Kazi Mamun, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 10 years
Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office: Region 9 Chair (2001-2003)-communicated with all regional members about benefits of being a NACADA Member; made NACADA prominent on the campus of the University of Southern California.
National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: Region 9 Chair 2001-2003 -transitioned from the old structure to the new administrative structure for NACADA.
Committee Activities and Accomplishments: Member, Editorial Board, the NACADA Journal, Spring 1996-Spring 1998. Chaired the 1999 Region 9 Conference on the campus of the University of Southern California, which resulted in surplus funds for the first time.
Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments: Member, Advising Administration Commission and Advising Business Majors Commission
Other:

I am interested in the development of advisors as a central piece to the education process in higher education in the United States. I strongly believe in "advising being equal teaching," in the sense that just as "bad" teaching may lead to incomplete scholars, "bad" advising may lead to incomplete citizens.

I also believe that we should move on from the debate on diversity being a "good" thing to how we can create a menu of advising programs, which will enable us to deal with an increasingly diverse population of students.