Hello, ACPA members.
I know for many of us this semester has been a challenging one – navigating the ever-changing environment of higher education alongside the national election, dealing with hurricanes and other natural disasters, as well as the myriad personal challenges we each are navigating may have taken a toll. In addition to the challenges, we hope that you each have had success, moments of inspiration, and have felt connected to individuals and communities as you have achieved so many things in the past months.
As you look ahead to the spring semester, we are excited to share a new set of case studies submitted by practitioners, students, and faculty. This set includes a number of cases on advising in a variety of contexts (Andrews, Asiaw & Stephens, Blackburn, Fiore, Hughes, Johns & McDonald, Maddox, Manu, Tomarchio), cases specifically focused on student conduct and ethical decision-making (Berchtold, Fonseca, Hammonds, Mertin, Mustin, Scott), the experiences of international students (Dadzie, Dawson-Amoah) as well as students planning to go to medical school (Espinosa, Reibestein). Finally, there are two cases about navigating trauma in the workplace. Burd and Dingle Robinson provide complex cases about attending the work in the context of practitioners needing success themselves.
We hope you find these useful in your trainings, staff development, classes, and in other contexts. As always, we have tremendous gratitude for the authors who took the time to submit interesting and challenging cases on timely and relevant topics.
All the best in 2025. As always, please reach out if you have questions or if you have an idea for an article you’d like to discussion. We appreciate you and hope you all make time to take a breath and begin again just like this year’s convention theme suggests. We hope you have a wonderful time connecting with others in Long Beach in February. As always, take care of yourselves as you take care of others.
Michelle L. Boettcher, Editor
Editorial Team
Samantha Babb
Ricardo Montelongo
Mary Dueñas