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NASPA is the leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession. We serve a full range of professionals who provide programs, experiences, and services that cultivate student learning and success in concert with the mission of our colleges and universities. Founded in 1919, NASPA is comprised of 15,000 members in all 50 states, 25 countries, and 8 U.S. territories. NASPA members serve a variety of functions and roles, including the vice president and dean for student life, as well as professionals working within housing and residence life, student unions, student activities, counseling, career development, orientation, enrollment management, racial and ethnic minority support services, and retention and assessment. NASPA serves the diverse needs of its members through a wide range of services, including outstanding publications; a variety of professional development opportunities, events, and conferences for student affairs individuals at all levels within the profession; and a comprehensive, content-rich website that is the most widely accessed website in the student affairs association community. Guided by the principles of integrity, innovation, inclusion, and inquiry, we are dedicated to empowering our members to realize their full potential and to cultivating student success in collaboration with our institutional members, who represent every sector of higher education. NASPA centers justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our work; read more about our commitment here: https://www.naspa.org/about/equity-and-justice. NASPA provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. NASPA does not discriminate on the basis of race; color, national origin; religion; sex; age; gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status; personal appearance; family responsibilities; genetic information;

AERA is a national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. AERA membership includes approximately 25,000 educational researchers in the United States and abroad, including college and university professors, leaders in school systems, federal, state and local agencies, foundations and the private sector. Each of AERA’s 12 Divisions focuses on a substantive professional area, including Administration, Organization, and Leadership, Curriculum Studies, Learning and Instruction, Measurement and Research Methodology, Counseling and Human Development, History and Historiography, Social Context of Education, Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools, Education in the Professions, Postsecondary Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, and Educational Policy and Politics. In addition AERA hosts Special Interest Groups on more than 160 topics, ranging from literacy to technology in the classroom. AERA publishes peer-reviewed journals, including the Educational Researcher; American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Review of Educational Research, and an annual Review of Research in Education as well as several influential books.

SHAPE America–Society of Health and Physical Educators (formerly AAHPERD) is a professional membership association. SHAPE America serves as the voice for 200,000+ health and physical education professionals across the United States. The organization’s extensive community includes a diverse membership of health and physical educators, as well as advocates, supporters, and 50+ state affiliate organizations. Since its founding in 1885, the organization has defined excellence in physical education. For decades, SHAPE America’s National Standards for K-12 Physical Education have served as the foundation for well-designed physical education programs across the country. The organization was also a proud member of the coalition that developed the National Health Education Standards.