When I was first asked to write for #SAProsContribute, it was primarily from the view point of the Orlando tragedy. How should we respond to instances of tragedy as a field? I had [...]

I woke up as usual on Sunday morning, June 12th to my 2-year-old daughter crawling into bed around 5:45am.  After a few restless minutes, we made our way downstairs where we were j[...]

‘You don’t count.’ As a young student affairs professional in my second year in the field,those words stung me.  It was the morning of September 11, 2001 and tragedy had just struc[...]

There has been on a lot of dialogue around the Orlando tragedy via social media, on our campuses and with our family and friends. I had mentioned to dear friends and colleagues tha[...]

As I am leaving my office tonight ready to run home to edit my first post on suggestions on how to support Muslims on college campuses during times of tragedy, I received multiple [...]

This summer, I am teaching an online course on campus climate and changing student demographics. The main text for the course is the book Whistling Vilvaldi by Claude Steele. When [...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast We welcome Jamie Piperato to the show this week. She speaks with Dustin about her efforts helping to build inclus[...]

“It is not enough to be compassionate, you must act” -Dalai Lama Nationwide, students on college campuses over the past few years have become forces to be reckoned with. They have [...]

Since the beginning of 2016, I have challenged myself to have new experiences which have led me to increasingly realize how hard it is to function in a world that isn’t desig[...]

It’s time we talk about the uncomfortable reality of our profession – the myth of Social Justice. We hear the language used at conferences, learn in HESA classrooms nationwide abou[...]