2017-2018 Directorate Body Manual

Blogs & Relevant Resources

  • ACPA’s Black Lives Matter blog as well as the association’s growing list of resources related to the Black Lives Matter movement
  • ACPA’s series Confronting the Reality of Racism in the Academy
  • TED talk from Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy. This talk is on the power of empathy and how it connects with mercy and the criminal justice system.
  • Mr. Bay Love’s presentation “Measuring Racial Equity: A Groundwater Approach” video found here. Note that Bay’s presentation starts at 14:27 and ends at 59:00.
  • White Like Me - A documentary describing the history of structural oppression.
  • Dear White America by Dr. George Yancy - Dr. George Yancy is a professor of philosophy at Emory University. He has written, edited and co-edited numerous books, including “Black Bodies, White Gazes,” “Look, a White!” and “Pursuing Trayvon Martin,” co-edited with Janine Jones.
  • The Black Body Through the White Gaze by Dr. George Yancy
  • Stand Your Ground and the Justice of God by Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas
  • ACPA’s blog created after the Orlando 2016 Shooting
  • ACPA’s Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transfer Awareness
  • Agent of Change, available to ACPA members AT NO CHARGE. This professional development experience is an interactive, online violence prevention training tool that utilizes popular and evidence-informed strategies from the field of violence prevention.
  • ACPA Coalitions – Unlike the ACPA Commissions, which represent what we do, the ACPA Coalitions represent who we are.
  • ACPA Commissions for Social Justice Educators and Spirituality, Faith, Religion, and Meaning
  • Publications:
    • Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
    • The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander).
    • Developmental Pathway to Trans Inclusions on College Campuses (ACPA)

 Residential Learning

Sustainability

Academic Partnerships

Model Programs and Resources

  1. Social Responsibility/ Civic Engagement and Pluralism & Inclusion
  2. Advising & Leadership
  3. Assessment & Student Learning & Development &  Teaching
  4. Ethical & Legal Foundations

ACPA Commission for Housing and Residential Life Research Grant

Process for submission 

  • Provide a program description and its link to the Housing and Residential Life.
  • Outline intended outcomes.
  • Detail the intended population and expected number to be impacted by this initiative.
  • Describe how this research showcases new information.
  • Show how this research aligns with ACPA’s Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization (more info found here: http://www.myacpa.org/sirjd)
  • Provide a timeline with proposed activities and an estimated completion milestone for each activity.
  • Submit an anticipated budget.
  • Provide contact information for those researchers coordinating this initiative.

Evaluation Criteria

Research proposals will be evaluated by the Commission for Housing and Residential Life based on the importance and usefulness of the topic to student affairs professionals and the strength of the research methodology. The submission will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • Purpose and goals of project/research
  • Significance of project/research
  • Supporting literature and rationale for project/research
  • Appropriate methodology
  • Degree project supports and relates to mission & goals of CHRL
  • Alignment with ACPA’s Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization
  • Clearly outlined budget & financial need demonstrated
  • Background and experience of applicant

Additional review considerations

  1. Does the project use inclusive, collaborative, and resourceful processes to pursue an innovative solution in supporting housing and residential life?
  2. Is the project plan thoughtful, realistic, and does it address the identified need?
  3. Is the project likely to make a significant, sustainable difference, now or in the future?

Presentation of Research

All grant recipients will be asked to present a webinar and a poster session at ACPA for the Commission for Housing and Residential Life based on their research findings.

Grant Proposal Outline

Proposals are due to Ann Schafer at AnnSchafer@ou.edu no later than November 1st, 2019.

  1. Cover Page
    1. Title of the proposed study
    2. Name, title, institution, email, and phone of researcher/co-researcher
    3. Total amount requested
  2. Brief Description
    1. Researcher experience related to the grant proposal topic (not to exceed 1 page)
  3. Project narrative (not to exceed 10 double-spaced pages)
    1. Abstract (150 words maximum)
    2. Introduction and literature review
    3. Purpose of the study
    4. Significance of the study and potential implications for policy/ practice in Housing and Residential Life
      • Why hasn't this issue been addressed sufficiently in the past? Who else is working in this field, what have they done, and why isn't that enough? Demonstrate your knowledge of the field.
      • Provide convincing evidence that what you are proposing does not duplicate other work. Replication of someone else's work in a new environment or larger scale may be fundable.
    5. Alignment with ACPA’s Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization
      • How does this topic directly impact the Strategic Imperative?
      • How can this work be used to influence future practice through an intersectional lens? 
    6. Conceptual framework
    7. Research questions
    8. Methods (including methodology, sample, data collection, and data analysis procedures)
  4. Literature Review
  5. Project timeline, including work already accomplished (not to exceed 2 pages)
  6. Detailed budget (not to exceed 3 pages)
    1. List items, expense justification, amount
    2. List other sources and amounts of funding
    3. Justification for need of grant funding
  7. Status of institutional review board approval
  8. Appendices
    1. Two page curriculum vitae, including relevant publications, research experience, and prior grant funding
    2. Institutional review board application and approval or acknowledgement letter, if required for the study
    3. Instruments (e.g., survey or interview protocols), if applicable
    4. Letter of support from faculty member

Multicultural Resource Guide

Leadership and learning go hand in hand. In this time of rapid change, an ability to "embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait." (Berg, 1992, p.66. From The Buddy Program Workbook - UTEP.)

One of the goals of Commission for Housing and Residential Life is the collection and dissemination of quality resource information. Continuing to address that goal, we have created this Multicultural Resource Guide loaded with resources to help with training and programming for staff and students around multicultural and diversity issues.

We gathered information from a variety of sources. The Resource Guide is divided into a number of sections. These sections include examples of programs you might want to institute on your campus (Model Programs), ready to present programs, questionnaires and surveys, general resources, videos, trainers, presenters and consultants, resource companies, books and journals, and listservs.

Thanks to all those professionals who took the time out of busy schedules to mail, e-mail or call in information. We hope that the Resource Guide will encourage us all to learn from each other, create communication links where none existed before, and help students and staff become more accepting and appreciative of difference in our society.