Dr. Hunter is a passionate supporter of graduate students preparing for careers as higher education and student affairs administrators. Working with both master's degree and doctoral students, she strives to complicate their thinking about campus life and ways they can support student learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Previously serving as Associate Dean of the College of Education Social Services, her extensive experience included teaching a wide range of courses on Higher Education Student Affairs (HESA). She served as a board member of the Legal Issues in Higher Education annual conference and regularly presented at ACPA (American College Personnel Association), ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education), and others.