Jason Laker is a tenured, Full Professor in the Department of Counselor Education within the Lurie College of Education. Prior to joining the faculty, he served as the Vice President for Student Affairs here at SJSU, leading a Division with over 20 departments, 350 staff, and $68M in combined budgets. Jason has nearly 20 years of successful and progressively more complex administrative leadership experiences in student and academic affairs, at five distinct institutional environments (e.g., research, public, private, large, small, religious, liberal arts) in the U.S. and Canada (he is originally from Michigan). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona's Center for the Study of Higher Education, an M.A. in Community Counseling from Adams State College (CO), and a B.S. in Organizational Communication from Central Michigan University.
Selected Publications
Canadian perspectives on men and masculinities (2011)
This new interdisciplinary reader is one of the only texts that explores men and masculinity...
Masculinities in higher education: Theoretical and practical considerations (2011)
Masculinities in Higher Education provides empirical evidence, theoretical support, and developmental interventions for educators working...
What Should We Be Doing to Reduce or End Campus Violence?, Journal of College and Character (2009)
Over the last several years, there have been a number of high-profile incidents of violence...
A call to community: Some thoughts for student affairs about identity and diversity, Communiqué (Canadian Association for College and University Student Affairs) (2009)
Continuing the journey toward international and multicultural campus communities (with T. Davis), Handbook of student affairs administration (2009)
What issues and trends affect higher education and student affairs today? In this fully updated...