Dr. Aaron Hackman is currently the Director of Student Affairs in the College of Health Care Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. He holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership. Dr. Hackman’s research interests focus on student and community engagement, and how both can be mutually beneficial. His dissertation centered on graduate students engaging in STEM-based Academic Service-Learning. He is passionate about encouraging students to become involved personally and professionally, and how those involvements can help students grow throughout the course of their career.