Enacting Intersectionality in Student Affairs: New Directions for Student Services, Number 157 (J-B SS Single Issue Student Services)

Synopsis

While Models Of Identity And Student Development Have Been Essential Tools For Student Affairs Practitioners, Intersectionality Has Increasingly Been Recognized As An Analytic Framework That Captures The Complex Interaction Of Social Identities At The Personal Level And In Larger Social Systems. This Volume Demonstrates How Intersectionality Informs And Enhances Student Affairs Practice In The Areas Of Student Identity Theory, Programming, Research, Coalition Building, Residential Life, Service-learning, International Student Services, And Strategic Planning In Significant And Transformative Ways. It Provides Multiple, Concrete Examples Of Intersectional Interventions And Programs Evaluates The Promises And Challenges Of Implementing Intersectionality In Day-to-day Practice, And Describes How Its Core Tenets Enhance Our Understanding Of Resistance, Privilege, And Students{u2019} Responses To Social Justice Education. The Contributors Also Wrestle With Key Questions That Arise When We Enact Intersectionality In Student Affairs Work, Such As Whether The Framework Reflects The Experiences Of People From Privileged Social Groups Or What Additional Social Categories Should Be Considered When Addressing Identity From An Intersectional Perspective--provided By Publisher. Multidimensional Identity Model Revisited : Implications For Student Affairs / Raechele L. Pope, Amy L. Reynolds -- Engaging Students At The Intersections Through Multicultural Centers : An Application Of The Culturally Engaging Campus Environment Model / James C. Mcshay -- Teaching Community On And Off Campus : An Intersectional Approach To Community Engagement / Tania D. Mitchell -- Helping Students Understand Intersectionality : Reflection From A Dialogue In Residential Life / Sharon Chia Claros, [and 3 Others] -- Using Intersectionality In Student Affairs Reserch / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Intersectional In Student Affairs : Perspective From A Senior Student Affairs Officer / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- A Nation-ized Intersectional Analysis : The Politics Of Transnational Campus Unity / Margo Okazawa-rey -- Advancing Social Justice Work At The Intersections Of Multiple Privileged Identities / Frances E. Kendall, Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe. Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.