Critical Praxis in Student Affairs (PDF)

Susan B. Marine (she/her) is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Higher Education Master's Program at Merrimack College. She has 25 years' experience leading in higher education with specific expertise in sexual violence prevention and response, feminist praxis, and advocacy for the LGBTQ community. Susan teaches courses in higher education history, theory, and practice, and her research interests include feminist praxis in higher education, trans* student inclusion and agency, and ending campus sexual violence. Seeing the classroom as a mutually transformative enterprise, she is deeply committed to preparing future leaders in higher education to transform campus cultures and to continually advance social justice in higher education. She is the author of the ASHE monograph, Stonewall's Legacy: Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Students in Higher Education, and recently co-edited (with Ruth Lewis) Collaborating for Change: Transforming Cultures to End Gender-based Violence in Higher Education (Oxford).

Chelsea Gilbert (she/her) is a scholar-activist who centers her work in higher education in liberatory learning and intersectional praxis. She is currently a doctoral student in the Educational Studies Department at The Ohio State University where she focuses her scholarship on critical approaches to trauma in higher education and student affairs. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a full-time student affairs practitioner for 8 years; most recently, she served as the Director of Lehigh University's Pride Center, where she led her team in the daily work of education, empowerment, and coalition-building. With additional expertise in curriculum development, leadership learning, and medical education, she has been privileged to work with organizations both nationally and internationally in the pursuit of a more just, equitable world.