Description
Book SynopsisThough colleges and universities are arguably paying more attention to diversity and inclusion than ever before, to what extent do their efforts result in more socially just campuses? This book examines how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, and other identities connect to produce intersected campus experiences.
Trade Review“Accessible and engaging,
Intersectionality and Higher Education will have a great impact on the field. This is a meaningful and powerful book.” -- Robin J Phelps-Ward * assistant professor at Clemson University *
"This sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of the intersectional identities of students, faculty, and staff experienced within structures of inequality is a must read for all who care about higher education." -- Susan R. Jones * coauthor of Identity Development of College Students *
‘Intersectionality and Higher Education’ by Scott Jachik * Inside Higher Education *
"Selected New Books on Higher Education," complied by Ruth Hammond * Chronicle of Higher Education *
Table of ContentsContents
Part I
Chapter 1: Always Crossing Boundaries, Always Existing in Multiple Bubbles: Intersected Experiences and Positions on College Campuses
Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel, Sarah M. Ovink, W. Carson Byrd, and Antron D. Mahoney
Part II: Beyond Exams and Parties: Student Identities and Experiences
Chapter 2: The Contingent Climate: Exploring Student Perspectives at a Racially Diverse Institution
Marcela G. Cuellar and R. Nicole Johnson-Ahorlu
Chapter 3: More than Immigration Status: Undocumented Students in U.S. Jesuit Higher Education
Terry-Ann Jones
Chapter 4: Race-based Assumptions of Social Class Identity and their Consequences at a Predominantly White (and Wealthy) Institution
Deborah M. Warnock
Chapter 5: Biracial College Students’ Racial Identity Work: How Black-White Biracial Students Navigate Racism and Privilege at Historically Black and Historically White Institutions
Kristen A. Clayton
Chapter 6: The Still Furious Passage of the Black Graduate Student
Victor E. Ray
Part III: Between Research, Teaching, and Service: Faculty Identities and Experiences
Chapter 7: Faculty Members from Low Socioeconomic Status Backgrounds: Student Mentorship, Motivations, and Intersections
Elizabeth M. Lee and Tonya Maynard
Chapter 8: Doing Less with Less: Faculty Care Work in Times of Precarity
Denise Goerisch
Chapter 9: Faculty Assessments as Tools of Oppression: A Black Woman’s Reflections on Colorblind Racism in the Academy
Bedelia N. Richards
Chapter 10: “Diversity” Goals and Faculty of Color: Supporting Racial Inclusion and Awareness in General-Education Courses
Melanie Jones Gast, Ervin (Maliq) Matthew, and Derrick R. Brooms
Chapter 11: Pursuing Intersectionality as a Pedagogical Tool in the Higher Education Classroom
Orkideh Mohajeri, Fernando Rodriguez, and finn schneider
Part IV: Life among Paperwork and Bureaucracy: Staff Identities and Experiences
Chapter 12: Intersecting Identities and Student Affairs Professionals
Ophelie Rowe-Allen and Meredith Smith
Chapter 13: Studying STEM while Black: How Institutional Agents Prepare Black Students for the Racial Realities of STEM Environments
Tonisha B. Lane
Chapter 14: Exclusion, Perspective Taking, and the Liminal Role of Higher Education Staff in Supporting Students with Disabilities
Annemarie Vaccaro and Ezekiel Kimball
Part V: Intersectionality and Equity Efforts among Campus Communities
Chapter 15: Making Room for Gendered Possibilities: Using Intersectionality to Discover Transnormative Inequalities in the Women’s College Admissions Process
Megan Nanney
Chapter 16: Troubling Diversity: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Action Plans at U.S. Flagship Universities
Susan V. Iverson
Chapter 17: Tips of Icebergs in the Ocean: Reflections on Future Research for Embracing Intersectionality in Higher Education
W. Carson Byrd, Sarah M. Ovink, and Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel
Notes on Contributors
Index
