Charlotte Hamilton

Dr. Charlotte Redden Hamilton is a native of Columbia, South Carolina and is the Dean of the College of Social Sciences at Saybrook University, online in Pasadena, California.

Before her current role, she served as the interim Dean of Academic Affairs and Operations at South University, Columbia campus. At South University, she was the department chairperson of all clinical mental health counseling programs at 9 South University campuses, and she was an associate professor and Program Director for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at South University in Columbia, South Carolina where she oversaw full time faculty, adjunct faculty, and over 175 clinical mental health counseling and professional counseling students for over 8 years. In those roles, she was critical in achieving CACREP accreditation, an international honor society, hosting counseling conferences on campus, maintaining a high level of counseling graduates, employment, and increasing pass rate of state licensure examination. She also revamped the counseling handbook and clinical handbook, revised all counseling course syllabi as well as the implementation of new program of study and new courses. Additionally, she served as the inaugural chairperson for the council of diversity, equity, and inclusion under the Chancellor's request. While in that role, she implemented diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings, started the curriculum development committee, a diversity, equity and inclusion school newsletter, a critical survey to assess the university, a webpage on the university website and a quick reference guide on the school's library and created a calendar to celebrate holidays and observances.

Dr. Hamilton is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed professional counselor supervisor (LPC/S), a licensed addiction counselor (LAC), a national certified counselor (NCC), and an Approved Counselor Supervisor (ACS). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and minor in African American Studies from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She received her Master of Arts degree in Higher Education and Developmental Studies from the above-mentioned institution. She holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia where she was a clinical supervisor, a research assistant and teacher's assistant.

Currently, Dr. Hamilton is the Immediate Past President of South Carolina Counseling Association (SCCA) where she has been an active member, presenter, and board member for over 20 years. She is also an active member of American Counseling Association (ACA) and American Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).

As a counselor educator, Dr. Hamilton has taught counseling courses at several universities and practiced counseling at several agencies. She has had a host of mental health experiences ranging as a mental health counselor for severally mentally ill persons, counseling children and adolescents, and counseling drug and alcohol adolescents and adults. Her fondness for teaching and working with students in the counseling field goes hand in hand as teacher and practitioner