Bridget Hollis Staten
Chief Financial Officer of HBCU
Dr. Bridget Hollis Staten is the Co-Founder of the HBCU Times magazine and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the HBCU Times Group, a Non- profit organization. Dr. Hollis Staten is a Professor at South Carolina State University. She received a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Albany State University, a Masters of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling from South Carolina State University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Rehabilitation and Administration from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Dr. Hollis Staten is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) candidate. Dr. Hollis Staten has a love for grant writing and has obtained over 10 million dollars in federal grants to help train and educate students in the field of Education and Rehabilitation Counseling. Dr. Hollis Staten currently manages over 3 million in federal grants that focus on educating mental health and addictions counselors in order for them to work with persons with disabilities in the State and Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Service Systems.
Dr. Hollis Staten’s primary areas of research include learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities and accommodations, minority issues in counseling and employment outcomes of persons with disabilities. Dr. Hollis Staten’s years of experience in rehabilitation and working with persons with disabilities have provided a platform for her research agenda which resulted in several research presentations, book chapters, and articles that focus on minority issues in counseling and work outcomes for persons with disabilities.
Dr. Hollis Staten’s work philosophy is: “As I teach, I touch our future and as I touch our future, I effect positive change.” Her mission is to motivate all students to be the best that they can be and to encourage them in their pursuit of a career. She is also an advocate for minority students with and without disabilities on HBCU campuses.