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A Message From Dian Squire

Dian Squire, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Counseling-Student Affairs program in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University. Prior to this, Dian was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Denver in the Interdisciplinary Research Incubator for the Study of (in)Equality, and the Assistant Director of Orientation at the University of Maryland College Park. Dian helped initiate ACPA’s Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization, co-authored A Bold Vision Forward, and created identity-based caucusing at Convention. He was awarded the ACPA Presidential Citation in 2017 by past-President Donna Lee for his work with the strategic imperative. Dian is a 2020 Emerging Scholar, studying student affairs professionals' understanding of settler colonialism and decolonization and working with the Coalition for Multicultural Affairs as their Scholar-in-Residence. His research examines how intersectional conceptualizations of race and racism inform institutional organization and practice and influence the life potentials of their constituent communities. He has published 29 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to the topic, and his new co-edited volume Campus rebellions and plantation politics: Privilege, and the emancipatory struggle in higher education will be released in April 2021 from SUNY Press.
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In Support of ACPA Foundation

Founded in 1994 during the presidency of Charles Schroeder, the purpose of the ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation (501c3 non-profit organization) is “to enhance the student affairs profession and to generate and disseminate knowledge of college students at all levels within higher education” (Article Three of the Articles of Incorporation). The organization is now known as the ACPA Foundation to more concisely communicate its role as the fundraising arm of ACPA College Student Educators International.

The Mission - The ACPA Foundation exists to support the priorities and activities of ACPA by raising funds and developing resources that help the Association fulfill its mission. 

The Vision - The ACPA Foundation will develop sufficient assets to effectively and sustainably fund ACPA’s efforts to provide excellent professional development opportunities to members, advance knowledge in the field, and support the transformative effect of education in the lives of college students.

In order to fulfill its purpose and mission, the Foundation invites members and non-members alike to provide philanthropic support for ACPA's vital initiatives involving research, scholarship, professional development and leadership program.