Dr. Rishi Sriram

Residential College Faculty Steward
Brooks Residential College

FIR/Faculty Steward since Fall 2013

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 Associate Professor of Higher Education & Student Affairs, Graduate Program Director for the department of Educational Administration, and Residential College Faculty Steward 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