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This is a must read text for every person in a hiring position or on a search committee. Each chapter is a robust blending of critical theoretical perspectives and scholarly personal narratives that results in an interrogation of job fit, which for many is a taken-for-granted good. Taken as a whole, the book illuminates how fit serves to limit job opportunities for some and reinforces structures of inequality, while also providing vital guidance to those making hiring decisions. -- (10/18/2018) Debunking the Myth of Job Fit in Higher Education and Student Affairs is a must read for anyone involved in hiring staff at any level. This book engages the very present dynamic of 'code' words that maintain the status quo and support a culture of exclusion. Bravo... -- (10/18/2018)

This is a must read text for every person in a hiring position or on a search committee. Each chapter is a robust blending of critical theoretical perspectives and scholarly personal narratives that results in an interrogation of job fit, which for many is a taken-for-granted good. Taken as a whole, the book illuminates how fit serves to limit job opportunities for some and reinforces structures of inequality, while also providing vital guidance to those making hiring decisions. --Susan R. Jones, Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program The Ohio State University Debunking the Myth of Job Fit in Higher Education and Student Affairs is a must read for anyone involved in hiring staff at any level. This book engages the very present dynamic of 'code' words that maintain the status quo and support a culture of exclusion. Bravo... --Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington President, Washington Consulting Group; President & Co-Founder, Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI); President, (ACPA) College Student Educators International

This is a must read text for every person in a hiring position or on a search committee. Each chapter is a robust blending of critical theoretical perspectives and scholarly personal narratives that results in an interrogation of job fit, which for many is a taken-for-granted good. Taken as a whole, the book illuminates how fit serves to limit job opportunities for some and reinforces structures of inequality, while also providing vital guidance to those making hiring decisions. --Susan R. Jones, Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program The Ohio State University Examines how the concept of 'job fit' for student-affairs professionals may serve to exclude applicants of diverse backgrounds. --The Chronicle of Higher Education Debunking the Myth of Job Fit in Higher Education and Student Affairs is a must read for anyone involved in hiring staff at any level. This book engages the very present dynamic of 'code' words that maintain the status quo and support a culture of exclusion. Bravo... --Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington President, Washington Consulting Group; President & Co-Founder, Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI); President, (ACPA) College Student Educators International

This is a must read text for every person in a hiring position or on a search committee. Each chapter is a robust blending of critical theoretical perspectives and scholarly personal narratives that results in an interrogation of job fit, which for many is a taken-for-granted good. Taken as a whole, the book illuminates how fit serves to limit job opportunities for some and reinforces structures of inequality, while also providing vital guidance to those making hiring decisions. --Susan R. Jones, Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program The Ohio State University Debunking the Myth of Job Fit in Higher Education and Student Affairs is a must read for anyone involved in hiring staff at any level. This book engages the very present dynamic of 'code' words that maintain the status quo and support a culture of exclusion. Bravo... --Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, President, Washington Consulting Group; President & Co-Founder, Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI); President, (ACPA) College Student Educators International

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Brian J. Reece is the Associate Director of Residential Life at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, where he also serves on the institution’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force. Previously, he was the Associate Director of the Toppel Career Center and Lecturer in Mental Health Counseling in the Department of Educational & Psychology Studies at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. Brian has spent six years on the Directorate Body of the ACPA Commission for Social Justice Educators, where he co-founded the CSJE Blog and recently became Chair-Elect. He is also a reviewer for the Journal of Critical Scholarship in Higher Education and Student Affairs. Vu T. Tran currently serves as an Assistant Director of Residence Education at Michigan State University. As a graduate of The Ohio State University’s Higher Education and Student Affairs PhD program, Vu’s research focuses qualitatively on issues of age and adult identity, adultism, and social justice education in the context of colleges and universities. He has been involved in various forms of social justice education work throughout his career, including the Asian American Cultural Center at the University of Connecticut, the Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan, and the Next Step Social Justice Retreat at the University of Vermont. He has also been involved in numerous capacities with the Social Justice Training Institute, as well as ACPA’s Commission for Social Justice Educators. Elliott N. DeVore is a PhD Student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee, studying Counseling Psychology. After completing his MEd in Student Affairs and a Graduate Certificate in Social Justice in Higher Education at Iowa State University he worked as a Residence Director at the University of San Francisco where he also conducted workshops with the Gender and Sexuality and Intercultural Centers and campus ministry, advised the Queer Student Alliance, and taught

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