Much of my career has been connected to administration. I have had the opportunity to serve various administrative roles and at various institutions. I served as the director of a writing center and later a writing-across-the-curriculum program. I was also mentor to graduate assistants. Now I serve as Assistant Director of the CGU Preparing Future Faculty Program. Through these different roles I have come to understand the importance of respect. Respect, though, is not something to be demanded from people. Rather, I see it primarily as something I need to give. Respect for the students and colleagues I work with. Respect for their goals and desires. Respect for their situations. It is this sense of respect that is a key principle underlying my administrative philosophy.