The process of advising is ever-changing and multi-disciplinary and in order to understand and advance the field, theory lies at the core. The resources gathered here offer both an introduction to traditional advising theories, as well as newer learning-centered theories, along with an assortment of relevant pedagogies.

The Nature of Theory & Theoretical Inquiry

• Theory and Philosophy Himes, H. & Schulenberg, J. , Academic Advising Today, 2013
• A field guide to epistemology in academic advising research, Champlin-Scharff, S., NACADA Journal, 2010
• What is theory? via Cambridge University Press, 2009

Advising Theory: Normative and Analogic:

• Provactive Moments in Advising: Guiding Students Towards Self-Authorship, via Academic Advising Today, 2018
• Guiding Students to Self-Authorship, via Academic Advising Today by Cecilia Lucero
• Strengthening Academic Advising by Developing a Normative Theory, via NACADA Journal, 2015
• Toward a theory of academic advising by Marc Lowenstein via The Mentor, 2014
• Transformational theory in academic advising, by Kerry Kincanon, 2009
• Applying theory to advising practice, by Sherri Williams, 2007
• What would a unified theory of academic advising require? via The Mentor, 2003
• An alternative to developmental theory, via The Mentor, 1999
• From the NACADA Journal
  • Champlin-Scharff, S. (2010). Advising with understanding: Considering hermeneutic theory in academic advising. v30 n1 p59-65
  • Kuhtmann, M.S. (2005). Socratic self-examination and its applications. 
    v25, n2, p36-48.

Advising Approaches with Theoretical Foundations:

• Common Factors: Cultivating the Relational Component of Advising, via Academic Advising Today, 2018
• Critical Advising: A Freirian-Inspired Approach, via NACADA Journal, 2016
• Advising as Servant Leadership: Investigate Student Satisfaction, via NACADA Journal, 2015
• The Attribution Theory of Learning and Advising Students on Academic Probation, via NACADA Journal, 2012
• Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Academic Advising to Assess Student Learning Outcomes, via NACADA Journal, 2012
• The Utility of Liberal Education: Concepts and Arguments for Use in Academic Advising, via NACADA Journal, 2011
• Learning theory in academic advising, by Maura M. Reynolds, 2010
• Developmental advising today, by Susan Ohrablo, 2010
• Expanding the prescriptive-developmental advising continuum: Using social constructivism as an advising approach for students from high relational groups, via The Mentor, 2003

Other:

• Paternalism in Academic Advising: A Student Perspective, via Academic Advising Today, 2019
• Foundations of Academic Advising: The Conceptual Component of Advising: Policies, Procedures, and Beyond Webinar, 2017
• Foundations of Academic Advising: The Relational Component Webinar, 2017
• Intersectional Perspectives on Gender and Gender Identity Development, by Claire Robbin and Brian McGowan, 2016
• Theoretical reflections: Theory and philosophy should always inform practice, via Academic Advising Today, 2013
• Advising with Understanding: Considering Hermeneutic Theory in Academic Advising, via NACADA Journal, 2010 
• Advising Jay: A Case Study Using a Situational Leadership Approach, via NACADA Journal, 2008