JCAPS focuses on publishing rigorous, relevant, and respected scholarship related to postsecondary education co-curricular campus activities, and translating such scholarship to practice.
Shanice White (Mississippi State) and Masha Krsmanovic (University of Southern Mississippi) studied the experience of students in collegiate marching bands and its effects on a variety of student outcomes.
Carly Gilson (Ohio State), Luis Morissette (University of Idaho), Sehrish Skikarpurya (University of Maryland), Ghazeleh Raei Dehaghi (Ohio State), and Anna Fedewa (Princeton) conducted important research on peer mentoring programs in student organizations designed to integrate students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Heidi Gailor and a team of scholars from William Peace University studied a campus-wide student dialogue program and its effects on students’ beliefs regarding polarization on campus.
"I'm just..." Two words that can unintentionally minimize the impact of our work. In this blog post, Dr. Alicia Bates challenges Campus Activities professionals to stop downplaying their contributions and start owning the value their role brings to their institutions and the student engagement ecosystem.
Student leaders are often the most powerful messengers when it comes to the impact of campus activities. NACA Live is one place where you can strengthen your voice and bring that impact back to your campus.
Meghan Grace, Dawn Wiese, & William Foran examine how undergraduate men, particularly in fraternities, understand and engage in peer accountability, revealing greater confidence and participation among fraternity members compared to their unaffiliated peers.
Jean Patterson & Chelsea Redger-Marquardt’s qualitative study uses sensemaking theory to evaluate how students leaders and staff coordinators make meaning of their roles in a Living Learning Community (LLC).
Gyasmine George-Williams led a team from Cal Poly Pomona to explore the impact of the Activism Growth Model (AGM) on student learning and identity development across interdisciplinary courses, highlighting how students apply self-awareness, community connection, and social justice advocacy to their academic and personal lives.
This summer 2025, NACA will once again offer four Institutes – two Programming Board Institutes and two Student Government Institutes. Learn more about these opportunities.
