Gudrun Nyunt, Ph.D. (she/her) is an associate professor of higher education at Northern Illinois University. Gudrun, an international student from Austria, was introduced to student affairs as an undergraduate at SUNY New Paltz. She completed her Master’s at the University of Connecticut and worked for seven years as a full-time staff member at three different institutions (Miami University, University of North Florida, University of Connecticut). Gudrun also served as a resident director for Semester at Sea for the fall 2012 voyage and worked as a front desk manager at Webster University’s branch campus in Vienna, Austria. Gudrun’s doctorate in student affairs is from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she worked for the ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence.

Gudrun’s research centers on three, at times overlapping strands: student mobility, higher education faculty and staff experiences, and mental well-being. Gudrun has been actively involved in ACPA for over 20 years, serving on the directorate boards of the Commission for Housing and Residential Life and the Commission for Student Involvement, as chair of the Commission for the Global Dimensions of Student Development, and on the steering committee of the 100 Year Anniversary Celebration. She currently serves as ACPA’s Vice President of Membership.