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William L. Kibler, Ph.D.

NCHERM Affiliated Consultant

About William L. Kibler

Dr. Bill Kibler serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Professor of Counselor Education at Mississippi State University.  He has over thirty years of experience in student affairs administration, serving at the University of Florida, Texas A&M University, and Mississippi State.  Dr. Kibler oversees the University Crisis Action Team and commands the Incident Command Center.  He earned a bachelors degree in economics and masters and specialist degrees in counselor education from the University of Florida, and a doctorate in educational administration from Texas A&M University. 

Dr. Kibler has developed expertise in numerous areas, including academic integrity, student rights and responsibilities, student conduct and judicial affairs, and crisis response. He has co-authored a book on academic integrity and co-authored and edited a book on student conduct and discipline.  He has several published book chapters and articles in the areas of academic integrity, student conduct and judicial affairs, and student affairs administration.  Dr. Kibler received the D. Parker Young Award from the Association for Student Judicial Affairs in recognition of outstanding scholarly and research contributions in the areas of higher education law and judicial affairs.  He has consulted with numerous leading universities on student conduct policies, legal issues, academic integrity, and other topics. 

Dr. Kibler has provided leadership in a number of professional associations.  He was a founder and served as President of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA).  He was also a founder and served as President of the Center for Academic Integrity (CAI).   He has served in several leadership roles, including national conference chair, of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).  He served as an Associate Editor of the College Student Affairs Journal and currently serves on the editorial board of the NASPA Journal.

Consulting Topics

  1. Campus Crisis Response/Emergency Management/Incident Command
  2. Campus safety and security
  3. Media relations – including media response during crises
  4. Psychological / Medical withdrawal policies and procedures
  5. Proactive risk management in working with students and student organizations
  6. Campus Conduct Administration
  7. Campus conduct proceedings
  8. First Amendment Issues on college campuses
  9. Academic Integrity and Honor Codes
  10. Conduct Code and Honor Code reviews and analysis
  11. Hazing
  12. Expert Witness Services

To book a consultation with Bill, please contact Samantha Dutill, the NCHERM Executive Director at 610-993-0229 or email samantha@ncherm.org

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