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Graduate School

Program Director

Dr. John McFadden

John McFadden, Ph.D.

Dr. John McFadden, Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program Director and the Benjamin E. Mays Distinguished Professor Emeritus, is the first African American scholar in the history of the University of South Carolina to be named to an endowed chair. He has authored in excess of 160 professional publications and has made over 250 research and scholarly presentations throughout the world. Dr. McFadden has held a number of administrative positions at USC, including Associate Dean of the College of Education and Senior Vice President for Intercultural Affairs and Professional Development.

Among his books are Transcultural Vignettes for Helping and Management Professionals, Challenges of Cultural and Racial Diversity to Counseling, Discipline and Classroom Management, Counseling-Parenting-Teaching, Counseling and Teaching: Identity versus Assimilation. His book, entitled Transcultural Counseling, entered a second edition. Dr. McFadden is an international authority on stylistic counseling and transcultural counseling.

Curriculum Vitae

Andrea Fleming

Andrea  M. Fleming, Ph.D., LPC/S, LPC, LAC, CS, MAC

A native of Sumter, South Carolina, Dr. Andrea M. Fleming is an educator, expert trainer, mentor, entrepreneur and life-long learner with more than 25 years of experience as a clinical mental health counselor specializing in substance use disorders treatment. She is a graduate of Leadership Institute with Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center sponsored by the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Dr. Fleming was the first African-American board member appointed to serve with the South Carolina Association of Licensed Professional Counselors (SCALPC), now known as the South Carolina Clinical Mental Health Counselors Association (SCCMHCA), and is an appointee to the South Carolina Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Certification Commission. In 2010, she launched her business, The Gold Standard, LLC where she serves full-time as the principal consultant to behavioral and mental health agencies across the southeastern region, providing professional development workshops, quality assurance services, policy and accreditation preparation assistance, and clinical supervision for licensure and certification. She has also presented on multiculturalism in counseling and in the workplace for federal agencies.

In May of 2020, Dr. Fleming completed the doctoral requirements for the Counselor Education Program at the University of South Carolina and was a fellowship recipient with the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program. Her research was a qualitative inquiry entitled: “A Theoretical Formulation of Best Practices in Balancing Administrative and Clinical Supervision: Perceptions of Exemplar Dual Role Licensed Supervisors in Community Behavioral and Mental Health Agencies”. 

In the spirit of having full circle moments, Dr. Fleming is now a Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Education and was recently appointed as the Associate Director for the Grace Jordan McFadden Professors Program. In addition, she served as Co-Chair of the Supervision Interest Network for the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES). Besides her professional endeavors, Dr. Fleming is a charter member and Chaplain with the COLA City Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated. She is also a very active Life Member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated where she is the Immediate Past President of the Iota Omicron Sigma Alumnae chapter, is a charter member, and currently serves on the Southeastern Regional Board as the State Director for South Carolina.


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