Intersectionality and Higher Education: Identity and Inequality on College Campuses

Published by Rutgers University Press 2019

Intersectionality and Higher Education

Identity and Inequality on College Campuses

Edited by: W. Carson Byrd , Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel and Sarah M. Ovink
With contributions by: Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel , Sarah M. Ovink , W. Carson Byrd , Antron D Mahoney , Marcela G. Cuellar , R. Nicole Johnson-Ahorlu , Terry-Ann Jones , Deborah M. Warnock , Kristen A. Clayton , Victor E. Ray , Elizabeth M. Lee , Tonya Maynard , Denise Goerisch , Bedelia N. Richards , Melanie Jones Gast , Ervin (Maliq) Matthew , Derrick R. Brooms , Orkideh Mohajeri , Fernando Rodriguez , finn schneider , Ophelie Rowe-Allen , Meredith Smith , Tonisha B. Lane , Annemarie Vaccaro , Ezekiel Kimball , Megan Nanney and Susan V. Iverson

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813597706

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About this book

Though 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? Intersectionality and Higher Education examines how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, and other identities connect to produce intersected campus experiences. Contributors look at both the individual and institutional perspectives on issues like campus climate, race, class, and gender disparities, LGBTQ student experiences, undergraduate versus graduate students, faculty and staff from varying socioeconomic backgrounds, students with disabilities, undocumented students, and the intersections of two or more of these topics. Taken together, this volume presents an evidence-backed vision of how the twenty-first century higher education landscape should evolve in order to meaningfully support all participants, reduce marginalization, and reach for equity and equality.

Author / Editor information

W. CARSON BYRD is an associate professor in the department of sociology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He is the author of Poison in the Ivy: Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses (Rutgers University Press).

RACHELLE J. BRUNN-BEVEL is an associate professor of sociology at Fairfield University in Connecticut. She is the coeditor of Intersectionality in Educational Research.

SARAH M. OVINK is an associate professor of sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. She is the author of Race, Class, and Choice in Latino/a Higher Education: Pathways in the College-For-All Era.

Reviews

“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

"Selected New Books on Higher Education," complied by Ruth Hammond

— Chronicle of Higher Education

"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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Part I. INTERSECTED CAMPUSES
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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part II. BEYOND EXAMS AND PARTIES
2. THE CONTINGENT CLIMATE Exploring Student Perspectives at a Racially Diverse Institution Marcel A G. Cuellar and R. Nicole Johnson-Ahorlu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. MORE THAN IMMIGRATION STATUS Undocumented Students in U.S. Jesuit Higher Education Terry-Ann Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. RACE-BASED ASSUMPTIONS OF SOCIAL CLASS IDENTITY AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE (AND WEALTHY) INSTITUTION Deborah M. Warnock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
6. THE STILL FURIOUS PASSAGE OF THE BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT Victor E. Ray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Part III. BETWEEN RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND SERVICE
7. FACULTY MEMBERS FROM LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC- STATUS BACKGROUNDS Student Mentorship, Motivations, and Intersections Elizabeth M. Lee and Tonya Maynard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
8. DOING LESS WITH LESS Faculty Care Work in Times of Precarity Denise Goerisch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
9. FACULTY ASSESSMENTS AS TOOLS OF OPPRESSION A Black Woman’s Reflections on Color-Blind Racism in the Academy Bedelia N. Richards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
11. PURSUING INTERSECTIONALITY AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOM Orkideh Mohajeri, Fernando Rodriguez and Finn Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Part IV. LIFE AMONG PAPERWORK AND BUREAUCRACY
12. INTERSECTING IDENTITIES AND STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS Ophelie Rowe-Allen and Meredith Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
13. STUDYING STEM WHILE BLACK How Institutional Agents Prepare Black Students for the Racial Realities of STEM Environments Tonisha B. Lane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
14. EXCLUSION, PERSPECTIVE TAKING, AND THE LIMINAL ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION STAFF IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Annemarie Vaccaro and Ezekiel Kimball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Part V. INTERSECTIONALITY AND EQUITY EFFORTS AMONG CAMPUS COMMUNITIES
15. MAKING ROOM FOR GENDERED POSSIBILITIES Using Intersectionality to Discover Transnormative Inequalities in the Women’s College Admissions Process Megan Nanney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
16. TROUBLING DIVERSITY An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Action Plans at U.S. Flagship Universities Susan V. Iverson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277