Resident Directors: Hiring & Selection

The residence life “RD” can go by many names… Hall Director, Area Coordinator, Community Director, Residence Hall Coordinator, etc. Finding quality materials and resources related to the “RD” hiring and selection in residence life and college student housing can be difficult. The following are curated resources to help you improve your practice.

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Blog Articles:

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?”

Read Posts From The Series

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Dissertations

Totman, J. (2012). Improving recruitment of entry- level residence hall directors of the millennial generation (UMI No. 1095536531) [Doctoral dissertation]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

Books, Research, and Journal Articles

Belch, H., & Mueller, J. (2003). Candidate pools or puddles: Challenges and trends in the recruitment and hiring of resident directors. Journal of College Student Development, 44(1), 29–46. http://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2003.0001
Belch, H. A., Wilson, M. E., & Dunkel, N. (2009). Cultures of success: Recruiting and retaining new live-in residence life professionals. College Student Affairs Journal, 27(2), 176–193.
Davidson, D. L. (2012). Job satisfaction, recruitment, and retention of entry-level residence life and housing staff. The Journal of College and University Student Housing, 38(2), 78–93.
Scheuermann, T., & Ellett, T. (2007). A 3-D view of recruitment and retention of entry-level housing staff: Déjà vu, deliberation, decisive action. The Journal of College and University Student Housing, 34(2), 12–20.
St. Onge, S., Ellett, T., & Nestor, E. M. (2008). Factors affecting recruitment and retention of entry-level housing and residential life staff: Perceptions of chief housing officers.The Journal of College and University Student Housing, 35(2), 10–23.