Black LGBTQ+ Students’ Perceptions of Belonging: Resource Centers, Relationships, and Intersectionality on College Campuses

<p>This dissertation takes a non-traditional approach to qualitative research. Kikimethodology focuses on the lives and perspectives of Black Queer and Transgender college students. This dissertation shows how these collegians navigate identity politics, resource centers, and seek out belonging on their campus. The findings hone in on four broader themes: (a) relationships with peers; (b) relationships with faculty/staff; (c) campus environment; and (d) intersectionality. This dissertation is about Black Queer and Transgender advocacy, knowledge, leadership, life and expression in context with college campuses. The results of this research center on the students’ navigation of campus, agency, family, programming, student leadership, and belonging within 4-year public educational institutions in California. Higher education and student affairs professionals can gain valuable insight from better understanding the lived experiences of students who navigate and persevere through the intersections of race and sexuality.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Education PhD, Joint with San Diego State University

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Educational Studies

Year dc:date.available

2024

Author dc:creator

• Cox, Wesley M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marva Cappello
• Manuel Diaz

• African American
• Black
• College Campuses
• College students
• LGBTQ+
• Sense of Belonging
• African American Studies
• Higher Education
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
• Queer Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/910

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1930