Queerness as being in higher education : narrating the insider/outsider paradox as LGBTQ+ scholars and practitioners / edited by Antonio Duran [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duran, Antonio Alberto, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in higher education.

Routledge research in higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities in higher education.

Sexual minority college teachers.

Sexual minority college administrators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2023]

Summary:

"Drawing on autotheoretical methods, this insightful volume explores how LGBTQ+ scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners exist within and negotiate an insider/outsider paradox within higher education, highlighting issues of affect, legibility, and embodiment. Embellished with a plethora of diverse first-hand contributions and innovative scholarship, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of queer and trans studies, student affairs, gender and sexuality studies, and higher education, as well as those seeking to understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ higher education scholars and practitioners as they navigate central tensions in their practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

1 Introduction: Unpacking the Insider/Outsider Paradox and the Concept of Queerness as Being

2 It Has Occasional Costs to Your Soul: Ministering to LGBTQIA+ Communities in Higher Education

3 Persistence: Finding Support for LGBTQIA+ Identities in the Field

4 Doubling-Down: Emotional Double-Burdens in LGBTQ+ Professionals' Practice

5 Promises of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: A Conversation of Cruel Optimism Between Two Feminist Queer Latinas

6 We Got Work to Do: Testimonios of Queer Black and Latinx Practitioner-Scholar-Advocates Navigating the Insider/Outsider Paradox Within the Ivory Tower

7 So, How Exactly do I "Bring my Full Self" to the Profession?: Queer, Latino, and Undocumented in Student Affairs

8 Unapologetically Trans, Apologetically Masculine: A Paradox of Uncertainty

9 An Outsider Within: Navigating the Internal Insider/Outsider Paradox

10 Caricature of the Queer Hegemony: Reflections on Institutional Prestige, Career Advancement, and Community

11 Cripping the Insider/Outsider Paradox: The Experiences of a Disabled, Queer, Non-Binary Educator

12 Impressions of the (Gay and Autistic) Scholar in the Glass: An Emerging Academic's Journey

13 Too Queer for the Country, Too Country for College: It's Hard to Find Home as a Queer, Rural Kid

14 Finding our Place . . . Again: An Autoethnography of Sexually Minoritized Mid-Level Practitioners Beginning Doctoral Studies

15 The InBetweeners: Queer and Allied Insider/Outsider Experiences and Perspectives from Higher Education in an Evolving Ireland

16 Conclusion: Insights on the Insider/Outsider Paradox as LGBTQ+ Scholars and Practitioners

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003255253

1003255256

9781000787030

1000787036

OCLC:

1345581209