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Welcome to the NASPA Bookstore!
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NASPA publishes a wide range of books, journals, magazines, and interactive learning tools that focus on both the theory and practice of student affairs administration. To view and purchase NASPA publications, select from categories in the left column. To order by phone, call 301-638-1749.
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NEW RELEASES
By the year 2050, the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the United States is expected to more than double, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Recent reports indicate that more AAPI students are experiencing difficulties attaining academic success in colleges and universities than in the past. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education: Research and Perspectives on Identity, Leadership, and Success presents a compilation of statistical reports, research findings, and experiential accounts that counters the lack of information about this population.
List Price: $39.95 NASPA Member Price: $34.95
With increased national attention on issues such as campus safety and security, institutional accountability, and economic challenges, student affairs professionals must make decisions based on the most current legal rulings and analysis. Foundations of Higher Education Law & Policy is a concise, readable, and easy-to-use reference book that offers a fresh perspective on core law and policy information in a format for non-lawyers.
List Price: $39.95 NASPA Member Price: $34.95
 Exceptional Senior Student Affairs Administrators' Leadership: Strategies and Competencies for Success
Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy and Shannon E. Ellis, Editors
This book is written primarily for aspiring, new, and seasoned senior student affairs administrators who seek to become highly effective in their roles as campus and community leaders. The contributing authors—higher education leaders who range from presidents to senior student affairs officers to leadership experts—share their perspectives and strategies for leveraging seven threads of enduring competencies for exceptionally effective leadership.
A free Executive Summary of the book is available for download at http://www.naspa.org/pubs/SSAAExecSummary.pdf
List Price: $39.95 NASPA Member Price: $34.95
 Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners
A joint publication of ACPA and NASPA
This set of Professional Competency Areas is intended to define the broad professional knowledge, skills, and, in some cases, attitudes expected of student affairs professionals regardless of their area of specialization or positional role within the field. All student affairs professionals should be able to demonstrate their ability to meet the basic list of outcomes under each competency area regardless of how they entered the profession.
List Price: $14.95 NASPA Member Price: $9.95
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 More Than Listening: A Casebook for Using Counseling Skills in Student Affairs Work
Ruth Harper, Nona L. Wilson, and Associates
This book is written for those student affairs practitioners with limited educational or experiential backgrounds in counseling or mental health services. It provides a model for how both student development and counseling theories can inform and enhance student affairs practice. The book presents a series of case studies based on composites of situations typically handled by student affairs professionals. Each scenario is followed by two theory-based responses: one drawing on student development theories and student affairs practice; and the other grounded in counseling theory and suggesting or modeling practical helping skills.
List Price: $44.95 NASPA Member Price: $39.95
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The Stories of Inspiration Series
 Stories of Inspiration: Lessons and Laughter in Student Affairs
Sarah M. Marshall, Editor
The book that started it all! This collection of short stories is sure to motivate and educate student affairs professionals. The book contains the personal accounts of 43 individuals sharing 46 stories. Some stories are based on extraordinary events such as a student's death or a campus crisis, while others are based in the day-to-day interactions student affairs educators have with students during conduct hearings, advising appointments, and impromptu meetings. There are also light-hearted stories detailing student antics and times when student affairs professionals point out their own foibles. These stories will remind you that each day and each interaction can make a difference.
List Price: $44.95 NASPA Member Price: $40.00
 More Stories of Inspiration: 51 Uplifting Tales of Courage, Humor, Healing, and Learning in Student Affairs
Sarah M. Marshall, Editor
Rediscover the rewards of a career in student affairs with this collection of uplifting stories, conversations, and poems. More Stories of Inspiration captures the joys and challenges of working on campus, and reinforces the significance of student affairs work.
List Price: $44.95 NASPA Member Price: $40.00
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In the News
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Enough is Enough: A Student Affairs Perspective on Preparedness and Response to a Campus Shooting
Brian O. Hemphill and Brandi Hephner LaBanc, Editors
Recent campus crises have highlighted that campus administrators will be judged by three things: What the campus was doing before the crisis, its immediate response during the crisis, and the follow-up after the crisis.Enough is Enough presents first-hand accounts and experienced counsel from professionals who have lived through a violent incident, and continue to deal with its aftermath.
List Price: $27.50 NASPA Member Price: $24.75
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 In Search of Safer Communities: Emerging Practices for Student Affairs in Addressing Campus Violence
Margaret Jablonski, George McClellan, and Eugene Zdziarski, Editors
In fall 2007, NASPA convened a working group of student affairs colleagues with senior leadership experience to identify the critical issues student affairs professionals should consider related to violent incidents on college campuses. This report is a result of the group's deliberations. It presents a framework of planning for and responding to emergencies such as incidents of violence using a crisis management model.
NASPA Member Price: $9.95
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College Student Mental Health: Effective Services and Strategies Across Campus
Sherry A. Benton and Stephen L. Benton, Editors
College student mental health concerns are becoming more common, more challenging, and a much larger focus on college and university campuses. Faculty and staff spend countless hours each year addressing the needs of students with mental health issues that range from anxiety and depression to autism and Asperger’s Disorder.
List Price: $40.00 NASPA Member Price: $35.00
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Now Available: NASPA Gift Certificates!
NASPA Professional Affiliate Membership Gift Certificate
Reward your colleagues for a job well done with membership to NASPA. As the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy and practice,NASPA offers student affairs professionals a host of benefits and provides members with tremendous professional development and networking opportunities.A NASPA membership includes year round knowledge and support, as well as exclusive member's-only discounts on events and publications.
NASPA Member Price: $63.00
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