ERIC Number: EJ1476945
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
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"I Feel Like I Belong, and I Know Why I Belong": An Intersectional Identity-Affirming Counterspace
Alexandra Allweiss1; Diamond Howell-Shields2; Carl A. Grant3
Urban Education, v60 n9 p2552-2584 2025
This paper draws on qualitative interview data with student-residents and alumni of an undergraduate residential learning community at a large U.S. university. The authors bring together the frameworks of intersectionality and counterspace to explore how student-residents experienced the intersectional framework of the residential learning community. This paper outlines how the community served as an "intersectional identity-affirming counterspace" and considers the limitations and challenges of the space within the larger social and institutional context. It concludes with a consideration of the implications for efforts toward educational justice and equity.
Descriptors: Sense of Belonging, Intersectionality, Self Concept, Alumni, Undergraduate Students, Residential Programs, Communities of Practice, On Campus Students, African American Students, Multicultural Education, Social Justice, Equal Education, Student Attitudes, Student Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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Author Affiliations: 1Teacher Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; 2Race and Ethnicity Education Office, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA; 3Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

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