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How First-Generation Students Navigate Higher Education through an Embrace of Their Multiple Identities. Rethinking Higher Education through the Strengths and Insights of First-Generation College Students
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SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai, Editor; Matt Daily, Editor; Layla Garrigues, Editor – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025
This book explores how first-generation college students negotiate the culture of higher education through an embrace of their multiple identities. Featuring contributors with multiple experiences and identities, this volume attempts to shed light on the creative approaches first-generation students use to succeed in college as well as help…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Navigation, Higher Education, Self Concept
The Crisis of Race in Higher Education: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue. Diversity in Higher Education. Volume 19
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Tate, William F., IV, Ed.; Staudt, Nancy, Ed.; Macrander, Ashley, Ed. – Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
The compendium of writings in this edited volume sheds light on the event "Race & Ethnicity: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue" at Washington University in St. Louis and the work current students, faculty, and staff are doing to improve inclusivity on campus and in St. Louis. The book includes speeches, reflections, art, and…
Descriptors: Race, Higher Education, Multiracial Persons, College Students
Multiculturalism on Campus: Theory, Models, and Practices for Understanding Diversity and Creating Inclusion
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Cuyjet, Michael J., Ed.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Ed.; Cooper, Diane L., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
As the diversity of the students on campus increases, the importance for everyone in authority to understand students' distinct cultures and how they perceive institutions, and equally, to understand their own privilege, and often unconscious cultural assumptions, has never been greater. This book presents a comprehensive set of resources to guide…
Descriptors: Social Justice, College Students, Race, Discussion
As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity.
Penn, William S., Ed. – 1997
The narrative essays in this collection offer a vision of the race and identity of Native Americans, focusing on American Indians that have grown up in cities and towns. It is a unique collection in that it represents the ways that mixed blood people ("mixbloods") envision Indian race and heritage. It is also unique in that it extends the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Blacks, Essays, Ethnicity
New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development: A Theoretical and Practical Anthology.
Wijeyesinghe, Charmaine L., Ed.; Jackson, Bailey W., III, Ed. – 2001
This book presents a collection of essays on racial identity development in a variety of racial populations, focusing on the application of racial identity development theories and their expansion beyond their original borders. The 10 chapters are (1) "Black Identity Development: Further Analysis and Elaboration" (Bailey W. Jackson III);…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Conflict Resolution
Race, Ethnicity, and Self: Identity in Multicultural Perspective.
Salett, Elizabeth Pathy, Ed.; Koslow, Diane R., Ed. – 1994
The impact that race and ethnicity have on an individual's identity development in the United States are explored through the theoretical framework, issues of dominance, identity development, and questions of biraciality. The following chapters address these issues: (1) "Identity, Self, and Individualism in a Multicultural Perspective"…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
Racial and Ethnic Identity. Psychological Development and Creative Expression.
Harris, Herbert W., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Racial and ethnic identity must be understood as an important determinant of the creative process and social dynamics, as well as understood as individual psychology. This collection of papers examines identity issues in the following chapters: (1) "Roots and Routes: Black Identity as an Outernational Project" (Paul Gilroy); (2) "Identity as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Coping, Creative Expression, Ethnic Groups
American Mixed Race. The Culture of Microdiversity.
Zack, Naomi, Ed. – 1995
This book presents a collection of papers on microdiversity that underscore the reality and scholarship of racial difference within single individuals and groups. The book includes 22 papers in 5 parts. Part 1, "Autobiography," includes: (1) "Five Arrows" (Susan Clements); (2) "Color Fades Over Time" (Brunetta R.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Faculty)
Racially Mixed People in America.
Root, Maria P. P., Ed. – 1992
This book offers a comprehensive look at the social and psychological adjustment of multiracial people, models for identity development, contemporary immigration and marriage patterns, and methodological issues involved in conducting research with mixed-race people, all in the context of America's multiracial past and present. The following 26…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks