2025 Coalition on Men and Masculinities Institute for Critical Perspectives & Practices on College Masculinities

The 5th Annual Institute for Critical Perspectives and Practices on College Masculinities, hosted by ACPA's Coalition on Men and Masculinities (CMM), will provide a space for student affairs educators, scholars, and higher education professionals to critically explore and reflect on the future of men and masculinities scholarship and practice.The policies enacted by the U.S. federal administration in recent months have left professionals across various sectors feeling adrift and experiencing a range of emotions. Attempts to radically change American higher education leave us wondering what are the ways masculinities inform this moment. Higher education professionals cannot sprint through this experience, but instead must prepare for the marathon of challenges that lie ahead. Our hope is that, through new connections and collective action, we can work to preserve what we value and look forward with hope and determination.

Summary Details

Date/Time: Friday, 5 September, 2025 at 1:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern

Location: Virtual (Zoom Link in Registration Confirmation Email)

Contact Info: For more information, visit our website or email cmm@acpa.nche.edu.

ACPA/NASPA Professional Competencies

Institute participants will develop their professional competencies in the areas of: Social Justice Education. For more information about the ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners, visit our website.

Registration Fees

Member Category

Individual Rate

Faculty/Professional Member $30
Faculty/Professional Non-Member $50
Under/Graduate Student Member $10
Under/Graduate Student Non-Member $20


Keynote Speaker

Adrián Huerta, CMM Scholar-In-Residence, is an award-winning Pullias Center for Higher Education tenured faculty member at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. Dr. Huerta uses qualitative methods to study boys and men of color, college access and success, and marginalized student populations, including gang-involved populations throughout the educational pipeline and student parents. His innovative research appears in leading academic journals, including The Review of Higher Education, the Journal of Diversity of Higher Education, the Community College Review, Innovative Higher Education, and many other outlets. Dr Huerta’s current projects focus on the educational experiences of 1) gang-involved youth/former gang members and their transition into post-secondary settings and 2) community college bachelor’s degree programs. His work has been funded by various foundations and entities to develop research-to-practice tools and resources, including the U.S. Department of Education, the ECMC Foundation, and the College Futures Foundation. Lastly, he is a past National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow for his groundbreaking research on former gang members who have earned college degrees. He was also awarded the Early Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in 2022 and a 2024 co-winner of the Anna Julia Cooper Award Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) section of Sociology of Education.

Additional Presenters

Additional presenters will be announced closer to the start of the Institute.

POSTPONED: 2025 Coalition on Men and Masculinities Institute

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