Carson Rader (formerly Jill Rader) is a nationally known expert on gender, sexuality, and feminist counseling. He has published widely within the field of psychology, in such publications as The Counseling Psychologist, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Women & Therapy, and Contemporary Psychology, as well as a number of textbooks. While a graduate student, his article on self-disclosure and the management of queer identities was published as an advocacy piece on the American Psychological Association's website, where it remains today. He has also served as a Vaid Fellow for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in New York and has participated in helping to develop the APA's Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women.

He completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin and his clinical internship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is fully licensed as a psychologist by the State of Texas and he has been seeing clients for the past 10 years. He has further presented workshops at Gender Odyssey and taught college courses in gender, developmental psychology, abnormal psychology, and personality assessment.