Dr. Stanley assumed the position of Associate Editor of the CSI Newsletter in 1989 when she was a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.She served as Associate Editor until 1997 and again served as Co-Editor for the Exemplar’s Special Edition on Excellence in 2006. As a faculty member at Radford University, she served as faculty advisor for the Rho Chi Epsilon, mentoring as she had been mentored through CSI. As Associate Editor, she interviewed the CSI Distinguished Scholars and captured snapshots of each of these early leaders in the counseling profession.

In her own life and in her interests as a researcher and counselor, Dr. Stanley was committed to the idea of seeking balance in one’s personal and professional life.She wrote several articles for the Exemplar on the personhood of the counselor, and she challenged counselor educators to emphasize and exemplify personal as well as professional growth.She warned, "We may falter as professionals if we attempt to fulfill all of our needs through our professional identity.” Dr. Stanley’s life reflected her commitment to personhood through her gentle humor, kindness, humility, and her quiet, unassuming manner.

Dr. Stanley’s last contribution to the Exemplar was in an article she contributed to the Special Edition on Excellence (2006). She wrote, "Excellence as reflected in how we approach a task means that we show excellence in the care we take with the task.” Through her involvement with CSI, she showed great care in the articles she wrote and edited, the interviews she conducted, the chapter she advised, the students she mentored, and the life she lived. As a first generation CSI student and mentee, she exemplified excellence in all that she gave back to CSI and to the profession.

If you would like to make a donation to CSI in memory of Dr. Stanley, you can contribute to CSI’s General Fund.

Originally posted on 7/16/2010 at csi-net.org.