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Robert Reason

Robert D. Reason

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Associate Professor of Education, College Student Affairs and Higher Education Program
Professor In Charge, College Student Affairs
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Education, Counselor Education
Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education

400 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: rdr12@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-3766
Fax: 814-865-0543

Journal Publications (Full CV available here)

  • Reason, R. D., Terenzini, P. T., & Domingo, R. J. (accepted). First things first: Developing academic competence in the first year of college. Research in Higher Education.
  • Reason, R. D., Roosa Millar, E. A. & Scales, T. C. (2005, Sept.-Oct.). Toward a model of racial justice ally development in college. Journal of College Student Development, 46 (5), 530-546.
  • Rankin, S. R. & Reason, R. D. (2005). Differing preceptions: How students of color and White students perceive campus climate for underrepresented groups. Journal of College Student Development, 46 (1), 43-61
  • Reason, R. D. (2003). Using an ACT-based merit-index to predict between-year retention. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 5 (1), 71-87.
  • Reason, R. D. (2003). Student variables that predict retention: Recent research and new developments. NASPA Journal, 40, 172-191. http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/vol40/iss4/art10.
  • Reason, R. D. (2003). Gender-based salary differences in African American senior student affairs officers. [Special issue on Diversifying student affairs: Engaging , retaining, and advancing African Americans in the profession] NASPA Journal, 6 (1), 67-78.
  • Reason, R. D., & Saunders, K. P. (2003). The intersection of personal and professional roles of senior student affairs officers during a time of crisis. College Student Affairs Journal, 22, 137-149.
  • Walker, D. A., Reason, R. D., & Robinson, D. C. (2003). Salary predictors and equity issues for student affairs administrators at public and private institutions: From dean to director of security. NASPA Journal, 40, 134-152. http://publications.saspa.org/naspajournal/vol40/iss2/art9.
  • Reason, R. D., Walker, D. A., & Robinson, D. C. (2002). Gender, ethnicity, and highest degree earned as salary determinants for senior student affairs officers at public institutions. NASPA Journal, 39, 251-65.
  • Reason, R. D. (2001). The use of narrative inquiry in student affairs research. College Student Affairs Journal, 20 (2), 93-103.
  • Evans, N. J. & Reason, R. D. (2001). Guiding principles: A review and analysis of student affairs philosophical statements. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 359-77.
  • Evans, N. J., Reason, R. D., & Broido, E. M. (2001). Lesbian, gay, and bisexual students' perceptions of resident assistants: Implications for resident assistant selection and training. College Student Affairs Journal, 21, 82-91.

Books and Book Chapters

  • Reason, R. D., Broido, E. M., Davis, T. L., Evans, N. J. (Eds.) (2005). Developing Social Justice Allies. (New Directions for Student Services, n. 110). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
    • with T. L. Davis. Chapter 1, "Antecedents, Precursors, and Concurrent Concepts in the Develoment of Social Justice Attitudes and Actions."
    • with E. M. Broido. Chapter 2, "The Development of Social Justice Attitudes and Actions: An Overview of Current Understandings."
    • with T. C. Scales & E. A. Roosa Millar. Chapter 5, "Encouraging the Development of Racial Justice Allies."
    • with E. M. Broido. Chapter 7, "Issues and Strategies for Social Justice Allies (and the Student Affairs Professionals Who Hope to Encourage Them)."

Professional Experience & Activities

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of College Student Develoment, April 2003-present
  • Editorial Board Member, National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal, August 2003-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Professorate, January 2005-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Pennsylvania College Personnel Association Journal, March 2003-present
  • Occasional Reiewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Co-Editor, Journal of College Student Retention (Special Edition on Multicultural Student Retention Issues). Fall 2004
  • Editorial Review Committee, Journal of College Student Development (Research-in-Brief and On-the-Campus sections), August 1999 - December 2002
  • ASHE/ERIC Reader Editorial Advisory Board, Student Affairs Administration (2nd Ed.)

Honors & Awards

  • Emerging Scholar, American College Personnel Association, 2004
  • Annuit Coeptis, American College Personnel Association, 2004
  • The National Dean's List, inducted April 2002
  • Phi Kappa Phi, Iowa State University Chapter, inducted March 2001
  • Phi Delta Kappa, Iowa State University Chapter, inducted January 2001

Education

  • Ph.D., Education, Iowa State University, December 2001
    Dissertation: The Use of Merit-Index Measures to Predict Between-Year Retention of College Students
  • M.S., Counseling and Student Personnel, Mankato State University, June 1994
  • B.S., Economics, Grinnell College, May 1992