Review, a journal that publishes comprehensive review articles. He has written over 120 professional papers, journal articles, book chapters, and test reviews, and has published in the leading journals in the field, including Journal of Educational Psychology, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Educational Measurement, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Psychology: Research and Practice, and Journal of College Student Development. Steve, along with his wife, Sherry, is second author on an upcoming book, titled “College Student Mental Health: Effective Services and Strategies Across Campus,” published by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The recipient of over $500,000 in federal and state grants, his research interests include the cognitive processes involved in writing and academic studying, the roles of knowledge and interest in writing processes, and college-student drinking. He is an active member in the American Educational Research Association, the Division on Educational Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He is the recipient of the Award of Excellence from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Alumni Association (1997), was recognized as one of 90 Notable Graduates at the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Teachers College (1998); and was given the Excellence in Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, from College of Education, spring 1998. Since 1979, Steve has been married to his wife Sherry, who is Associate Professor and Assistant Director at K-State Counseling Services. They are the proud parents of a son and daughter who are both college graduates.

Dr. Sherry Benton

Dr. Fred Bradley

Dr. Aaron Carlstrom earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Marquette University, and both his master’s degree (Educational Psychology-Community Counseling) and doctoral degree (Urban Education-Counseling Psychology) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  He came to K-State in 2002 to complete his pre-doctoral psychology internship at Counseling Services, and stayed on as a psychologist between 2003-2006.  While at Counseling Services he facilitated the Diversity Seminar for the psychology interns, and conducted evaluation research of the Career & Life Planning courses.
Dr. Carlstrom came to the Department of Counseling & Educational Psychology as an assistant professor in 2006.  His professional and research interests include the use of assessment in intervention programming, career development of high school and college students, high school student completion and college student retention, and multicultural counseling issues.  He has presented at national and
international conferences, and written journal articles and book chapters in these areas.  He is a member of APA and the Society for Vocational Psychology. 

Dr. Judy Hughey

Dr. Ken Hughey

Dr. Carla Jones has been at Kansas State since 1994. She received her BS degree from Jacksonville University in 1977, her MS in 1978 from Florida State University and her doctorate degree from the University of Florida in 1992. She currently serves as the Senior Associate Dean of Student Life. For the 2001-2002 school year she served as the Interim Associate Provost for Diversity and Dual Career Development. In the Counseling and Educational Psychology department she teaches Ethical Decision Making. This class focuses on assessment of moral development and orientation. She has also taught the Higher Education Administration and Practicum classes. In 1998 she received an award for Outstanding Faculty Advisor from the Mortar Board. She is an honorary member of Mortar Board and Golden Key. She currently is a member of both the National Association of Student Personnel Administration (NASPA) and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and she currently serves as Director for Commissions for ACPA.

Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While an undergraduate student at the same institution, she played basketball for the Bison Women Basketball team where she earned several awards including All-Canadian rookie, conference rookie of the year, and academic All-Canadian in each of her four years of competition. As part of her Doctoral program, she completed a yearlong internship at Counseling Services, Kansas State University (KSU), where she also did a specialization in working with student-athletes. Prior to returning to KSU, she worked as an assistant professor and staff counselor at the Student Counseling and Career Centre of the University of Manitoba, also serving as a liaison with the athletic department on campus. From 1997 though 2002 Dr. Leslie-Toogood worked as a sport psychology consultant with the National Sport Centre Manitoba, working with both teams and individual athletes who represent Canada at National and International competitions. While residing in Canada, she also had the opportunity to work at several games in a variety of capacities including the Canada Winter, Pan American, Commonwealth, and Olympic Games. She has presented information at various international conferences and co-authored articles in peer-reviewed journals including The Sport Psychologist, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, and Journal of Sport Behavior. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including APA, ACPA, NASPA, and AAASP (Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology). She is currently serving on the continuing education committee for AAASP. Presently she is an assistant professor at KSU and is responsible for helping the department to develop a new specialization in working with student-athletes. She is also a registered psychologist in the state of Kansas. For more information on Dr. Leslie-Toogood, please feel free to visit her website at: www.drtoogood.com

Dr. Christy D. Moran fell in love with higher education as a result of her experiences as a student leader in a campus organization and as a resident assistant at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. After receiving her B.S. in Psychology, she worked as a mental health professional in a day treatment center for adults with chronic mental illnesses. After a couple of years of missing the higher education environment, she enrolled at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1997 to work on her Ph.D. in Higher Education. Throughout graduate school, Dr. Moran worked as a Hall Director in the residence halls, spending three of her four years overseeing the students in the halls that are built into the football stadium (Stadium Halls). After earning her doctorate in 2001, she accepted a faculty position in the Higher Education Administration program at the University of Missouri- Kansas City. In order to gain some additional administrative experience, she later moved back to the southwest to serve in the position of Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Texas-El Paso; during her tenure there, she also served as the Interim Director of the Student Development Center for a short period of time. As a result of those experiences, she brings practice-based knowledge of residence life, judicial affairs, student organizations, leadership development, Greek life, and health awareness programming into the classroom. Dr. Moran came to Kansas State University in August of 2005, and she is thrilled to be here! She is actively involved in ACPA, NASPA, and ASHE and serves as a reviewer on the ACPA Books and Media Board and on the editorial board for The College Student Affairs Journal. Her research focuses on issues of spirituality and religion in higher education, and she also has a special interest in judicial affairs in the university setting.

Dr. Fred Newton received his B.A. degree from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio and his master's degree in Student Personnel in Higher Education from The Ohio State University. He received a fellowship for advanced study at the University of Missouri-Columbia and went on to complete his PhD in Counseling Psychology. He was an assistant professor for 6 years at the University of Georgia and an Associate Professor and coordinator of Career Counseling at Duke University for two years. Since 1980 he has been the Director of Counseling Services at Kansas State University and became full-professor in the College of Education. He is licensed as a psychologist in the State of Kansas. He has taught a variety of classes including Adult Counseling, Advanced Group Counseling, Principles of Student Development, Stress Management for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators, and Principles of Learning. In 1999 he was awarded the Annuit Coeptis Senior Professional Honor by the American College Personnel Association. He was a finalist for the E. Walter Morrison award sponsored by the K-State Student Foundation for exceptional leadership. He is the co-author of two books and chapters contained in six edited books. He also has been the administrator of six grants the most recent from the Sunflower Foundation being concerned with the health behaviors of college freshmen. Recent research publications have included articles on the changing nature of college students, outcome measurement resulting from counseling interventions, and psycho-social variables affecting student learning.

Dr. Charlie Nutt

Dr. Chuck Werring

Dr. Dan Wilcox

Dr. Doris Wright-Caroll brings more than twenty-five years of professional experience as a multicultural counselor, teacher, and educator. She has spent her professional career helping colleges and universities develop programs to promote the achievement of under represented groups, including multicultural and women students. Prior to this appointment, Doris has worked as teacher and staff psychologist at three research universities in Texas and Georgia. Doris began her student affairs career here at Kansas State when she worked as a student assistant in the Office of Multicultural student services under the tutelage of Veryl Switzer, its first director. Later, she worked as a graduate assistant for Pat Bosco [now Dean of Student Life and Associate Vice-President for Institutional Advancement] when he served then as an advisor to SGA. She received further mentoring during graduate school from former Vice-President for Student Affairs Chet Peters who provided her with a solid conceptual and practical introduction to the profession. Ironic that more than 25 years later, she should return to KSU, the place where she first experienced student affairs as a student. As a doctoral student in counseling psychology a the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, she was mentored by such student development luminaries as Robert Brown [T.H. E. Project, 1972] and Dean of Students David DeCoster. Her mentoring and preparation continued through her first years as staff psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin where she worked with past ACPA president as Margaret "Peggy " Barr and Student Affairs Vice Presidents Ron Brown and James Vick, both strong NASPA leaders. It was at Texas that Doris wrote the seminal book, " Responding to the needs of multicultural students," the first Jossey-Bass multicultural text in their New Directions for Student Services Series. It set the stage for many more publications on the topic. Returning to her counseling psychology background, Doris left Texas to teach psychology doctoral students at Georgia State University in Atlanta until 1999 when she returned to KSU to take the vacancy left by the retirement of her mentor, Dr. John Steffen, with whom she studied nearly 25 years earlier while a masters' student in the same department in which she now teaches. A student development educator who has come full circle, Dr. Carroll returns to KSU with a breadth and depth of skills, practice, and knowledge base to share with students. "Students are surprised to learn about the wide range of experiences I have had over the years on more than 7 college campuses," Doris remarked. "They think that I've only been teaching in the classroom until I begin to tell them student affairs stories. Then, they are amazed."