Each year Chi Sigma Iota is fortunate to have an outstanding slate of candidates willing to serve CSI on an international level. We have four deserving and committed candidates for president-elect and treasurer for 2013-2014. For this year’s slate, Stanley B. Baker and Craig S. Cashwell for president-elect. Nominations for treasurer are Brian J. Dew and Melissa Luke. Please read the biographical information and goal statement presented by each candidate before making your decision.

More info about the candidates are here: http://www.csi-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=1098



President Elect:
Stanley Baker

Dr. Stanley Baker is a native of Minnesota. M.A. from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Professional experience as a high school teacher and counselor in Wisconsin. Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Former faculty member at Penn State University and currently Professor of Counselor Education at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Coordinator of the School Counseling Program and adviser to the Nu Sigma Chi Chapter of CSI at NC State (15 years). Current goal is to push forward the frontiers of research and program evaluation methodology, accountability and evidence-based practice, advocacy and social justice, and postmodern ethical decision-making knowledge and practice as a scholar, practitioner, and professional leader. Professional recognitions include NDEA Fellow, ACES Research Award recipient (twice), ACES Publication Award, ACES Professional Leadership Award.


Craig Cashwell

Dr. Craig S. Cashwell is Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is in his 19th year as a counselor educator and maintains a part-time private practice. Craig holds the LPC, NCC, and ACS credentials. Craig has received numerous awards, including the CSI International Thomas J. Sweeney Professional Leadership Award (2012), the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Graduate School Outstanding Mentor Award (2012), and the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling Lifetime Service Award (2010). Craig is a past-president of ASERVIC, past Chair of CACREP, and is completing his term as the ACES Representative to the ACA Governing Council, where he also has served the past two years as a member of the Executive Committee. In 2011, Craig received designation as a Fellow in the American Counseling Association. He has been a member of Chi Sigma Iota since 1990.


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Treasurer
Brian Dew

Dr. Brian J. Dew, Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University (GSU) is currently serving as department chair. Prior to moving into his current position, Dr. Dew coordinated the Masters and Ed.S. programs in Mental Health Counseling at GSU. Dr. Dew’s research on addictive disorders earned him the 2007 Outstanding Faculty Research Award from Georgia State University’s College of Education, 2007 Outstanding Addictions and Offender Professional Award by the Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling, and the 2009 Courtland Lee Social Justice Award from the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
 
Melissa Luke

Dr. Melissa Luke is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the School Counseling program at Syracuse University. Prior to this, she worked for more than fifteen years as a teacher and school counselor in K-12 public schools. Melissa has been an active member of Chi Sigma Iota for over a decade, fulfilling numerous leadership roles. Melissa has been the Chapter Faculty Advisor (CFA) and co-CFA for the Sigma Upsilon chapter, where she has assisted the student leaders in developing a monthly series of professional development workshops (including the recently recognized Winter Wellness event), implementing annual social justice initiatives in the community, as well as facilitating the expansion of successful fundraising events. As the NARACES RCF, Melissa established mechanisms for connecting CFAs with vital resources.