Assistant Professor Receives Inaugural Fellowship

January 15, 2015

Dr. Stephanie Burns, Assistant Professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, has been chosen to receive the inaugural Edwin L. Herr Fellowship for Excellence in Counseling Leadership and Scholarship Award. The honor, awarded by Chi Sigma Iota, the International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society, will be presented at Chi Sigma Iota's CSI Day at the American Counseling Association's 2015 Annual Conference and Expo on March 13 in Orlando, Florida.

The Herr Fellowship was created to recognize and honor the career contributions of Dr. Edwin L. Herr to Chi Sigma Iota and to the counseling profession as a whole. Dr. Herr’s career as a counselor and counselor educator spanned more than 50 years. He served as President of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the National Career Development Association, and Chi Sigma Iota.  A past editor of several journals, including the Journal of Counseling & Development, Dr. Herr is widely recognized globally as one of if not the preeminent scholar in career counseling. He also is widely acclaimed as our profession’s most eloquent and respected global ambassador for counseling.

The Herr Fellowship is awarded annually to a full-time counselor educator in the early stages of his or her career (3-5 years) whose professional goals include career development or international issues in counseling. Dr. Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Ohio and Michigan. She currently serves as the Chapter Faculty Advisor for the Mu Beta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota at Western Michigan University. Dr. Burns’ research and scholarship focus on counselor professional identity and career interest assessment and psychometric scoring methodologies.  In 2013 Dr. Burns was selected as an Emerging Leader Fellow by the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).