Differentiated Academic Advising Strategies for Students Beyond the Margins - by Valerie Thompson & Jean Patterson Hardcover

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Differentiated Academic Advising Strategies for Students Beyond the Margins features the voices of current scholars and practitioners who articulate culturally responsive academic advising strategies that expand traditional academic advising practices. The chapter authors encourage higher education practitioners to situate their work within the unique and diverse needs of their students for the purpose of truly and authentically supporting the whole student. Additionally, this volume highlights new and innovative scholarship centering on the needs of diverse students.

Review Quotes

Differentiated Academic Advising Strategies for Students Beyond the Margins is a must read for academic advisors who care about culturally responsive approaches to advising. Thompson and Patterson's edited book invites readers to connect culturally responsive theory, research, and practice in our daily work.

About the Author

Dr. Valerie J. Thompson has a doctoral degree in Adult and Higher Education, from the University of Oklahoma and has 16 years of experience in higher education. Specifically, she coordinates and teaches within the Higher Education Leadership Graduate Certificate program at Wichita State University and her research interests center Black women student affairs professionals and burnout, compassion fatigue, intersectionality, (race and gendered) stress and (race and gendered) fatigue.

Dr. Jean A Patterson has a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from UNC-Chapel Hill and has 24 years of experience in higher education as an administrator and faculty member. She is graduate coordinator for the EdD in Educational leadership at Wichita State University and has published and presented research about issues relevant to higher education, with a focus on how to best serve underrepresented student populations.