What is it about?
Those who are student affairs professionals are the first line of contact for students seeking more gender inclusive and affirming housing. They can be pivotal in advocating for inclusive policies, but they must navigate a number of complex political challenges to do so, which are largely shaped by the dominance of neoliberalism on college campuses.The ways that student affairs leader do or do not take on these dynamics is chronicled in this article, along with the benefits and costs for gender mioritized students.
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Why is it important?
Student affairs professionals must work to fulfill the mission of full inclusion for all students on campus, and especially those who have been minoritized due to their gender identities. This is the basis of the profession, and thus understand how they navigate this work in order to advance it is crucial.
Perspectives
This study gave me and my co-researchers the opportunity to learn more about the navigation of institutional politics and the challenges they present to liberatory transformation.
assoc prof Susan B. Marine
Merrimack College
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This page is a summary of: Student affairs professionals’ roles in advancing gender inclusive housing: Discourses of dominance and resistance., Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, February 2019, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/dhe0000103.
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