The AAA Conference Committee is excited to announce this year’s conference theme:
Advising to Promote Diversity and Social Justice
#wholestudentwholeadvisor
In our current socio-political climate, it is both student and advisor who must take responsibility for seeking to understand, and then contributing, to our changing communities. We cannot expect students to examine their identities and how that shapes the lens through which they see the world without first being vulnerable enough to do the same. Understanding the whole student and our whole selves is the first step in using our platform of advising to promote diversity and social justice.
Next on the agenda for our committee is finalizing the keynote speaker and date, and sending out a call for conference presentation proposals. Correction from the last newsletter: The tentative dates reserved for the conference are Wednesday, February 24, and Thursday, February 25.