Dan Tillapaugh is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Counselor Education at California Lutheran University. At Cal Lutheran, he primarily teaches in the Counseling and College Student Personnel Master's program. His research interests are connected to social contexts of higher education, particularly college men and masculinities, LGBT issues in higher education, intersectionality, sexual violence in higher education, as well as college student leadership development and education. He is a frequent speaker, presenter, and consultant on these topics. His work has been published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Culture, Society, and Masculinities, Journal of Leadership Education, and Journal of Critical Scholarship in Higher Education and Student Affairs.
Originally from upstate New York, he worked in various administrative roles in higher education for over a decade prior to becoming a faculty member. He obtained his Ph.D. in Leadership Studies with a specialization in Higher Education Leadership from the University of San Diego in May 2012 and has an M.Ed. from the Counseling & Personnel Services program (now the Student Affairs concentration) at the University of Maryland. Active in many professional associations, Dan is the past chair for the ACPA Coalition on Men & Masculinities. In 2016, he was named an Emerging Scholar Designee by ACPA - College Student Educators International.
Originally from upstate New York, he worked in various administrative roles in higher education for over a decade prior to becoming a faculty member. He obtained his Ph.D. in Leadership Studies with a specialization in Higher Education Leadership from the University of San Diego in May 2012 and has an M.Ed. from the Counseling & Personnel Services program (now the Student Affairs concentration) at the University of Maryland. Active in many professional associations, Dan is the past chair for the ACPA Coalition on Men & Masculinities. In 2016, he was named an Emerging Scholar Designee by ACPA - College Student Educators International.
