Student Leader Training, 2024. Credit: Chris Tuite/Ethography

About ResEd

Residential Education can be described in many different ways but the most important thing to remember is that Residential Education is about the people it serves! From providing programming in the residences to community engagement, ResEd oversees a myriad of opportunities for both the student body, as well as for the professional university staff by bringing both groups together to engage in the development of intellectual, educational and community building policies, programs, and activities.

About the Assistant Vice Provost

Cheryl Brown, PhD, leads Stanford’s Office of Residential Education (ResEd), overseeing the undergraduate residential experience—one of the most formative and memorable aspects of student life at Stanford. I collaborate with the ResEd leadership team to manage our professional staff, the Resident Fellow (RF) program, and residential student leaders (RAs and ETAs) across more than 70 undergraduate residences. Our department works closely with campus partners to provide a web of support for RFs and student leaders, who aim to build a strong house culture and create programs that foster student development, belonging, and community.

Meet Cheryl A. Brown, Ph.D Here

The Work of ResEd

Our work seeks to provide every student the opportunity to engage and challenge themselves in a way that is unique to them whether that is through facilitating the process to become a member of a theme community, creating a selection process or trainings that seek to help both our applicants and our appointed team members grow and develop skills they can take with them after they leave the farm, providing space for the creation and engagement in the arts, or simply providing the support network and resources students need to navigate their time at Stanford.

ResEd strives to provide the undergrads on campus with a community experience within our larger research "university bubble" by bringing together the conviction that living and learning are integrated and integral as a part of the undergraduate educational experience at Stanford University. We are concerned with the experience of individual residents and how to best serve each of them given the diversity and complexity of each experience.

Cheryl A. Brown, Ph.D., is Assistant Vice Provost for Residential Education and a resident fellow at Meier Hall. Cheryl has nearly two decades of professional experience in higher education, including more than a decade at Stanford, where she previously served as director of Frosh 101, associate director of African and African American Studies, college director (resident fellow) of the Freshman-Sophomore College, and an advisor to undergraduate students. Meet Cheryl A. Brown, Ph.D here

Our professional staff are the main drivers of ResEd initiatives and programs. We are focused on providing the space and support for all of our residents to have a meaningful experience on The Farm. As a department we value learning and exploration as we seek to provide our students with a myriad of learning opportunities, that can vary from learning to write a play or cultivating life skills in a variety of workshops and community building exercises all the way to interviewing a world leader. Learn more about our professional staff here

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