Stephen John Quaye, PhD is an associate professor at Miami University of Ohio. Dr. Quaye focuses on understanding how students can engage difficult issues (e.g., privilege, oppression, power) civilly and honestly, as well as how storytelling is used as an educational tool to foster reflection and learning across differences. He also is interested in the strategies educators use to facilitate these dialogues and what they learn about themselves in the process. Dr. Quaye is a firm believer in leadership and voices that engage in activism. Making passive statements that express the value of diversity, remorse for making mistakes or outrage about oppression are insufficient. Lives are at stake. Lives matter, specifically those that have been denied spaces and are seen as problems (e.g., Black lives, trans* lives, the lives of sexual assault victims). As past president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), he led the organization into a bolder, more thoughtful and active professional community that sees ties between humanity to champion equity, inclusion, and diversity within and beyond ACPA, continually challenging oppression, and practice vulnerability publicly (e.g., the 2017 launching of ACPA’s strategic initiative on racial justice). His work is published in different venues, including The Review of Higher Education, Teachers College Record, the Journal of College Student Development, and Equity & Excellence in Education. He is co-editor of the second edition of Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations (with Shaun R. Harper). He holds degrees from The Pennsylvania State University (PhD), Miami University (MS), and James Madison University (BS).