Rubin, Lisa M.2018-03-132018-03-132017-01-01http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38633Citation: Lisa M. Rubin (2017) Who Are Athletic Advisors? State of the Profession. NACADA Journal: 2017, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 37-50.The field of athletic advising has existed since the 1970s. In the early 1990s, the National Collegiate Athletic Association mandated that higher education institutions provide academic support for student-athletes. Few researchers have identified those serving as athletic advisors, so the literature features little data on advisor demographics, training, education, and work responsibilities. Therefore, the background and experiences of 277 members of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics, who responded to a survey, were explored. Specifically, athletic advisor educational and training background, burnout levels, meaning of the profession as participants describe it, advice for prospective advisors, and the knowledge they wish they had gained before entering the field are addressed. Dramaturgy was utilized as a framework for analyzing this research.Copyright 2017 NACADA Journal. Reprinted with permission from NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising www.nacada.ksu.edu. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the Creative Commons CC BY NC ND license, copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission by contacting journals@ksu.edu.Athletic advisingBurnoutDramaturgyJohari windowStudent-athletesArticle (Version of Record)