Season 5 Exploring Three Issues with Student Employment in Housing and Residence Life

As the role of the student worker in housing continues to change, Ali McGrath and Ashleigh Mitchell sit down with two current graduate students to reflect on the realities of a student worker on both a graduate and undergraduate level. This podcast delves into the complexities of being both a student and a staff member and what changes need to be implemented to make sure we really are putting the student first.

Resources

1. Article: George Washington University New Staffing Model - https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-transform-service-and-care-residential-students  or https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/daily-briefing/2021-02-26

2. Book: Creating Sustainable Careers in Student Affairs: What Ideal Worker Norms Get Wrong and how to Make it Right by Margaret Sallie 

3. Research: Resident assistant secondary trauma and burnout associated with student nonsuicidal self-injury - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30908135/