Nancy K. Schlossberg, EdD, is Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education, and Director of the Center of Human Services Development. She received her doctorate in education degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, in counseling. She served on the faculties of Wayne State University, Howard University, and Pratt Institute, and was the first woman executive at the American Council on Education (ACE), where she established the Office of Women in Higher Education. Dr. Schlossberg served as a Senior Fellow at ACE's Center on Adult Learning.
Dr. Schlossberg has received numerous awards and honors: Fellow of three divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), Fellow of the Gerontological Association, the 1983 APA G. Stanley Hall Lecturer on Adult Development, and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Maryland (1983). She was named as one of the Eminent Women in Psychology by the American Psychological Association and listed in Who's Who of American Women in 1993. In addition, Dr. Schlossberg has received highest honors and awards from the following national organizations: The National Career Development Association, the American College Personnel Association, the National Association for Women in Education, and the American Society for Training and Development.
Jane Goodman, PhD, is Professor Emerita of counseling in the Department of Counseling, School of Education and Human Services Education, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. She received her masters doctorate degrees in Guidance and Counseling from Wayne State University. She formerly worked as a consultant and trainer for the Continuum Center at Oakland University and served on the Counseling faculty at Eastern Michigan University. She was the 2001-2002 President of the American Counseling Association, 2005-2006 Chair of the American Counseling Association Foundation, and 1994-1995 President of the National Career Development Association. Dr. Goodman is a Fellow of the National Career Development Association.
Dr. Goodman's awards include the Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan Counseling Association, Group Worker of the Year Award from the Michigan Association for Specialists in Group Work, and Champion of Career Development from the Michigan Career Development Association.
Mary L. Anderson, PhD, LPC, NCC, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University. She is active in professional organizations, both at the state and national levels. She has served in leadership positions, including co-president of the Michigan Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Anderson's publications include prior editions of this text, and book chapters in Evans, K, et al (2002), Synthesizing Family, Career and Culture, ACA; Tyson, et al (2004), Critical Incidents in Group Counseling, ACA; and Barletta, et al (2009), Practice of Supervision>, ACA.
