Speaker, Author, and Coach at KeithEdwards.com

Keith helps leaders and organizations make transformational change for leadership, learning, and equity. His expertise includes curricular approaches to learning beyond the classroom, allyship and equity, leadership and coaching, authentic masculinity, and sexual violence prevention. He is an authentic educator, trusted leader, and unconventional scholar. Keith has consulted with more than 300 organizations, written more than 25 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has more than 1,000 hours as a certified leadership and executive coach. He is the author of the book Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity. He co-authored The Curricular Approach to Student Affairs and co-edited Addressing Sexual Violence in Higher Education. His TEDx Talk on preventing sexual violence has been viewed around the world.

Keith was previously the Director of Campus Life at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN where he provided leadership for the areas of residential life, student activities, conduct, and orientation. He was an affiliate faculty member in the Leadership in Student Affairs program at the University of St. Thomas, where he taught graduate courses on diversity and social justice in higher education for 8 years.  

Keith’s Episodes

Join three student affairs professionals as they share different paths to professional engagement, learning, and relationship building. Yasas Vithanage joins Drs. Amanda Knerr and Kelvin Rutledge to reflect on various professional engagement opportunities, lessons on getting involved, and the power of relationships.

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Two-year colleges, including community, technical, and junior colleges, are focused on access, affordability, and equity; workforce development and career preparation; and serving their community’s needs with agility. In this episode, two former chairs of ACPA’s Commission for Two-Year Colleges and a current two-year college president discuss the growing student and institutional needs with limited resources…

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Chief of Staff roles in and beyond student affairs often fall under the radar, go by many different names, vary widely, and can be both misunderstood and full of promise. In this conversation, two folks who have served in this role in multiple iterations define the role, discuss the complexities, and offer insights for institutions,…

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In this conversation, Drs. Claire Brady and José-Luis Riera reflect on what they learned from planning, leading, and participating in the recent NASPA Institute for Aspiring Vice Presidents for Student Affairs. They shared exploring the realities of the current moment in higher education, holding space to consider if this role is really for them, and…

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Marium Mohiuddin and Dr. Zack Ritter have been working to build bridges between Jews and Muslims on college campuses. In this conversation, they share the challenges of holding space, unpacking trauma, teaching conflict resolution, and working through complex and contested histories. They also discuss the commonalities and differences of navigating Islamophobia and Antisemitism in America.

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The capacity to engage in difficult conversations across differences can be as challenging to develop as it is critical to learning, equity, relationships, and a functioning society. Many folks may be familiar with using “safe space” to frame these conversations. Today’s guests have offered a “brave space” framework for co-creating environments for learning. Join Kristi…

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Three scholars and close observers discuss major shifts in college athletics and their implications. Join Ron Wade, Dr. Susan Shaw, and Dr. George McClellan as they discuss name, image, and likeness (NIL), the transfer portal, equity, and the implications for student success across institutions, sports, gender, and more.

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Appreciative inquiry shifts attention from problems and deficits to assets, strengths, and possibilities. Drs. Symphony Oxendine and Brian Gano discuss appreciative inquiry, how to use it in student affairs work, and their learning from the contributions of other authors to their new volume, Appreciative Frameworks in Student Affairs.

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Join the editors of a new book as they discuss student affairs and student services around the globe. They explore the assets and cautions around professionalization, including local voices in their context, and the future of student affairs and services globally.

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Join these scholars and ACPA leaders, Drs. Z Nicolazzo, Antonio Duran, and Vasti Torres as they discuss ACPA’s contributions to research and scholarship. They reflect on what is included with research and scholarship and ACPA’s historical, current, and future contributions. They also offer thoughts for those interested in contributing scholarship on why, how, and where…

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Drs. Ana Martinez-Aleman and Susan Marine discuss their new book, Voices of Campus Based Sexual Violence Activists, based on their research with more than 22 activists at 14 institutions. They highlight a broadening view of activism, institutional complicity, deep intersectional analysis, generational characteristics, and a love of the campus community and wanting it to improve….

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Dr. Beth Berila discusses her new fully revised book Integrating Mindfulness into Anti-Oppression Pedagogy. This conversation delves into the why, how, and cautions around mindfulness and somatics in teaching and learning about anti-oppression, liberation, power and privilege, and transformation. They discuss cultural appropriation, healing, radical imagination, and more.

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This conversation discusses the report from The Hope Center on the implications of racial inequities on basic needs insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Frank Harris, III, Rjaa Ahmed, and Bryce McKibben discuss findings from a survey of almost 200,000 college students and numerous focus groups as well as implications for campus leaders and policy…

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Dual enrollment is a growing sector of higher education. Join these experts as they discuss the possibilities for engaging more students and the challenges around support, access, and equity. This conversation explores the basics of dual enrollment as well as the complexities.

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Brian Rosenberg discusses his new book on the need for, resistance to, and possibilities for change in higher education. He discusses his experience, learning, and critical self-reflection as president of Macalester College, teaching higher education at Harvard University, and advising the African Leadership University. This is a conversation that will challenge and inspire higher education…

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In this conversation, Dr. Susana Muñoz shares the transformative experience of her sabbatical. She discusses her awakening, disconnecting her worth from work and productivity, listening to her body, and becoming more grounded and intentional with her energy and spirit. She also shares what this means for moving forward.

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Researcher, expert, and author Dr. Tricia Shalka discusses her new book Cultivating Trauma-Informed Practice in Student Affairs. Shalka shares the complexity of trauma experiences and offers guideposts for trauma-informed student affairs practice including being in relationships, policy development, and creating equity-based cultures of well-being.

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Join two leaders in restorative justice, campus conduct, and addressing sexual misconduct as they discuss the cautions, possibilities, and imperatives of applying restorative justice to campus sexual misconduct from their new book. Drs. Erik Wessel and Kaaren Williamsen discuss the need for, case for, and how to of restorative justice processes to make possible healing,…

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Join two innovative thinkers, Pavani Reddy and Dr. Brian Reed as they discuss applying john a. powell’s framework of targeted universalism to student success. This approach focuses student success leaders on looking at the experience of particular groups and working with them to design policy changes and other systems changes. These leaders discuss a specific…

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Many folks committed to racial justice and decolonization need help putting it into practice. This conversation unpacks the 3×3 Possibilities Model to help do this work at the individual, group, and systems levels through learning, doing, and being. Guests discuss how this project came into being, discuss the model, and walk through examples.

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Drs. Laila McCloud, Ericka Roland, Quortne Hutchings, and Ricardo Montelongo recently led the ACPA Faculty Racial Justice and Decolonization Institute. In this episode they reflect on the Institute experience and discuss love and wandering as pedagogy, freedom dreaming, ungrading, moving from docile bodies to critical spectators, and more.

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Dr. Allison Vaillancourt is a higher ed leader, human resources expert, and a regular contributes thoughtful pieces to The Chronicle of Higher Education. In this conversation, she shares wisdom and insights on keeping things in perspective; organizing, structuring, and leading meetings; and reflecting on drains on our time, energy, and joy. This conversation is full…

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Dr. Keith Edwards talks with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, author of Trauma Stewardship and The Age of Overwhelm, about how to navigate the challenging experiences and systems that we experience directly and vicariously as an individual, as communities, and organizationally. This conversation discusses Buddhism and neuroscience, self-awareness and self-management, and community care and sustainability. They…

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Join editors of the book Critical Whiteness Praxis in Higher Education, Drs. Zak Foste and Tenisha Tevis as they discuss theoretical and practical approaches to critical whiteness in higher education.

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As resident and student staff needs have expanded, many housing and residence life leaders are rethinking the traditional resident assistant (RA) role. Drs. Paul Gordon Brown, Heather Kropf, and Glenn DeGuzman discuss shifting needs, explore possibilities, and share promising approaches and concerns. Join these three leaders, innovators, and changemakers for this exciting conversation.

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Thanks to ACPA, we are able share our own Heather Shea’s presidential address as she assumed leadership of ACPA: College Student Educators International. Heather focuses on fostering critical hope for ourselves as student affairs educators and for students. You’ll also get to hear Kathy Adams Riester and Keith Edwards introducing Heather to the association membership.

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Labor acknowledgments are similar and different from land acknowledgments. In this conversation, three scholar-practitioners discuss the purpose, history, practice, and complexities around labor acknowledgments, including moving beyond just acknowledgments to commitments. They discuss anti-Blacknewss, capitalism, ascendants, history and contemporary labor, and the diaspora of Blackness. Guests offer tangible commitments that could be made around labor…

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Small colleges offer a unique experience for students and for student affairs professionals. Editors of the book Small and Mighty, discuss the unique opportunities and challenges of student affairs at small colleges. They discuss direct student engagement, relationship and community building, resource challenges paired with increasing student needs, and the importance of place.

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This episode features a conversation about a newly published book, Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity, by Dr. Keith E. Edwards PHD. Unmasking is a process by which men first become conscious of the masks they wear to conform to external expectations and then practice exploring their identity as men and becoming intentional about aligning their actions…

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Three college presidents discuss their journeys through student affairs, transitioning to the presidency, and lessons learned. Join Drs. Lori White, Frank Shushok, and Rob Kelly as they share their journeys. They discuss their student affairs capacities, the critical role of mentorship and guides, authenticity as leadership, and finding the joys in leadership in service of…

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Critical hope helps educators navigate the both/and of criticality and possibility while avoiding the harms of deficit mindsets, toxic positivity, and cynicism. In this episode, leading scholars of critical hope, Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade and Kari Grain, discuss the what, why, and how of critical hope.

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Three student body presidents discuss their experiences and learnings. Jermaine Turner, Jael Kerandi, and Akheem Mitchell share the issues facing students, the critical role of making campuses inclusive for the success of all students, and understanding broader systems to navigate them as leaders effectively. They offer suggestions for student affairs professionals and current students considering…

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With increases in the legalization of gambling, particularly in sports, we see partnerships and endorsement deals between universities and gambling entities emerging. Today’s guests bring expertise on gambling, the influence of money on athletics, and addiction and well-being. They discuss legalization, increased access to money and technology to gamble, and ethical institutional responses. The guests…

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The Student Affairs Now host community comes together to discuss crisis response, supporting students, creating communities of love and healing, and helping the helpers. In this deeply personal conversation, Heather Shea shares her experiences as a staff member in the aftermath of the tragedy at Michigan State University. Hosts offer Heather support and discuss ways to…

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Former ACPA President, leadership scholar, senior leader, and senior scholar Dr. Denny Roberts joins us to discuss his career and life journey. Themes of connection, innovation, and learning emerge as Denny discusses those who influenced him and his paths, his experimentation throughout his career, and the learning he has done, has led, and is…

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The Social Justice Education program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently had its 30th anniversary. In this conversation, a founding faculty member, Dr. Barbara Love, and two graduates, Michael Vidal and Dr. Tanya Williams, discuss this one-of-a-kind program and its role in elevating scholarship, teaching, and practice around social justice in many contexts, including…

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Three scholars and leaders share how they are reimagining social justice leadership in theory, in practice, and in their lives. Drs. Rachel Wagner, Rafael Rodriguez, and Kaleigh Mrowka explore proactive approaches to creating communities that foster equity and justice. They discuss anti-oppression and emancipatory approaches, restorative practices, skill building, ways of being, and strategies to…

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Three innovative leaders discuss reimagining different ways of providing crisis response as effectively as possible as a community. Kate Baier, Steve Herndon, and Dr. Victor Arcelus explore models, roles, resources, scheduling, collaborations, and more for staffing crisis response and on-call as well as integrating after-hours crisis response with support during regular business hours in ways…

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We are thrilled to welcome our newest host joining the Student Affairs NOW team, Dr. Mamta Accapadi! On today’s episode, Drs. Heather Shea and Keith Edwards chat with Mamta about her excitement for joining the team and the conversation and guests she is looking forward to hosting. The conversation touches on groundedness, consciousness blooms, healing,…

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Experienced residence life leaders Dana Olivo, Erin Simpson, and Dr. David Hibbler, Jr explore different ways of doing residence life work in our current and future contexts. They explore structural possibilities and methods of reimagining our day-to-day work. They discuss innovative ways to integrate the proactive work of student learning, community building, and belonging along…

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Higher education and student affairs has long needed to address attrition, retention, and leadership to create sustainable careers and better workplace cultures. ACPA President Dr. Andrea Domingue called for a Task Force on 21st Century Employment in Higher Education, which Dr. Roshaunda Breeden chaired. In this conversation, these two share the report from the task…

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Editors and authors discuss practices, principles, and processes for being in our self work, relational work, and community work for transformation. Guests discuss the why, what, and how of the theory of Being in the contexts of practice, teaching, research, conflict, and even family. They share tools to help folks be more productive and effective…

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Guests discuss governance issues, including overreach, ethics, and effective board governance. We unpack recent events at Michigan State University as a case study to explore governance issues for higher education institutions across the United States. Drs. Brendan Cantwell, Felecia Commodore, Demetri Morgan, and Kris Renn discuss engagement vs. overreach, negative partisanship, board accountability, and the…

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This conversation features the two editors of the new book, Identity Interconnections. Lisa Delacruz Combs and Dr. Aeriel A. Ashlee discuss concepts and connections from their book, including compassionate cautions, liminality, threshold theory, healing and transformation, paradox and nuance, aspiring allyship, and even a Rihanna quote.

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Student persistence, retention, and success are the central roles of higher education. Many campuses are centering belonging in their efforts. This conversation brings together Drs. Erin M. Bentrim, Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, and Vasti Torres discuss insights from the new book, The Impact of the Sense of Belonging in College: Implications for Student Persistence, Retention, and…

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The guests on this episode move beyond restorative justice in campus conduct processes to talk about the proactive and responsive ways higher education can utilize restorative philosophy, practices, principles, and justice processes. Special co-host Jessi Benveniste joins Keith Edwards in conversation with Drs. Léna Crain, Desirée Anderson, Patience Bryant, and Valerie Glassman. They discuss restorative approaches to…

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So many candidates and so many hiring authorities share that traditional approaches are no longer working, and the issues they always elicited are worse than ever. We need new approaches to hiring processes. Today’s guests were all recommended as folks who are doing hiring radically differently. They discuss people-centered processes that honor the humanness of…

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Many student affairs professionals are considering leaving the field for so many reasons. In today’s conversation, three folks who moved away from traditional student affairs roles, years ago, share their experience, transitions, and insights. They discuss disconnecting work from humanity, unlearning capitalistic mindsets, separating a work role from identity, centering our purpose to find clarity,…

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How can hybrid in-person and work-from-home work arrangements help better meet the needs of both students and staff? In this conversation, the guests share what has informed their thinking, considerations, decision making, and policy making. The guests challenge some conventional norms, challenge the profession to be nimble and innovate, and offer some strategies and policies that…

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Each of today’s guests was recommended as a great new professional. They discuss key lessons learned that helped them thrive as new professionals and some lessons they wished they had learned sooner. They discuss relationship building, professional development, navigating experiences with marginalized identities, curiosity, navigating politics, healthy discomfort, managing up, self-advocacy, mentorship, and more.

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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…

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Today’s bonus episode is our first ever in-person podcast recording for Student Affairs Now. Two career center leaders discuss reconnecting with students, with employers, and reconnecting them to each other. They discuss challenges and opportunities, staffing challenges for career centers, and how has recruiting changed. They also discuss innovation, relationships, purpose, data-informed practices, and equity in…

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We all mess up. Today’s guests discuss the role of apologies in accountability, repair, and restoration. They explore responsibility, expectations, ego, and obstacles for making apologies as individuals, leaders, organizations, and the collective.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the new book, Reframing Assessment to Center Equity with four contributors; Drs. Gavin Henning, Divya Bheda, Joe Levy, and Ciji Heiser. They discuss the power of assessment to be more equitable as a process and to advance equity as a goal in higher education. Today’s guests offer insights and reframing as…

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Dr. Keith Edwards talks with Dr. Kathleen G. Kerr, Debbie S. Deas, and Zachariah Brumfield about the challenges, skills, and art of leading up, down, and all around. The conversation explores curiosity, care, listening, feedback, power, and identities. The guests’ insight and wisdom are helpful for leaders at all levels of the organization who want…

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses community board involvement with three senior-level student affairs leaders engaged with multiple boards. Drs. Alvin Sturdivant, Cheree Meeks, and Tanisha Price-Johnson discuss their participation, benefits and challenges, what they have learned, and considerations for what and how to pursue this kind of involvement for personal and professional fulfillment.

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Episode Description Today, we celebrate our 100th episode with our special edition Student Affairs Now Social Hour. All five of our hosts and our production assistant Nat Ambrosey are joined by members of our learning community. The group discusses favorite episodes, other podcasts, pandemic lessons, summer plans, and what they are troubling now in student…

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses graduate student mental health, well-being, and support with Drs. Christina W. Yao, Lisa S. Kaler, Dave Nguyen, and Michael J. Stebleton. Each guest brings perspectives as a graduate student, supporting graduate and professional students, and their writing and research about graduate students. The conversation explores the challenges facing graduate and professional…

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses many different perspectives, approaches, and strategies for student success with the editor and two contributing authors of the new book How College Students Succeed. Drs. Nick Bowman, Jodi Linley, and Mary Murphy discuss models, issues of identity, equity, institutional agency, and practical implications for student success.

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Dr. Keith Edwards talks with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, author of Trauma Stewardship and The Age of Overwhelm, about how to navigate the challenging experiences and systems that we experience directly and vicariously as an individual, as communities, and organizationally. This conversation discusses Buddhism and neuroscience, self-awareness and self-management, and community care and sustainability. They…

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Join Dr. Keith Edwards as he discusses legal issues in higher education with Jessica Salazar, Dr. John Wesley Lowery. and Dr. Ryan C. Holmes. These guests discuss foundational concepts; navigating the complexities of law, institutional context and culture, and people; various ways to work effectively with the general counsel’s office; and emerging legal issues on…

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CJ Venable, Ariel Collatz, and Dr. Drew Puroway discuss all that is included in academic advising, different models, and challenges to professionals in this functional role with Dr. Keith Edwards. They also discuss how to center equity in academic advising work including challenging paradigms and institutional loyalty, navigating emotional experiences of resistance in the body,…

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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,…

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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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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the finance of higher education with three experts, Drs. Nate Daun-Barnett, Amy Li, and Kevin McClure. They cover the basics of the higher education financial models as well as cutting-edge issues. The conversation centers around how more equitable resourcing is needed to meet student needs as opposed to the status quo…

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In this episode, we discuss a variety of career transitions including seeking a terminal degree, mid to senior-level, practitioner to faculty, student affairs adjacent roles, retirement, and more. Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the role of identity, imperfect institutions, purpose, and transformation with an editor and contributing author to the book Managing Career Transitions Across the Lifespan…

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Authors Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen discuss their book Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities. This conversation explores new universities, racial justice, austerity administration, tolerable suboptimization, and the implications for students, faculty and staff, and democracy.

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The two editors and two of the contributing authors to the new book Critical Praxis in Student Affairs discuss ways to bring our commitments to social justice and the use of critical theory into our student affairs practice toward liberation. The authors don’t just argue for justice and liberation, they explore the reflexive, messy, courageous,…

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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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Production Assistant Nat Ambrosey sits down with the hosts of Student Affairs NOW to take you behind the scenes. They discuss how the podcast started, episodes to listen to and more, all for the 1 year anniversary of the podcast.

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To discuss how student affairs and higher education can better serve incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students, Dr. Keith Edwards is joined by three formerly incarcerated individuals and two scholars who are researching and actively and directly serving incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students. They discuss foundational knowledge, myths, strengths and contributions, and how student affairs professionals…

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In this fast-paced and high-energy episode, you can learn about 12 awesome student affairs-related podcasts.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the complexity of working with Boards and legislatures to advance student affairs priorities and institutional missions to foster equity, learning, and student success. Dr. Felecia Commodore shares her scholarly perspective and insights from her research and writing on Boards and governance. Former college president, Dr. Joe Sertich shares his experiences and…

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Student affairs workplace norms and practices have long needed updating and rethinking. Now is the time to address these long-overdue needs and innovate to meet this current moment for our profession and ultimately for students. Dr. Keith Edwards discusses challenges, opportunities, and innovative practices to transform the student affairs workplace for us all with Drs….

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In this episode, we discuss early to mid-career transitions for student affairs professionals including challenges around identity, institutional structure, power, community, purpose, role, and more. Dr. Keith Edwards discusses early to mid-career transitions with two editors and a contributing author to the book Managing Career Transitions Across the Lifespan for Student Affairs Practitioners.

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In this episode, we discuss a variety of career transitions including seeking a terminal degree, mid to senior-level, practitioner to faculty, student affairs adjacent roles, retirement, and more. Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the role of identity, imperfect institutions, purpose, and transformation with an editor and contributing author to the book Managing Career Transitions Across the…

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ACPA and NASPA leaders discuss professional association involvement, ACPA and NASPA’s similarities and differences, and benefits and ways to get engaged. These leaders also discuss the current and future challenges and ways forward for these associations, student affairs professionals, and for student affairs as a profession.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses lessons learned over the past year and beyond on how to effectively engage students virtually. Rob Buelow, Dr. David Hibbler, and Alyssa Teubner share recommendations for those considering where and how to continue virtual student engagement beyond COVID-19.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses sustainability in student affairs and higher education with three leading experts and practitioners. They discuss what sustainability means and how it can be integrated into campus operations and student learning.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses racist rhetoric in our culture, it’s impact, and solutions to move us forward with Dras. Lindsay Pérez Huber and Susana Muñoz, editors of the new book Why They Hate Us: How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the future of off-campus housing with three experts; Dr. April Konvalinka, Dr. André Future, and Blair Boozer. These experts share their insights on enrollment futures, student needs, and ways to build partnerships, collaboration, and communication to better meet the needs of students living off-campus.

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Dr. Keith Edwards discusses the new book Creating Sustainable Careers in Student Affairs with editor Dr. Margaret Sallee and contributing authors Dr. Rosemary Perez and Ben Stubbs. Guests discuss attrition from student affairs, changing systems and structures to make sustainable careers possible, and the roles we all have in making these changes to benefit student affairs professionals…

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This conversation is full of helpful framing, strategies, and tactics to improve virtual search experiences for candidates and those hiring.

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Panelists discuss what about higher education should get restored to what used to be, what should evolve and improve, and what should completely be transformed with three student affairs innovators.

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On this episode we discuss addressing college student basic needs with Kim Steed-Page, Clare Cady, and Ruben Canedo.

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We discuss the new book Digital Leadership in Higher Education with the author and two digital leaders.

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The four hosts of Student Affairs Now look back at what they’ve learned and taken away from the podcast in 2020 and what they are looking forward to from the podcast in 2021.

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Dr. Larry Roper discusses leadership, justice, parenting, and the changing nature of student affairs work over the past 30 years.

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NODA Leadership discusses the challenges to orientation, transition, and retention work in 2020 and beyond.

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We discuss the new book Reframing Campus Conflict with co-editors and two of the contributing authors.

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Dr. Keith Edwards interviews one of his mentors and student affairs heroes, Dr. Susan Komives. They discuss her career, thinking, reflections, predictions, and more.

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Join these scholars discussing white men on campus, privilege, race and racism, gender and sexism, social justice, resistance, and learning.

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In our first episode, the four hosts of Student Affairs NOW will engage in an open conversation about the vision for the podcast.

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Student Affairs NOW is the premier podcast, weekly web show, and online learning community for thousands of us who work in, alongside, or adjacent to the field of higher education and student affairs. Our first episode will air in October, 2020.

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Student Affairs NOW is the premier podcast, weekly web show, and online learning community for thousands of us who work in, alongside, or adjacent to the field of higher education and student affairs.

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