Department of Counseling, Family Therapy and Higher Education

Candice Peters, Ph.D., born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, is an assistant professor of student affairs administration at Appalachian State University.

Dr. Peters recently graduated from Rowan University with a Ph.D. in Education and concentration in urban and diverse learning environments. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Adelphi University, then completed her master’s degree in higher education at the University of Georgia. As a graduate student, she received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in 2022 from the PAN Achievement Awards, ACPA.

Rooted in critical paradigms, intersectional frameworks, and qualitative methodologies, Dr. Peters’ research and scholarship bring to light the roles that power structures and imbalances play in shaping Black diasporic dynamics in higher education. Her work also foregrounds the realities and outcomes of systemically oppressed and institutionally excluded populations within the context of the academy.

Dr. Peters is a member of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), and ACPA- College Student Educators International, and has shared her work at various higher education and student affairs conferences.

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Selected Publications

• Wright-Mair, R., Peters, C., & McAllaster, G. (2022). “Building the Plane While it's in the Air”: Examining Institutional Response to COVID-19 and Impacts on Graduate Students. Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, 6(1), 40-56. https://ecommons.luc.edu/jcshesa/vol6/iss1/4
• Wright-Mair, R., Saadeddine, R., Peters, C., & Elmes, A. (2022). Higher Education and Student Affairs Master's Students' Perceptions of Their Preparation for Scholarly Practice and Implications for Program Improvement: A Mixed Methods Case Study. College Student Affairs Journal, 40(2), 13-32. doi:10.1353/csj.2022.0012
• Wright-Mair, R., Peters, C., & McAllaster, G. A. (2021). COVID-19 Strikes U.S. Higher Education: An Opportunity to Center International Students and Their Diverse Needs. Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 1(1), 58–80. https://doi.org/10.33009/fsop_jpss125542