Dr. Kim E. Dooley, Regent Professor Emerita at Texas A&M University, received the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Graduate Mentoring in 2025. As a social and behavioral scientist, she has served as a methodologist on approximately 200 graduate committees across the university. With over 100 journal articles, she has published 68 with 58 different graduate students. She has also co-authored 33 books, chapters, and editorials, 156 conference proceedings, and 39 poster presentations, mostly with students. She served as the Associate Dean for Academic Operations and Faculty Development, as well as Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs and Research in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She was awarded the College Distinguished Achievement Award in Faculty Mentoring (2024) and Regents Professor by the Texas A&M University System (2023). She received the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching at the College Level (2021) and was named a Fish Camp Namesake (2019). She holds fellowships from three organizations: Association of Public and Land Grant University Food Systems Leadership Institute Fellow (2016); Association for International Agricultural Extension Education (Senior Fellow, 2019; Fellow, 2012); and American Association for Agricultural Education Fellow (2015). She is still active in her encore career as a speaker, consultant, and executive coach.