LGBT Student Affairs Professionals
True or False: The field of student affairs is often considered welcoming, affirming, and inclusive for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer professionals.
True
These terms describe the ways that people shape others' beliefs about them and are used to describe how people manage some underserved social identities
What is passing and revealing
What theory posits that American society is founded in institutional racism, and therefore racism is present in the everyday experiences of people of Color and encourages the use of counterstorytelling?
Critical Race Theory (CRT)
What are some challenges faced by LGBTQ professionals in Student Affairs?
Access to appropriate health care, safe and affordable housing, connections
True or false: Social class can influence how people engage with others, form connections, and develop collegial relationships?
True
What concept, according to the chapter, refers to the process by which Whiteness is constructed as the standard and preferable way of being?
Hegemonic Whiteness
According to the chapter, what impact can workplace climate have on LGBTQ individuals?
It can affect their individual lives, health, and happiness
Student affairs educators should begin by engaging in self-work around their three forms of class. What are these three forms of class?
1. class of origin
2. current, felt class
3. attributed class
According to the chapter, what are some of the challenges faced by student affairs professionals of Color on university campuses?
They often experience racism, discrimination, isolation, and tokenization
What are some strategies suggested in the document for LGBTQ graduate students to resist ideal worker norms?
Finding community, connecting with mentors, and connections with LGBT+ professionals
This is a suggested strategy for Student Affairs educators to begin shifting practices related to social class and the ideal worker schema
What is engaging in social class identity conversations
How can graduate students and new professionals of Color prepare themselves to challenge ideal worker norms, according to the chapter?
They seek meaningful connections with other professionals of Color, gain awareness of structural racism, built coalitions and collaborations to promote racial justice and social justice