Dr. Laker continues to publish on men & masculinity studies, gender identity development, and college student development theory. He is the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Men's Studies. Dr. Laker has developed and/or taught courses in several disciplines, particularly on subjects of community and identity, and has received several awards for his teaching, research, and service. Most recently, he served as the 2013 scholar-in-residence for the School and College Organization for Prevention Educators, received the 2012 Newly Published Research Award from the Men and Masculinities Knowledge Community of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and selected for the American College Personnel Association Foundation's 2010 class of Diamond Honorees (ACPA describes this award as recognizing "outstanding and sustained contributions to higher education and to student affairs.")He has presented many keynotes and invited sessions at professional conferences on student affairs and development issues, gender, community leadership and related topics, and has a significant publication record in these areas including two edited volumes -- Masculinities in Higher Education (with Tracy Davis, Routledge, 2011) and Canadian Perspectives on Men and Masculinities (Oxford University Press, 2011).He has published two Books (June, 2014) from Palgrave Macmillan UK: Laker, Naval, & Mrnjaus (Eds.): Citizenship, Democracy and Higher Education in Europe, Canada and the U.S.; and Civic Pedagogies in Higher Education: Teaching for Democracy in Europe, Canada and the U.S.