Books And Media (BAM)

ACPA publishes books on theoretical and administrative issues in student affairs and college student learning. ACPA books are widely read within higher education, including graduate preparation programs.

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Job Description for Books & Media Editor
ACPA Books and Media has been producing books and monographs since the early 1960s for use by individual student affairs professionals, graduate courses, and student affairs divisions or departments. The publication themes range from history to theory to practice applications. We strive to publish “cutting edge” information that is not available elsewhere. ACPA is committed to issues related to student learning, human development, diversity, human dignity, community, and professional renewal. BAM strives to publish at least two books a year.

The BAM editor has primary responsibility for the work of the BAM board, including soliciting and assisting in the development of proposals for new works; support of book authors and editors as they develop manuscripts; selection, training, and supervision of the associate editors and review board members; and keeping the ACPA International Office, Governing Board, and the publisher informed of the status of all projects.

Specific responsibilities include:

• I. Recruit new manuscript proposals in a variety of settings (conferences, articles in Developments, etc.).
• II. Communicate with potential authors and book editors about suitability of their ideas and provide strategies for the development of successful proposals.
• III. Manage proposal and manuscript review process
  a. Assign projects to associate editors
  b. In conjunction with associate editors,
  i. Send out proposal materials for review
  ii. Compile feedback from review board members
  iii. Write response letters to authors/book editors
  iv. Ensure balance among reviewers’ workload
  v. Be sure authors/book editors receive timely, thorough, and constructive feedback
  
• IV. In conjunction with associate editors, recruit, select, and train review board members
• V. Serve as primary contact person between BAM and publisher
a. Ensure accurate and timely contracts are issued; negotiate changes in timelines and due dates, length, price, etc.
b. Maintain regular contact with ACPA International Office and publisher about changes in timelines, etc.
• VI. Run BAM board meetings at annual conference; run Editors’ meetings at least quarterly
• VII. Coordinate Publishing with BAM program at ACPA Convention
• VIII. Serve as member of ACPA’s Publication Board; submit annual reports to ACPA’s Governing Board
• IX. Ensure BAM Web page and publication handbook are current and accurate

Ways to Order ACPA Books:

• ACPA Online Store (Membership login required to receive discounted rates.)
• University Press of America (UPA). Receive a 20% discount if you mail, fax or call your order. You may call 1.800.462.6420.
• Amazon.com

COLLEGE STUDENT DEATH: GUIDANCE FOR A CARING CAMPUS
Rosa Cintrón, Erin Taylor Weathers, Katherine Garlough
College Student Death: Guidance for a Caring Campus is the result of many years of collaboration with more than thirty contributors. It applies the knowledge of university personnel called upon to respond to student death on and off campus and to provide solace to family and the campus community. This book provides support to university staff in the immediacy of student death, guides the design of policy before a crisis occurs, and provide instructional considerations for faculty.

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WHERE YOU WORK MATTERS
Joan B. Hirt
Where You Work Matters offers current and future administrators a greater appreciation for the vibrancy and complexity of the student affairs profession. This volume challenges the widely held assumption that the professional practice of student affairs administration transcends the influence of organizational culture. Based on data and commentaries from more than 1,100 practitioners, this book describes how the experience of student affairs administrators varies by institutional type. The findings paint a multifaceted and integrated portrait of the profession.

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JOB ONE: EXPERIENCES OF NEW PROFESSIONALS IN STUDENT AFFAIRS
Edited by Peter Magolda and Jill Carnaghi
JOB ONE focuses on nine narratives written by new professionals about their introduction and transitions into student affairs. It also includes four chapters co-written by senior student affairs professionals and preparation program faculty who synthesize, integrate, and theoretically interpret the new professionals' narratives. Recommendations included in the final chapter focus on re-conceptualizing graduate preparation programs and professional development events.
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SYSTEMIC LEADERSHIP
Kathleen E. Allen and Cynthia Cherrey
SYSTEMIC LEADERSHIP examines how technology has fostered an era of collaboration, connectedness, and networked knowledge that demands a new systemic approach of leadership and change in organizations.
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ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING
Frances K. Stage, Lemuel W. Watson, Melvin C. Terrell
Beginning with the premise that academic learning is a critical part of the overall personal development of each student, the authors show how student affairs professionals can work in harmony with their academic colleagues to create a campus milieu that is truly conducive to that development.
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GIVING VOICE TO CRITICAL CAMPUS ISSUES
Kathleen Manning
This volume of case studies, based on original qualitative research, has been written expressly for student affairs educators and administrators at the college and university level. The book addresses the comnplex issues of classism, student suicide, alcohol-related death, acquaintance rape, multiracial identity, and the self-development of young adults with alcoholic parents.
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TOWARD ACCEPTANCE: SEXUAL ORIENTATION ISSUES ON CAMPUS
Edited by Vernon A. Wall and Nancy J. Evans
Toward Acceptance is a systematic study of the complex issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons on college campuses. It is organized into five distinct sections, Toward Acceptance builds on the content included in Evans and Wall's previous book, BEYOND TOLERANCE: GAYS, LESBIANS, AND BISEXUALS ON CAMPUS.
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STATE OF THE ART OF PREPARATION AND PRACTICE IN STUDENT AFFAIRS: ANOTHER LOOK
Edited by Nancy Evans and Christine Phelps Tobin

This book is a revised and updated version of the original STATE OF THE ART monograph that was edited by Robert B. Young and Leila V. Moore in 1988. The revised edition presents a visionary reexamination of the status of student affairs preparation and practice by some of the field's leading thinkers. In the years since the original monograph was prepared, higher education has been bombarded with issues resulting from the rapid changes in society. This book is to assist practitioners and educators with these challenges.
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STUDENT AFFAIRS-A PROFESSION'S HERITAGE, Second Edition
Edited by Audrey Rentz
This second and expanded edition of STUDENT AFFAIRS was undertaken to make the previously published collection of materials spanning 57 years from 1919 to 1976, inclusive through 1990. Included are articles perceived to represent the basic elements that influenced the growth of the profession in the context of American higher education and that describe the core values and ideas that have guided the development of student personnel to student affairs.
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 Making Good on the Promise gets to the heart of the experience o student affairs professionals with disabilities, to the curricular changes needed in preparation programs for that profession, to the role and appropriate action needed by allies, and to resources that all can use in the education of self and others.

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Maybe I Should is designed to help graduate students and ne to midlevel student affairs professional heighten their knowledge of sensitivities to professional ethics in practice. Resources and suggestions are offered to instructors and facilitators who seek to incorporate professional ethics and case study analysis into formal educational or staff development activities.

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