Unsettling Trends in Academia: A Review of the Predicament of Minorities and Members of the LGBTQ Community in Higher Educational Institutions in America
{"title":"Unsettling Trends in Academia: A Review of the Predicament of Minorities and Members of the LGBTQ Community in Higher Educational Institutions in America","authors":"P. Cascio","doi":"10.4018/IJKSR.2017040103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Thecurrentsociopoliticalclimateofthecountry(USA)istumultuousandvolatile.Itisanerathat recognizesandstrivesforchangeandopendialogueontopics thathaveotherwisebeenbrushed undertherug.Suchtimescallforopendiscussionsontopicsthatmayalsobetabooedandbeara senseofuneaseanddiscomfort.Underthisumbrellaofracyandriskytimesemergedthisstudyon thelivedexperiencesandoccurrencesthathavenegativelyimpactedmembersofethnicminorities andLGBTQcommunitieswithinacademia.Asanintellectualfieldthatpridesitselfonitsintensive researchrigorandvitality,academiacannolongeroverlookthissubjectofworkplacebullyingin academiaamongfaculty,staff,andstudentswhosebulliedexperiencesneedtobeaddressedand sharedbythemainstreampopulationsowecanallmoveforwardtogetherandseektofindaresolve totheexistingatrocitiesthatthemembersfromtheseminoritygroupscurrentlyface. KEywoRdS Aggressive Workplace, Bullying, Homophobia, Intersectionalities, LGBTQ, Women in Higher Education","PeriodicalId":296518,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Knowl. Soc. Res.","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. Knowl. Soc. Res.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2017040103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}