Kris is the community director who keeps tabs on RAs and other important matters in the residence hall. He supervises every activity and essentially takes care of the building and the people who live there. To be a community director, you must first be an RA so you can have a second-hand experience of what a residential life is like. Kris was an RA in Arkansas, his hometown, where resident life is very different than here. He earned a master's degree from Michigan and found a job at the U of A as a community director after a national diploma