Perspectives Archive

When the World Feels Unsteady

There are conversations I’ve had throughout my career that...

Gathering to Do the Work Together

November signals a shift for many of us. We begin turning our attention toward wrapping up the fall semester, reflecting on the needs of our organizations and communities, and considering what lies ahead.

Building the Professional Home

AFA entered the 1980s with a constitution, a newsletter, and as a group unto its own. What it did not yet have was a settled idea of what it would become.

Looking Inward To Find Belief and Unity

Some moments call us to look outward, to understand...

From the Desk of the Executive Director

To the AFA Community and the broader fraternity/sorority life...

It’s Time!

I recently returned to higher education from retirement to an interim fraternity and sorority life position to assist my former university while they conducted...

Letter from the Editors

Earlier in 2022, the Perspectives Editorial Board engaged in conversation about the purpose of the publication. In that conversation, a question emerged: what is...

Three Sides To The Same Coin

Humans tend to get tunnel vision, especially when it comes to issues that matter to them. Expertise and different viewpoints are ignored, and people...

How far have we come? In consideration of “Women of Discriminating Taste: White Sororities and the Making of American Ladyhood”

Published in 2020, Margaret L. Freeman’s text Women of Discriminating Taste: White Sororities and the Making of American Ladyhood is a comprehensive historical perspective...

Embracing Our Messiness

Early in my tenure at Delta Phi Epsilon, I was lamenting my position of having to navigate a great deal of conflict between many...
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