Spring 2022 Academic Advisor Forum Series: Advisors as Social Justice Advocates: A Primer

Spring 2022 Academic Advisor Forum Series

Please make plans to attend Academic Advisor forums this semester. All sessions count toward the three hours needed for annual renewal of the Master Advisor designation. The forums are available to the advising community, so please encourage colleagues to participate.

Registration is available.

Advisors as Social Justice Advocates: A Primer

Presenter: Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, assistant professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

For many of our students, and for students from historically excluded groups, it has become increasingly difficult for them to "just be a student." Whether struggling to nourish their bodies with food, balancing work and school, withstanding racial microaggressions, or worrying about basic rights being stripped away, students at Missouri State have a lot on their plate as they attempt to navigate the curriculum. To advise today's students, we must reimagine academic advising as more than merely helping students select courses and identify particular career paths. Indeed, advisors today must be advocates who are willing and able to identify and eradicate oppressive, structural barriers that keep far too many our students from succeeding.  In this forum, Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins will provide an overview on how to adopt an advocacy approach, rooted in social justice, to better serve our students both while at the university, and beyond. 

Join via Zoom.

Registration is encouraged.

Free