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potential to be an effective part of a
team.
Application: This book provides
tangible steps and resources for
anyone inheriting or cultivating
individuals who will work as
team members in a department,
committee, task force, or association.
The book could be used as a
group read as a way to facilitate
discussions, as an individual read
for a professional development plan
for someone leading or supervising
others, or as an individual read
if looking for ways to become an
integral part of a team.

A Guide to Becoming a
Scholarly Practitioner
in Student Affairs, Lisa
Hatfield and Vicki Wise
(2015, 93 pages).
Overview: This book
argues that in order to be ethical
practitioners, we should continue
to review the literature related to
our areas. It also aims to encourage
practitioners to contribute to the
literature by demystifying the
presentation and publication process.
The authors provide encouraging
and practical tips and advice.
Additional chapters focus on the
power of feedback and working in
writing groups if practitioners are
hesitant about contributing to the
scholarship.
Application: This is a valuable
starter book for individuals looking
to bring scholarship back into their
work. Rather than presenting an
exhaustive list of strategies, the
book provides an effective starting
point that would encourage further
questions to ask mentors or when
attending a conference session or
webinar on the topic. The book could
also help anyone whose professional
goals for the year include presenting
or publishing.

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The Productivity Project:
Accomplishing More by
Managing Your Time,
Attention, and Energy,
Chris Bailey (2016, 272
pages).
Overview: This book describes three
key components to productivity and
explains how to control and master
them. Presented in an energetic
and entertaining manner, the
steps to being more productive are
manageable and realistic. Aimed at
teaching us how to become self-aware
and explore how we use our time, this
book examines why we procrastinate
and explains how to identify and
change our mindset to be more
productive.
Application: With activities aimed
at increasing personal productivity
habits, this book is a useful read
for an individual or team. Each
chapter begins by outlining goals
of the chapter and concludes with
activities that could be used for RA
development. Acknowledging that
tracking hours and overtime are
hot topics, Bailey shares how to
accomplish more with the time we
have.

Job Searching in Student
Affairs: Strategies to
Land the Position YOU
Want, Patrick Love
(2015, 76 pages).
Overview: This e-book
takes a graduate student preparing
for the job search from start to finish.
It serves as a career guide that moves
from organizing the search and
creating professional documents
to interviewing with purpose and
negotiating the offering. Most new
professionals aren't thinking about
the actual transition into their first
year on the job. This book provides
tangible tips that second-year
graduate students can immediately
apply.

Baker
Bookmark
Dozen' s
Older Books
Worth Exploring
While these books are slightly
older, the information remains
pertinent to our work in
college and university housing
and the students we serve.
* Kate Berardo and Darla
Deardorff, Building Cultural
Competence: Innovative
Activities and Models (2012,
400 pages).
* Ryan Craig, College
Disrupted: The Great
Unbundling of Higher
Education (2015, 256
pages).
* Joan Hirt, Where You Work
Matters: Student Affairs
Administration at Different
Types of Institutions (2006,
246 pages).
* Jon Krakauer, Missoula:
Rape and the Justice
System in a College Town
(2015, 418 pages).
* Kathleen Manning, Jillian
Kinzie, and John Schuh,
One Size Does Not Fit All:
Traditional and Innovative
Models of Student Affairs
Practice (2013, 256 pages).
* Terrell Strayhorn, College
Students' Sense of
Belonging: A Key to
Educational Success for All
Students (2012, 160 pages).
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