Augusta University is Georgia's health sciences university and a national center for cyber security education. Home to the state’s only public academic medical center, Augusta’s world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. The university is comprised of nine colleges, including one of the nation's oldest medical schools, the Medical College of Georgia; the Hull College of Business; and the state's only dental school, the Dental College of Georgia.

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Given by the American Counseling Association

ACA Counselor Educator Advocacy Award (2018)

Nominee for Augusta University Teaching Excellence Award (2018)

The University System of Georgia's highest honor for faculty.

University System of Georgia Regents' Teaching Excellence Award (2016)

American Counseling Association (ACA) Ethics Committee

CACREP Liaison

African American Professors Program (AAPP) Monograph Series at University of South Carolina

LPC Supervisor for LAPC Counselors working at Student Counseling and Psychological Services at Augusta University

Three: Ethical Issues in the Supervisory Relationship

Navigating Fight, Flight or Freeze: Developing the courage and the freedom to ACT

Augusta University College of Education Professor Richard Deaner is an award-winning researcher and educator who was named the recipient of the Board of Regents’ 2016 Teaching Excellence Award, the University System of Georgia’s highest honor for faculty. 

Deaner joined Augusta University's College of Education in 2007 and has served in many capacities including associate professor of counselor education and coordinator for the school and clinical mental health counseling graduate programs.

Additionally, his research on counselor education has been featured in several publications such as The Family Journal, and his work has garnered numerous accolades including the Southeastern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision President’s Special Merit Award.

Deaner earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from University of Virginia, master’s degree in counselor education from Lynchburg College and a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from the University of South Carolina.

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