in Student Affairs
By: Lori Spencer and Tony Miller, Jr.
Chapter 1
Multicultural Competence in Student
Affairs
Introduction
Experiences:
White male faculty member teaching at a PWI
Latina assistant director of student activities
White lesbian graduate student in student personnel
Student Affairs Core Competencies:
Administrative and Management
Theory and Translation
Helping and Interpersonal
Ethical and Legal
Teaching and Training
Assessment and Evaluation
Multicultural awareness, Knowledge, and Skills
Chapter 2
Multicultural Competence in Theory and
Translation
Introduction
Experiences:
White male vice president for student affairs
African American female graduate student in SA prog
White female professor in higher ed program
Why Student Affairs Theories:
Communication
Learn about students
Staff and SA departments
SA programs
Multicultural Awareness
Awareness begins with basic understanding of:
Social identities
Race
Ethnicity
Gender
Religion
Sexual Orientation
Class
Multicultural Knowledge
Knowledge includes:
Knowing about diverse cultures
Positively affecting the application of organizations
Understanding specific cultural constructs
Expanding ones knowledge about diversity
Appreciating within-group differences
Multicultural Skills
Skills needed:
Deconstruct your personal assumptions and core
beliefs
Explore the core constructs
Examine how essential values of dominant culture
influences