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The role of Dean of Students is pivotal: in students' lives; for their institutions as a conduit to senior administration about issues of concern to students; as a figure who can coordinate disparate campus constituencies -- from academic affairs and athletics to campus safety and relationships with parents and alums.
List of contents
Foreword-Bridget Turner Kelly and Robert D. Kelly Acknowledgments1. Setting the Stage-Art Munin 2. The Roads Traveled. On Becoming a Dean of Students-Jacob Diaz, Adam Goldstein, and Lauren Scott Rivera 3. The Juggling Act. Navigating Competing and Complicated Demands-Shadia Sachedina and Anna Gonzalez 4. Student Concerns, Advocacy, Support...and YOU!-Denise Balfour Simpson and Akirah J. Bradley 5. Dean on Call. Life Skills for the Effective Dean of Students-Anne Flaherty and Rob Wild 6. The 360-DegreeView of the Dean of Students-Penny Rue and Marla Morgen 7. By the Seat of One's Pants. Reflections of a First-Year Dean of Students-Vijay Pendakur 8. Wrinkles, Gray Hair, and Enormous Gratitude. Four Decades as a Dean of Students-Sue Wasiolek 9. The Dean of Students in Retrospect and Prospect-James J. Rhatigan and James W. Lyons 10. The Essence of Being a Dean of Students-Lori S. White Editors and Contributors Index
About the author
Art Munin has served as a diversity educator and consultant for institutions across the United States for 15 years through his company Art Munin Consulting (artmunin.com). He currently serves as Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Munin has coauthored chapters in the books Closing the Opportunity Gap: Identity-Conscious Strategies for Retention and Student Success and Handbook for Student Leadership Development. His first book is Color by Number: Understanding Racism Through Facts and Stats on Children. As a complement to this work, he has served in several capacities through NASPA, including the chair of the AVP Steering Committee, AVP Institute faculty, associate editor for Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Initiative, and the regional conference planning committee. Lori S. White is the Vice Chancellor for students at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to her arrival at Washington University, she served as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Clinical Professor of Education at Southern Methodist University and also worked at the University of Southern California, Stanford, Georgetown, San Diego State University, and the University of California, Irvine. She has served on the board of directors for the Association for Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and for the NASPA Foundation. In 2009, she was named a Pillar of the Profession by NASPA.
Summary
The role of Dean of Students is pivotal: in students’ lives; for their institutions as a conduit to senior administration about issues of concern to students; as a figure who can coordinate disparate campus constituencies -- from academic affairs and athletics to campus safety and relationships with parents and alums.
