{"title":"Gender and Sexuality Center Professionals' Narrative Accounts of Racialized Institutional Resistance to Anti-Racism Work","authors":"Antonio Duran, T.J. Jourian","doi":"10.1353/rhe.0.a914005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using data from a narrative study investigating the experiences of 20 gender and sexuality center (GSC) practitioners, this study examined how professionals described the racialized nature of institutions and its influence on their engagement with anti-racist practices. Findings revealed how participants perceived the foundations of GSC work as grounded in whiteness, how resources upheld whiteness, and the impacts of racialized organizations on professionals across racial identity. We provide implications for research and practice, arguing that a major contribution is to consider how the racialized nature of organizations of higher education is intricately connected to other forms of marginalization (e.g., queer and trans oppression).</p>","PeriodicalId":47732,"journal":{"name":"Review of Higher Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Review of Higher Education","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.0.a914005","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using data from a narrative study investigating the experiences of 20 gender and sexuality center (GSC) practitioners, this study examined how professionals described the racialized nature of institutions and its influence on their engagement with anti-racist practices. Findings revealed how participants perceived the foundations of GSC work as grounded in whiteness, how resources upheld whiteness, and the impacts of racialized organizations on professionals across racial identity. We provide implications for research and practice, arguing that a major contribution is to consider how the racialized nature of organizations of higher education is intricately connected to other forms of marginalization (e.g., queer and trans oppression).
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The official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), The Review of Higher Education provides a forum for discussion of issues affecting higher education. The journal advances the study of college and university issues by publishing peer-reviewed articles, essays, reviews, and research findings. Its broad approach emphasizes systematic inquiry and practical implications. Considered one of the leading research journals in the field, The Review keeps scholars, academic leaders, and public policymakers abreast of critical issues facing higher education today.