Susan L. Steiner

Associate Professor, Counseling Education, Counseling and Human Development Chair

Education:

University Of Akron, Ph.D. in Education, focus: Family Ecology (1985)                          

University of Akron, M.A.,  School Counseling (1981)

Kent State University, B. S., Early Childhood/Elementary Education (1973)

Experience

Malone University, Associate Professor, Counseling Education
Wadsworth City Schools, Professional School Counselor     
Lakewood Pubic Schools, Elementary School Counselor
Orrville City Schools, Primary/Elementary Teacher
Orrville City Schools Board of Education Member

Recent Scholarly Work

*    Building  Group Counseling Skills to Meet the Psychological Needs of Military Children
invited presenter at the All Ohio Counselors Conference in Columbus, Ohio (November, 2009)
*    School Counselors as Leaders: Taking Ownership of the Mandate presented at the
Stark County Counselors Association Summer Workshop, Walsh University, Canton, Ohio (August, 2008)
*     Intervention Assistance Team Process:  Making It a Viable Tool in Your Schools presented to
Cloverleaf High School and Middle School faculty and Administration, Medina, Ohio (October, 2006)
*    School Violence:  Looking at the Problems Generating Solutions presented to Wadsworth City Schools faculty and administration (November 2005)

I retired with 35 years of teaching and/or school counseling in the public schools.  I had the tremendous opportunity to teach four different grades and then be a school counselor at each level - elementary, middle and high school. Those experiences have proven invaluable to my teaching at Malone University.  Upon completing my doctorate, I had always planned to teach at the collegiate level, I am very thankful that God had the same plan.
My husband, a retired police officer and mayor of Orrville, and I are the proud parents of four adult children.  We also have seven granddaughters and one grandson.  My hobbies include many family-oriented activities, reading, writing, cooking, exercising, traveling and visiting nursing homes with my therapy dog, Gilbert.