Square Pegs and Round Holes: Alternative Approaches to Diverse College Student Development Theory

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Student development theories and frameworks are foundational to the student affairs professions; however, there have often been concerns about their applicability to and effectiveness with marginalized college students.

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Multiple Perspectives on College Students: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Who are today’s college students, what do they need, and how can institutions rise to meet these needs? Today’s new episode brings together four panelists who contributed to a new book Multiple Perspectives on College Students: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities.

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The Future of Undergraduate Career Education

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As the present and future of work continue to change toward increasing precarity, today's guests look to what career education can do to help students navigate careers well beyond their first job. Editors and authors of the new book, "Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education: Equitable Career Learning, Development, and Preparation in the New World of Work," discuss the future of work, paradigm shifts need in career education, centering equity, and the potential of experiential learning as opportunities for praxis. Join Melanie Buford, Michael J. Stebleton, Michael Sharp, Heather Nester, and host Keith Edwards for this conversation.

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Trends in Collegiate Recreation

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What current trends are shaping campus recreation, fitness, intramural sports, and wellness initiatives? How has the field of collegiate recreation been impacted by the pandemic? How do campus leaders advocate for facilities and new interests of students? Host Dr. Heather Shea connects with Dr. Cara Lucia, Mila Padgett, and Dr. Wendy Windsor, the current and incoming leadership of NIRSA, the leaders in collegiate recreation, to discuss these questions and more.

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Proud & Thriving in College: Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students

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The Proud & Thriving Framework, a collaboration between the Jed Foundation and the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, was designed to equip administrators and stakeholders with the information and resources they need to strengthen campus support for LGBTQ+ college students. In this episode, Dr. Heather Shea connects with Dr. Sofia Pertuz, Jesse Beal, and Chris Woods to discuss recommendations for creating affirming and supportive environments for LGBTQ+ students with the aim of achieving better mental health outcomes.

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Fraternity & Sorority Life: From Foundations to Emerging Issues

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Three campus and professional association leaders join Dr. Keith Edwards to discuss the benefits, challenges, and future of fraternity and sorority life. Chris Graham, Michelle Guobadia, and Dr. Kim Monteaux De Freitas discuss the breadth and depth of fraternity and sorority life; benefits to students, institutions, and society; and the challenges around equity, critical issues, and staffing models.

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Experiences in Virtual Study Abroad

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As travel became nearly impossible in summer 2020, study abroad programs were one area of campus seriously affected by the pandemic. Some campuses canceled all programs in both 2020 and 2021, while others found ways to innovate through virtual international experiences. In this episode, Dr. Heather Shea talks with Dr. Alex Akulli and Gabby Wahla about the many ways that campuses can expand access, reduce costs, and meet intended learning outcomes through virtual experiences.

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Lessons from Research on a Curricular Approach

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These scholar-practitioners join us to discuss the lessons learned from their four different research studies on a curricular approach to learning beyond the classroom. They discuss lessons and generously share resources on organizational change, learning organizations, organizational culture, staff members seeing themselves as educators, and the impact on learners.

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The First Job Search

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This episode features an engaging in-class conversation about expectations and realities for the first student affairs job search. Facilitated by the course instructor and Student Affairs NOW host, Dr. Heather Shea, the panelists were directed questions crowd-sourced from students in the class. The six panelists, all alumni of the same program from the classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021, share their advice about navigating a complex job market, searching while finishing graduate school, and recommendations for negotiating the first job offer.

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Design Thinking in Student Affairs

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Dr. Keith Edwards explores design thinking as both a process and a mindset with two authors of the new book Design Thinking in Student Affairs and two students. The conversation explores wicked problems, learning from failure, empathy, assessment, equity, organizational change, and indigenous pedagogies.

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