Judith Stillion, PhD

Judith Stillion is professor emerita of psychology and currently serves as a consultant on a variety of subjects including end-of-life issues, meaningful aging, positive psychology applied to grieving and dying, and facilitation of grief groups. Stillion’s varied career includes teaching and counseling in the public schools and at the university level. She also served as associate and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Western Carolina University, Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs for the University of North Carolina System, and founding Director of the Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Stillion has co-authored or co-edited four books and numerous chapters and articles in her field of expertise, which includes suicide across the life span, aging, positive psychology applied to grief groups, and gender issues in death and grief.