I watched the aftermath of Philando Castile’s death and was struck by the commentary from many of my colleagues. I saw the “YOUR LIFE MATTERS” posts on social med[...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on  How to navigate being a new professional in a new city. In this week’s chat 79 Student affairs professionals, g[...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on  Bringing Your Genuine Personality to Work. In this week’s chat 137 Student affairs professionals, graduate stud[...]

In higher education, we often discuss the “hidden syllabus”: The norms students need to know and understand in order to thrive on a college campus beyond the published syllabi and [...]

When I was asked to write for this blog I was like, this could be fun as I am always telling my story of how I ended up here.  Well, like most of us in this profession, regardless [...]

For a very long time, I believed I was one of the few individuals that represented the “Indian” ethnicity within the Student Affairs field.  I am thrilled to learn that after being[...]

I sometimes think of myself as a product of assimilation.  When researching the definition of “assimilate” for writing inspiration, Google informed me of this: “to bring into confo[...]

* Note: There are many reasons why Desi may not be the most perfect term- those voices and stories are also powerful, and must be heard. What is most important is that we have clar[...]

When Juhi first brought up the idea for this #HigherEdDesi series, I almost fell off my seat at work. This was super exciting for 2016 Briana!!! If you asked Briana of 2009 that a [...]

My mom has this old Hindi saying that translates to, “in the community of blindness, the ‘one eyed man (or woman)’ is king (or queen).”  She has used this phrase to describe many o[...]