Stephen Quaye

Stephen John Quaye is a professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program within the Department of Educational Studies.

He has published two books, edited four books, over 20 book chapters, and 17 peer-reviewed journal articles in top-tier journals, such as the Journal of College Student Development, Teachers College Record, and The Review of Higher Education. 

He also served as President of ACPA: College Student Educators International and is currently an associate editor of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.

• PhD, Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008
• MS, College Student Personnel, Miami University, 2004
• BS, Psychology, James Madison University, 2002

• Equity
  • Addressing the need of students with minoritized identities
• Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
  • Racial battle fatigue
  • Student activists
• Social Justice
  • Addressing privilege, power, and oppression

Quaye's research focuses on engaging in and facilitating difficult dialogues about privilege, power, and oppression; student activism; and navigating and healing from racial battle fatigue. 

• Linder, C., Quaye, S. J., Stewart, T. J., Okello, W. K., & Roberts, R. E. (in press). “The whole weight of the world on my shoulders”: Power, identity, and student activism. Journal of College Student Development.
• Linder, C., Quaye, S. J., Lange, A. C., Roberts, R. E., Lacy, M. C., & Okello, W. K. (2019). “A student should have the privilege of just being a student”: Student activism as labor. The Review of Higher Education, 42, 37-62.
• Bautista, N., Misco, T., & Quaye, S. J. (2018). Early childhood open-mindedness: An investigation into preservice teachers’ capacity to address controversial issues. Journal of Teacher Education, 69(2), 154-168.
• Aho, R. E., & Quaye, S. J. (2018). Applied critical leadership: Centering racial justice and decolonization in professional associations. Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, 3(3), 8-19.
• Okello, W. K., & Quaye, S. J. (2018). Advancing creativity for pedagogy and practice. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 15(1), 43-57.
• Quaye, S. J., Shaw, M. D., & Hill, D. C. (2017). Blending scholar and activist identities: Establishing the need for scholar activism. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 10(4), 381-399.
• Johnson, A. J., & Quaye, S. J. (2017). Queering Black racial identity development. Journal of College Student Development, 58(8), 1135-1148.
• Quaye, S. J. (2017). On being an angry Black man. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 19(1), 60-78.
• Quaye, S. J., & Johnson, M. R. (2016). How intergroup dialogue facilitators understand their role in promoting student development and learning. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 27(2), 29-55.
• Buckley, J. B., & Quaye, S. J. (2016). A vision of social justice in intergroup dialogue. Race Ethnicity and Education, 19(5), 1117-1139. doi: 10.1080/13613324.2014.969221

• Quaye, S. J., Aho, R. E., Domingue, A. D., Guido, F. M., Lange, A. C., Squire, D., & Stewart, D-L. (2019, March 4). A bold vision forward: A framework for the strategic imperative for racial justice and decolonization. Session presented at the annual meeting of ACPA: College Student Educators International, Boston, MA.
• Linder, C., Evans, M. E., Quaye, S. J., Lange, A. C., & Stewart, T. J. (2019, March 4). “You hired me to do this”: Power, identity, and educators’ support of student activists. Paper presented at the annual meeting of ACPA: College Student Educators International, Boston, MA.
• Squire, D., Blansett, R., Furr, S., Lawter, M., Nicolazzo, Z., & Quaye, S. J. (2019, March 5). Toxic self-care rhetoric, and the fall of student affairs. Session presented at the annual meeting of ACPA: College Student Educators International, Boston, MA.
• Quaye, S. J., Karikari, S. N., Allen, C. R., Okello, W. K., & Carter, K. D. (2018, November 15). Strategies for practicing self-care from racial battle fatigue. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL.
• Okello, K. W., Quaye, S. J., Allen, C. R., Carter, K. D., & Karikari, S. N. (2018, November 15). “We wear the mask”: Racial battle fatigue and the (im)possibilities of healing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL.
• Quaye, S. J., Carter, K. D., Allen, C. R., Karikari, S. N., & Okello, W. K. (2018, November 17). “Why can’t I just chill?”: The visceral nature of racial battle fatigue. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL.
• Quaye, S. J., Linder. C., Lange, A. C., Roberts, R. E., Lacy, M., & Okello, W. K. (2017, November). “A student should have the privilege of just being a student”: Student activism as labor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Houston, TX.
• Linder, C., Quaye, S. J., Lange, A. C., Roberts, R. E., & Evans, M. E. (2017, November). Show up!: Relationships between administrators and student activists. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Houston, TX.
• Linder, C., Quaye, S. J., Stewart, T. J., Okello, W. K., & Roberts, R. E. (2017 November). “The whole weight of the world on my shoulders”: Power, identity, and student activism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Houston, TX.
• Linder, C., Quaye, S. J., Lange, A. C., & Stewart, T. (2017, March). Engaging with student activists: Strategies for student affairs educators. Session presented at the annual meeting of ACPA: College Student Educators International, Columbus, OH.