This week on SA Voices From the Field we interviewed Melanie Buford and Dr. Michael J. Stebleton, editor and authors of an upcoming new book Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education.

Melanie Buford is an Author, Career Consultant, and Teaching Specialist for the Leadership Minor at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. She is lead editor of the recent release Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education - an international effort to evolve career preparation in higher education . Her work has been featured on EdSurge, Puttylike, Truity, and Happen to Your Career. Melanie received the Ralph W. Tyler Award for outstanding research and the Kenneth B. Hoyt Career Education Practitioner Award for innovative practice. She earned her Ed.M. in Human Development from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Dr. Michael J. Stebleton is Professor of Higher Education in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA. His research and teaching interests focus on college student development and career development with an emphasis on the undergraduate experience and student success. His work has appeared in numerous venues including: Journal of College Student Development, Journal of College and Character, Journal of Career Development, and The Career Development Quarterly. Stebleton is a Merit Award recipient through the National Career Development Association (NCDA). Stebleton is co-editor of the recently published book, Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education, by Routledge (2023).

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