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  Stan Carpenter

   Xi Omicron, 1968 

 

 

Dr. Stan Carpenter is Professor and Chair of the Educational Administration and Psychological Services Department at Texas State University-San Marcos. He earned a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Tarleton State University; an M.S. in Student Personnel and Guidance from Texas A&M-Commerce; and a Ph.D. in Counseling and Student Personnel Services from the University of Georgia.  He joined the faculty at Texas State in 2003 after over twenty years at Texas A&M University.

He has held many administrative positions including Dean of Students at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and Executive Director of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) from 1987-97. He has served as Chair of the Senior Scholars of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and recently completed terms as National Board Member at Large of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and Editor/Chair of the ACPA Media Board. He has also served as a Directorate Board member for Commission XII (Professional Preparation) of the ACPA. He is a past member of the Journal of College Student Development Editorial Board, NASPA Journal Editorial Board, and the Review Board for the College Student Affairs Journal.  He has also recently been the chair of the NASPA Faculty Initiative and the Director of the Center for Leadership and Policy in Higher Education at Texas A&M.

He has many achievements to his credit including being named a Senior Scholar Diplomate in 2005 by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA); the 2004 Esther Lloyd Jones Professional Service award from ACPA; being named a Diamond Honoree and Senior Scholar at the 2000 ACPA Conference; being designated a Namesake for a "Fish Camp" session (extended orientation program), Texas A&M University, Summer 1999; Melvene Draheim Hardee Award for Contributions to Student Affairs, Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA), 1997; Distinguished Service Award, 1996, from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE); Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award for the College of Education, 1996; University of Georgia Student Affairs Administration Program Doctoral Alumni Award, 1995; Annuit Coeptis Senior Professional Award, ACPA, 1995; The National Distinguished Service Award from the Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity (1990); the Outstanding New Faculty Award from the College of Education Development Council (1987); the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Texas A&M University's Society of Educational Administration Students (1986-87); and Dissertation of the Year Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA, 1981). He has conducted over 100 conference and invited presentations and written over 65 journal articles, book chapters, and other professional publications.

He served as the National President of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity from 1986-90 and just stepped down as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity Endowment Fund.  He was the namesake of the National Pledge Class for the Fall or 1999.  He is married and has two sons and a daughter and three grandchildren. 

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