Katharine Brooks, EdD

Katharine Brooks, EdD, has been providing career services for more than twenty-five years, specializing in the career needs of college students and alumni in career transition. She has also worked with college students with attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities.

Brooks has written numerous articles for career services professionals and students, focusing on the value of a liberal arts degree, positive psychology and appreciative inquiry.

Her article "Making the Most of Your Liberal Arts Degree" has appeared for many years in NACE's Job Choices for Business and Liberal Arts Students. Her expertise in career issues has been recognized in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, US News & World Report, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Cosmopolitan, the Associated Press, and CNN/Fortune.

Brooks has a doctorate in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling Psychology, and a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from West Virginia University. Her bachelor's degree is in Sociology and Anthropology from Gettysburg College.