Dr. Rishi Sriram spent eight years as a higher education and student affairs administrator before beginning his current role as a faculty member at Baylor University. As an administrator, he played a key role in the development of living-learning programs at Baylor, as well as the establishment of a faculty-in-residence program. His administrative work won him a NASPA Excellence Award (Gold Honoree) and a Promising Practices Award from the NASPA Student Affairs Partnering with Academic Affairs Knowledge Community. Dr. Sriram currently serves as Assistant Professor of Higher Education & Student Affairs, Graduate Program Director for the department of Educational Administration, and Faculty Master of Brooks Residential College, a community of approximately 400 students. Dr. Sriram's research interests include student affairs practice, collaboration between academic and student affairs, and college student retention, engagement, achievement, and development. His work has been funded or published by ACPA, the Association of College & University Housing Officers International (ACUHO-I), NASPA, NASPA Region III, the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, and the Texas Association of College & University Student Personnel Administrators (TACUSPA). He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, the Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, the Journal of College and University Student Housing, and as Director of Research for TACUSPA. Dr. Sriram consults with colleges across the United States on issues pertaining to student affairs administration, college student success, and living-learning initiatives. His latest projects consist of the development of the National Survey of Student Affairs Professionals (NSSAP) and the creation of StudentAffairsResearch.com
Sriram on Academic & Student Affairs Integration
At some colleges, professors live in dorms, too, US News & World Report (2011)
In 1827, Francis Wayland, then-president of Brown University, suspended the university’s medical program when the...
A tale of three campuses: Unearthing theories of residential life that shape the student learning experience (with Frank Shushok Jr., Laine Scales, and Vera Kidd), About Campus (2011)
Frank Shushok Jr., T. Laine Scales, Rishi Sriram, and Vera Kidd share some initial thoughts...
Between the ideal and the practical: Using assessment to find the balance (with Laine Scales and Meghan Oster), About Campus (2011)
Rishi Sriram, T. Laine Scales, and Meghan Oster share how the assessment efforts of Baylor...
Students as teachers: What faculty learn by living on campus (with Frank Shushok Jr., Jennifer Perkins, and Laine Scales), Journal of College & University Student Housing (2011)
In its recent history, American higher education has segmented the student experience, especially as research...
Exploring the effect of a residential academic affairs-student affairs partnership: The first year of an engineering and computer science living-learning center (with Frank Shushok Jr.), Journal of College & University Student Housing (2010)
This study explores whether living-learning communities for engineering and computer science students afford opportunities to...
Sriram on Student Affairs Practice
Reclaiming the "scholar" in scholar-practitioner (with Meghan Oster), Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (2012)
Scholars and practitioners continuously espouse the importance of research in student affairs work. This study...
Engaging research as a student affairs professional, NetResults: Critical Issues for Student Affairs Practitioners (2011)
Student affairs professionals are often referred to as scholar-practitioners. As demands upon professionals increase, however,...
A tale of three campuses: Unearthing theories of residential life that shape the student learning experience (with Frank Shushok Jr., Laine Scales, and Vera Kidd), About Campus (2011)
Frank Shushok Jr., T. Laine Scales, Rishi Sriram, and Vera Kidd share some initial thoughts...
Between the ideal and the practical: Using assessment to find the balance (with Laine Scales and Meghan Oster), About Campus (2011)
Rishi Sriram, T. Laine Scales, and Meghan Oster share how the assessment efforts of Baylor...
Sriram on College Student Success
Influences of theory and practice in the development of servant leadership in students (with Jennifer Massey and Tracey Sulak), Journal of Leadership Education (2013)
This paper explores the extent to which the leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities of upper-year...
Thriving in high-risk students (with Deb Vetter), Thriving in transitions: A research based approach to college student succcess (2012)
Helping college students thrive is perhaps of greatest concern with those students who are most...
Spirituality in emerging adults: Lessons from the national study of youth and religion, ACPA Developments (2011)
“Working on Our Inner Lives: Meaning-Making in Colleges and Universities” is a four-part series intended...
Rethinking intelligence: The role of mindset in promoting success for academically high-risk college students (2010)
Increasing the effort students invest in academic experiences is an important component for improving their...