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KENT STATE UNIVERSITY’S PH.D. PROGRAM IN COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION
The faculty members in the Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) program at Kent State University are pleased to accept applications to our CACREP-accredited Ph.D. program in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES). Applicants can find information about the program at https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/ldes/ces/counselor-education-and-supervision-phd and can begin their application process at this webpage by clicking on “Apply Now.” Complete applications for Fall 2025 admission are due February 1, 2025.
The mission of the CES program at Kent State is to prepare research-informed, culturally intentional, and ethically sound counselor educators, administrators, and advanced clinicians. We prepare Ph.D. graduates who are outstanding at conducting research, supervising, teaching, and providing leadership and advocacy to the counseling profession.
Below are some Kent State Points of Pride:
- Onsite Counseling Center that provides over 4000 hours of service annually to students and the community. Doctoral students work and train in the center as part of their educational program.
- Our doctoral internship allows the student to select from the five CACREP doctoral areas and tailor an internship that suits their career objectives.
- Faculty are heavily involved in professional associations with leadership roles in ACA, CSI, ACES, AARC, ASGW, IARTC, Regional ACES, and the Ohio Counseling Association (and its divisions). We mentor our students to become professionally involved and know how to connect students to professional engagement opportunities.
- Kent State CES is actively engaged with professional and client advocacy programs and national initiatives related to D.E.I. & Anti-racism.
- Our doctoral graduates also have served in leadership positions such as President of ACA, President of ACES and Editor of the Counselor Education and Supervision journal.
- Current CES faculty also have served as ACES President, North Central ACES President, CSI International President, ACES Executive Council member, President of the Ohio Counseling Association, and many other leadership positions.
- Doctoral students are provided two advisors that co-advise throughout the curricular phase AND dissertation phase of the PhD to help actualize your research pursuits
- Kent State CES doctoral program has a strong history of considerable international student enrollment and international work through the EHHS Read Center for International and Intercultural Education
- Doctoral Graduates from our Ph.D. degree program have secured employment as counselor educators in programs across the US and in Ohio, and also as agency clinical directors, and private practitioners.
- Our College of EHHS has a Research and Evaluation Bureau which provides dissertation students with research support (e.g., transcription services, data entry, computer consultation for programming and data analysis)
A number of graduate assistantships for new full-time students will be available for Fall 2025. These positions include a $16k stipend, nine-month tuition waiver, stipend for health insurance and require 20 hours of work per week.
Our 12-member full-time core faculty reflect diverse personal and professional backgrounds and scholarly agendas, such as: professional identity and advocacy, teaching and supervising in CES, suicide assessment and prevention training, crisis and trauma work, multicultural and international counseling, career development of marginalized populations, creativity in counseling, counseling sexual minority clients, rehabilitation counseling, counseling individuals with substance use disorders, school counseling, and motivational interviewing.
Kent State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and has a strong commitment to institutional diversity. Faculty members are committed to providing all persons equal access to the programs in School Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and the Ph.D. degree in CES without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, national origin, disability status (unless the disability interferes with the practice of counseling), protected veteran status, and other dimensions of identity.
If you are interested in joining the students and faculty of Kent State University’s CES doctoral program, please contact Dr. Cassie Storlie at phone (330-672-0693) or email (cstorlie@kent.edu).
