“…Scholars examining professional socialization in student affairs have broadly explored individuals' experiences in their graduate preparation programs (Liddell et al, 2014;Perez, 2017Perez, , 2021 and their subsequent transition to full time practice (Magolda & Carnaghi, 2004Renn & Hodges, 2007;Renn & Jessup-Anger, 2008). To a lesser degree, scholars have explicitly examined the role of supervision in shaping graduate students' understanding of the field (Alvim & Barnhart, 2017;Young, 2019), since there has been a strong emphasis on what individuals learn during their coursework. Although student affairs graduate preparation programs are designed to teach students about the nature of the field through coursework and fieldwork (Perez, 2016), the reality is that fieldwork experiences have a more significant impact on shaping graduate students' understandings of their field than their experiences in their courses (Liddell et al, 2014;Renn & Jessup-Anger, 2008).…”