Queerness as being in higher education : narrating the insider/outsider paradox as LGBTQ+ scholars and practitioners / edited by Antonio Duran, Ryan A. Miller, T.J. Jourian and Jesus Cisneros.
Introduction : unpacking the insider/outsider paradox and the concept of queerness as being / Antonio Duran and Ryan A. Miller -- It has occasional costs to your soul : ministering to LGBTQIA+ communities in higher education / Shaun Travers -- Persistence : finding support for LGBTQIA+ identities in the field / Donn Matthew Garby -- Doubling-down : emotional double-burdens in LGBTQ+ Professionals' practice / Gabriel C. Javier -- Promises of diversity, inclusion, and equity : a conversation of cruel optimism between two feminist queer Latinas / Rebecca Avalos and Monica A. Santander -- We got work to do : testimonios of queer Black and Latinx practitioner-scholar-advocates navigating the insider/outsider paradox within the ivory tower / Stephen Santa-Ramirez and Jason K. Wallace -- So, how exactly do I "bring my full self" to the profession? Queer, Latino, and undocumented in student affairs / Alonso R. Reyna Rivarola -- Unapologetically trans, apologetically masculine : a paradox of uncertainty / D. Chase J. Catalano -- An outsider within : navigating the internal insider/outsider paradox / Candace Lamb -- Caricature of the queer hegemony : reflections on institutional prestige, career advancement, and community / Marc A. Lo -- Cripping the insider/outsider paradox : the experiences of a disabled QT educator / Samuel Z. Shelton -- Impressions of the (gay and autistic) scholar in the glass : an emerging academic's journey / Brett Ranon Nachman -- Too queer for the country, too country for college : it's hard to find home as a queer, rural kid / Ty C. McNamee and Brody C. Tate -- Finding our place... again : an autoethnography of sexually minoritized mid-level practitioners beginning doctoral studies / Larry M. Locke and Colleen E. Lofton -- The inbetweeners : queer and allied insider/outsider experiences and perspectives from higher education in an evolving Ireland / Colleen Doyle, Sam Blanckensee, Niamh Nestor, and Conor Buggy -- Conclusion : insights on the insider/outsider paradox as LGBTQ+ scholars and practitioners / Ryan A. Miller and Antonio Duran.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.