As Student Affairs graduates, professionals, and leaders, the pressure of dealing with internal and external sources of stress can happen to anyone. Our students feel all kinds of [...]

When we started working together–a Latina heteroflexible/queer woman (Luz) from low-socioeconomic status and a white lesbian upper middle class woman (Judy) of similar ages i[...]

I enjoy telling my staff about my time working with AmeriCorps and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest from 2009 to 2012. Spending three formidable years in Oregon after undergrad[...]

For the first 13 years of my education I went to school with the same 60 individuals. One might think: “Wow, 60 people, sounds like a veritable smorgasbord of diversity!” On a coll[...]

I’ll admit, I was overly excited for the recent #sachat about how to discuss current events in higher education environments. I have a tendency to be a bit of a news junkie. I love[...]

This post is adapted from a previous post written at higheredgeek.com, expanding on the sentiments written there. Something I think a lot about is the past. I was a history major a[...]

I’ve been in my current position for six months now, and haven’t had an event happen without something go wrong. I’m not talking about the little events, such as [...]

I woke up late one night during my first year as a Resident Assistant to loud voices in the corridor. Laughter erupted from a group of students, followed by the harsh “Shush![...]