Michelle Boettcher

Clemson University | CU · School of Education

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This article explores the use of Eleanor Burgess' (2019) play "The Niceties". The play follows two conversations between a student and faculty member. The first act builds up to an exchange which leads to an explosive confrontation followed by intense campus and community response. The second act showcases how the two women involved process what ha...

“Cancel culture” can be used in punitive ways to withdraw financial or intellectual support from those whose perspectives are deemed offensive. Some suggest disengaging from authors, artists, donors, institutional founders, and others whose histories and perspectives are problematic. However, what do student affairs professionals do about what stud...

While there are many calls for enhancing support of Black and Latinx students on college campuses, much of the existing literature promotes deficit thinking and assumes monolithic experiences. Drawing upon Yosso's model of community cultural wealth, we used a qualitative case study approach to examine the assets 13 rural Black and Latinx students b...

This case examines the experience of a student affairs graduate student and how she navigates assumptions others make about the identities she holds. https://developments.myacpa.org/you-dont-know-me-boettcher-dillard/

Teaching lessons learned from an improvisational acting class. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/12/10/how-improv-can-transform-life-classroom-and-beyond-it-opinion

As student affairs graduate students finish their academic work and begin their job searches, they must navigate a number of competing priorities including position, title, work responsibilities, functional area, salary, benefits and other aspects of the position. For some graduates, the most important consideration is geographical location – they...

This article offers contextual information for a definition of supervision and articulates the nuanced, yet interconnected, ways supervision is different from administrative functions of leadership and management.

This case study presents a fictionalized narrative account of a university–industry partnership across a 5-year period. The case presented involves a hypothetical public research university and their partnership with a Fortune 500 company. A brief background on the history of university–industry partnerships is provided with highlights of key polic...

This article is about the transition first generation college students experience in their home communities with family and friends.

This article focuses on the experiences of housing professionals during the pandemic. Highlighting ways that organizations have responded to housing staff during COVID-19, this article provides an overview of needs and strategies used. Staff interviewed share their open and honest perspectives about work during the pandemic.

This review focuses on Educated by Tara Westover. With specific attention to Tara's experiences before college and how they inform her relationship with education. The review is done through the lens of student affairs.

Returning to housing and residence life after taking time away.

Op-Ed piece in Inside Higher Ed

Role of dogs in lives of live-in residence life professionals. Published in ACUHO-I's The Talking Stick

Published in ACUHO-I's The Talking Stick, this piece focuses on how full-time student affairs practitioners make time to write for publication.

The primary purpose of this sourcebook is to provide a comprehensive examination of social justice practice in a university housing context. In this text, social justice is defined by Bell's (2016) work which conceptualizes the goal as equitable participation for people in a society mutually shaped to meet the needs of all. Bell (2016) added that t...

The primary purpose of this sourcebook is to provide a comprehensive examination of social justice practice in a university housing context. In this text, social justice is defined by Bell's (2016) work which conceptualizes the goal as equitable participation for people in a society mutually shaped to meet the needs of all. Bell (2016) added that t...

This chapter provides an overview of social justice as both process and outcome. It introduces a working definition for social justice that is equity‐focused rather than deficit‐focused. This first chapter sets a foundation for examining social justice practices in the context of university housing programs.

This chapter explores tensions and opportunities for social justice work in residence life at religiously affiliated and public institutional environments.

Case Study: Students raise concerns about an annual international festival on campus particularly around the idea of international Students of Color serving primarily White students during the event.

Case study: Medical Students on Study Abroad Experience

Case study: Student seeks support around intersectional identities (with an emphasis on her Trans* and Latinx identities) in general as well as in response to a specific issue with a faculty member.

Case Study housing staff dealing with potential self-harm situation with the friend of an on-campus resident.

Case study focused on a residence hall staff doing community service and the role of religious / faith practice through the service activity.

Case study focused on housing at a small, religiously affiliated institution for a Trans* identifying student.

Case study - student affairs hiring regarding a student with a conduct record.

Case study focused on a fraternity / sorority life staff member working with students and others regarding a potential hazing situation.

Case study focusing on academic advising issues for a staff member working with a student holding DACA status.

Case study focused on an ADA / accessibility office staff member seeking an accommodation for a student with a resistant faculty member.

Case study on service trips and balancing needs of communities with others' focus on location and the trip to be taken.

Case study focused on residential professional working to assist a Trans* student with a housing request while facing resistance from a supervisor in accommodating the student's request.

While students are exposed to theory in graduate programs and many programs stress the idea of theory-to-practice, often the use of theory in one’s own development beyond graduate school wanes. This chapter identifies ways in which practitioners can continue to use theory in their own development beyond their academic programs. Here we provide a br...

STUDENTS OF COLOR EXPERIENCE predominantly White institutions (PWIs) differently than do White students in terms of belonging, support, connecting, and success. While this topic has been explored broadly, there remain gaps in the literature about experiences of Students of Color in the context of residential communities, which provide the setting f...

This chapter provides resources to support individuals navigating career transitions.

This chapter critically considers the roles of racist traditions and actions in promoting and perpetuating racism, power, privilege, and oppression in fraternity and sorority life.

While student affairs (SA) practitioner expertise can inform a faculty member’s knowledge in the classroom, the transition into a tenure-track faculty role from student affairs administrative roles is complex. One of the differences new faculty members with SA administrator backgrounds experience is a change in the work community and shift from col...

This article utilizes an asset lens to explore how Students of Color build networks of support in residence halls. The residence hall community can be the first place college students make connections and develop a sense of belonging. This is a complicated process for all students. This work centers the stories of Students of Color at a predominant...

A DOCUMENT ANALYSIS OF ANTI-HAZING POLICY Cristobal Salinas Jr., Florida Atlantic University, Michelle Boettcher, Clemson University, And Jennifer Plagman-Galvin, Iowa State University Every year students are physically, mentally, and/or emotionally injured due to hazing. Some injuries are so significant they result in student deaths, yet “hazing i...

While the scholarship of learning and teaching is filled with examples of learning communities and how they enhance the development of faculty, many of these are long-term, institutionalized opportunities. Little scholarship exists around short-term, inter-disciplinary, cross-institutional experiences and how they inform the work of faculty related...

As student veteran populations and visibility have increased on campus, some scholars have explored how higher education works (or fails to work) to serve those who have served their country. In military radio jargon, “Charlie Mike” means, “continue the mission.” In this study, the mission was transitioning to and persisting through college and the...

Student affairs/higher education graduate preparation programs often hire experienced student affairs practitioners as full-time faculty members to contribute to programs that best serve the future practitioners in student affairs. Shifting from an administrative to a faculty role involves a variety of transition experiences for the new faculty mem...

Fourteen members of a residential peer judicial board were interviewed to determine what they learned as a result of their board membership. Students noted learning about communication and relationships as they related to community living and highlighted an increased awareness of their own behaviors along with ways they modified their own behavior....

Since their inception, student leadership development has been a consistent goal of outdoor recreation programs (ORPs). However, little research has been conducted to better understand how these experiences contribute to leadership development for college students. Using the Komives et al. (2005) model of leadership identity development, this quali...

Organizations are built on interactions among leaders, members and the larger culture (Schein, 1990; Sessa & London, 2006). Beyond the people and communities of which they are a part, organizations carry history and face issues of both internal and external change. The combination of people, culture, organizational history and change set the stage...