Full Description
Supporting Fraternities and Sororities in the Contemporary Era is inspired by sustained and reoccurring professional conversations and scholarship that have suggested that not just change is necessary, but that there ought to be a fundamental shift towards reconceptualizing the construct of fraternities and sororities. The co-editors curate work from scholars and noteworthy practitioners from across higher education to provide an imperative text that reflects the complexity and expansiveness by addressing diversity, programming, and support approaches. This text commences with the understanding that issues will continuously exist, requiring a greater nuanced depth of appreciation to reduce their negative impact. It also summarizes national organizations from authentic, represented voices. Chapters then focus on solutions to support the fraternity and sorority experience, providing strategies and emerging explanations for the issues described in this text. Supporting Fraternities and Sororities seeks to do exactly as the title implies: to inform all stakeholders so that they can make better decisions about the future of these institutions.
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Pietro A. Sasso, Joseph L. DeVitis, J. Patrick Biddix, and Mónica Lee Miranda
Foreword: Looking Back
Dennis E. Gregory
Part One: Challenges
1. New Member Education
Brian Joyce
2. Fraternity and Sorority Liability and Risk Management
Gregory S. Parks and Sarah J. Spangenburg
3. Mental and Emotional Health Among Fraternity and Sorority Members: Understanding the Present, Enhancing the Future
Monica G. Burke and Aaron W. Hughey
4. Substance Abuse Among Fraternity and Sorority Members: Causes, Consequences and Countermeasures
Aaron W. Hughey
Part Two: Chapter Advising
5. Advising Local Fraternal Organizations
Wendi Kinney and Allison Swick-Duttine
6. The Role of the Campus Professional
Kelly Jo Karnes Hendricks and Carolyn E. Whittier, PhD
7. The Impact of Short-Term Visits: Consultant Perceptions on Organizational Development
Jamie Workman and Gary Ballinger
8. (Re)Establishing a Fraternal Community
Eric M. Norman and J. Patrick Biddix
Part Three: Programming Issues
9. Issues and Challenges: Leadership Development
Sarah Schoper, Todd Rotgers, and Kristen Wagner
10. Service, Philanthropy, and the Fraternity and Sorority Experience
Sally Gates Parish and Zach Carr
11. Making the Grade: Fraternity and Sorority Standards Programs
Daniel A. Bureau and James P. Barber
Part Four: Diversity & Inclusion
12. Embracing the Rainbow: Addressing Gender and Sexual Diversity (GSD) Issues Among Fraternity and Sorority Membership
Gary Ballinger, Jessica Ward, and Nathan Wehr
13. Gender Performativity in College Social Fraternities and Sororities
Adam McCready and Scott Radimer
14. Social Belonging for Students of Color in White Greek-Letter Organizations
Monica Galloway Burke and Alex Kennedy
Part Five: National Organizations
15. Latino/a Fraternities and Sororities: Historia y familia
Mónica Lee Miranda, Cristobal Salinas Jr., and Manuel Del Real
16. Reclaiming and Asserting our Nations through the Growth of Historically Native American Fraternities and Sororities (HNAFS)
Robin "Zape-tah-hol-ah" Minthorn and Natalie Youngbull
17. The North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC)
Gresham D. Collum
18. The National Panhellenic Conference
Cynthia Weston
19. National Multicultural Greek Council
Tevis Bryant
20. National Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Panhellenic Association (NAPA)
Brian Gee, Hannah Seoh, and Bryan Dosono
21. The Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors
Kara Miller and Lynda Wiley
22. Through the Years: A Reflective Look at the Evolution of NPHC
Jennifer Jones and Stacey Jones
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