Since my first day of graduate school I have been truly excited and invigorated by working with student organizations and, particularly, student leaders. Over the past six years I [...]

One of my favorite aspects of my assistantship was co-advising our feminist student organization, FORCE. Like many student organizations, our students worked to put on social justi[...]

Talks about social justice are frequently considered to be macro scale campus wide interventions (ex. the creation of a new civility campaign, or a take-back-the-night style initia[...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Hiring Diversely vs. Tokenism. In this week’s chat 209 Student affairs professionals, graduate students and unde[...]

My final thought during a prior #SAChat was as follows: FT As a white professional, I need to make sure my allyship isn't about me, and if it ever becomes about me, that's [...]

I recently returned from New Orleans, LA, where the annual NASPA Conference was held. First let me say that there are no bad meals in New Orleans. I did my research! With that said[...]

The Black Lives Matter hashtag was created by three Queer Black women, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tomet as a call to action when Zimmerman was not held accountable for[...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Racism in Campus Clubs/Orgs (Isolated or Systemic)?. In this week’s chat 229 Student affairs professionals, grad[...]

I could wax poetic about all of the informative engaging sessions I attended and the inspiring speakers I heard, but the most significant part of my first ACPA 2015 was in between [...]

When your passion doesn’t pay…. In fall 2013 I found myself almost 1400 miles away from home. Seven months out of graduate school I had finally found my dream job. It w[...]