Intersectionality in Educational Research

The purpose of this work is to advance understanding of intersectional theory and its application to research in education. The scholars whose work appear in this volume utilize intersectional theory and research methods to work in fields and disciplines such as Education, Sociology, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies, Human Development, Higher Education Administration, Leadership Studies, and Justice Studies. The book illustrates how intersectional theory can be used in both quantitative and qualitative education research on college student access and success, faculty satisfaction and professional development, and K-12 educational issues such as high school dropouts and bullying. This book is unique, as no other book ties intersectionality to the research process.Key Features:* Readers will learn the basic tenets of intersectionality and how it can be useful in education research.* Readers will learn how intersectionality can be used to analyze both quantitative (large scale survey) and qualitative (interview, participant observation, and ethnographic) data.* Lastly, readers will learn how intersectionality can be particularly useful in examining the experiences of diverse groups of students attending elementary schools, high schools, colleges and universities, and faculty working at post-secondary institutions.Intersectionality is increasingly being used in research and education. This theory holds great promise in exploring students’ experiences in terms of access, success, and outcomes for marginalized groups. In essence, application of the theory promotes critical complex thinking regarding the intersectionality of race, class, and gender and their outcomes.

Foreword—Susan R. Jones Series Foreword—Penny A. Pasque Introduction—Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel, Danielle Joy Davis, and James L. Olive Part One. Intersectionality and Methodologies 1. Queering the Intersectional Lens. A Conceptual Model for the Use of Queer Theory in Intersectional Research—James L. Olive 2. A Case for Using Qualitiative Inquiry to Study Intersectionality in College Students—Annemarie Vaccaro 3. Salience at the Intersection. Latina/o Identities Across Different Campus Contexts—Adriana Ruiz Alvarado and Sylvia Hurtado Part Two. Intersectionality and K–12 Education 4. Teacher's Perspectives on Race and Racial Inequality. Strategic Intersectionality and the Countervailing Effects of Privilege—Laurie Cooper Stoll 5. Gender in Schools. Constructing Identity in High School—Sarah Prior Part Three. Intersectionality and Postsecondary Education 6. Understanding the Academic Achievement of Latina College Graduates. A Call for Intersectionality as a Methodological Framework—María Oropeza Fujimoto 7. Intersectionality of Multiple Racisms. A Case Study of Campus Climate for Three Mixed Race Undergraduate Women—Chelsea Guillermo-Wann 8. Intersectionality in and of Race. Identity Construction Re/Considered—Alina S. Wong 9. "Writing Our Own Rule Book". Exploring the Intersectionality of Gay College Men—Daniel Tillapaugh 10. Subaltern Supermen. Intersecting Masculinities and Disabilities in Popular Culture—Karen A. Myers, Jason A. Laker, and Claire Lerchen Minneman Part Four. Intersectionality and Academe 11. Interlocking Oppressions. An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity in Diversity Action Plans at U.S. Land-Grant Universities—Susan V. Iverson 12. In the "Web" of the Twenty-First Century American Academy. Reflections of a Black and an Indian Female Faculty—Namita N. Manohar and Pauline E. Bullen 13. Me-Search IS Research. My Socialization as an Academic—Tamara Bertrand Jones 14. The Experiences of Marginalized Academics and Understanding the Majority. Implications for Institutional Policy and Practice—Dannielle Joy Davis Conclusion—James L. Olive Reflective Questions Editors and Contributors Index

Dannielle Joy Davis James L. Olive Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel Susan R. Jones is professor in the higher education and student affairs program in the Department of Educational Studies at The Ohio State University.