About the Authors
Duane Brownis professor of education at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees
from Purdue University.
His scholarship specialties are career development and consul-
tation. Brown has authored or coauthored twenty-four books and
manuals and one hundred research studies, articles, and book chap-
ters. He edited Counselor Education and Supervisionfor three years
and has served on the editorial boards of three other journals.
Brown has served on numerous state, regional, and national
committees. He has also served as president of the North Carolina
Career Development Association, the North Carolina Associa-
tion of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, the North Carolina
Counseling Association, and the National Career Development
Association. He is currently serving on the board of the National
Career Development Association as trustee-at-large. He has twice
received the North Carolina Career Development Association’s
Roy N. Anderson Award for outstanding contributions to career
development. He also received the North Carolina Counseling
Association’s highest award—the Ella Stephens Barrett Leadership
Award—as well as their Distinguished Service Award. He has
received numerous other awards for his professional contributions,
including the Association of Counselor Education’s President’s
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