About the Book
The research in A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE is premised on the notion that, because we cannot choose our sexual, racial, ethnic, cultural, political, geographic, economic, and chronological origins, with greater advantage comes greater responsibility to redistribute life’s resources in favor of those whose human rights are compromised and who lack the fundamental necessities of life. Among these basic rights are access to higher education and to positive campus experiences. Queer folk and LGBTQ+ allies have collaborated on this new text in response to the June 16, 2016 targeted murder of 49 innocent victims at the PULSE nightclub, Orlando, Florida. Seasoned and novice members of the academy will find professional empowerment from these authors as they explicitly discuss multiple level theory, policy, and strategies to support LGBTQ+ campus inclusion. Their work illuminates how good, bad, and indeterminate public legislation impacts LGBTQ+ communities everywhere, and it animates multiple layers of campus life, ranging from lessons within a three-year-old day care center to policy-making among senior administration. May the power of well-chosen words continue to deepen our understanding, clarify our communication, and empower us all as pro-LGBTQ+ campus activists.
Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures – Warren J. Blumenfeld: Foreword: Reflections on a History of Queer Life in Higher Education – Acknowledgments – Virginia Stead: Introduction: Powerful Lessons for Making All Campuses LGBTQ+ Inclusive – Barbara Qualls: If Gender Isn’t Binary: A Legal Review of Titles VII and IX – Robin K. Fox/Erica Schepp: Just another Gay Day in the Campus Three Year Old Room – Dominic Grasso/Traci P. Baxley: Checking the Pulse Early: LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum in Elementary Schools – Shiv R. Desai: When Secondary Schools Fail: LGBT Issues in the Juvenile Justice System – valerie a. guerrero/Kari J. Dockendorff: LGBTQ Marginalization or Inclusion? Troubling Institutional Assertions of Commitment to Social Justice – S. Gavin Weiser/Travis L. Wagner: Big U Knows Best: Patronizing Queer Campus Culture – Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) aka Don Trent Jacobs: "It’s Not Natural!" – Christopher A. Cumby: Writing from Queer Silos: Implications of Tokenizing Queer Identities in Counsellor Education – Sarah Pickett: Our Morning after PULSE: A Parent/Teacher Educator’s Experience of Protection, Invisibility, and Action – Kerri Mesner: Embodying Queer Pedagogy on Campus: Autoethnographic Explorations after Orlando, FL – Alan Smith: Liminal Living Liberates – Eric J. Weber/Karin Ann Lewis: Fear and the Unknown: Harrowing Experiences of LGBTQ Students in Higher Education – Karen (Karie) K. Huchting/Jill Bickett/Emily S. Fisher: Preparing Social Justice Leaders to Deconstruct Heterosexual Privilege – Angela Clark-Taylor/Kaitlin Legg/Carissa Cardenas/Rachael Rehage: Increasing Gender and Identity Competency among Student Affairs Professionals – Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant: George Washington University: One Campus Takes Comprehensive Action Against Hate Crimes – Pietro A. Sasso/Laurel Puchner: Beyond Safe Zones: Disruptive Strategies Towards LGBTQ Inclusion on Campus – Nicole Bedera/Kristjane Nordmeyer: Supporting Queer Survivors of Sexual Assault on Campus – Rae Watanabe/Tara O’Neill/Camaron Miyamoto: Stories of LGBTQ+ Hate, Fear, Hope, and Love in the University of Hawai’i System: Twenty Years of the Marriage Equality Movement – Clayton R. Alford: Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment for LGBT Students on College Campuses – Brandon L. Beck/Katherine Lewis/Susan M. Croteau: Transgender/Gender Non-Binary Inclusion in Higher Education Courses – Laura D. Gentner/Kristen Altenau Keen: "How Do You Ally?" Redefining the Language We Use in Ally Education – Camaron Miyamoto/Dean Hamer/Joe Wilson/Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu: Utilizing Indigenous Pedagogies to Uproot Racism and LGBTQ+ Intolerance: A Student Affairs Perspective – Paul S. Hengesteg: Dialogues on Diversity: A Curricular Option to Promote LGBTQIA Inclusion on Campus – Pamela Ross McClain: Remember PULSE: LGBT Understanding and Learning Serves Everyone – Virginia Stead: Conclusion … and a Call to Action: LGBTQ+ Inclusion: Getting It Right on Our Own Campuses – Kari J. Dockendorff: Ending the Erasure of Trans* and Non-Binary Students Through Higher Education Policy – About the Contributors.
About the Author :
Virginia Stead, EdD (2012, OISE University of Toronto), launched her series, Equity in Higher Education Theory, Policy, and Praxis (https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/HET) with International Perspectives on Higher Education Admission Policy, Justices’ material in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas (Austin).
Review :
"We cannot change what we cannot name. We cannot disrupt bigotry and bias without deconstructing, rejecting, and then transforming what we have traditionally taught--binary privilege. In Virginia Stead's new collection, "A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE, Brandon L. Beck, Katherine Lewis, and Susan M. Croteau suggest that we can strengthen inclusion on campuses by doing what we do best--teaching courses that reject ratification or endorsement by a binary power structure. We are not obligated to reinforce a gender hierarchy where the binary is the privileged position of the central figures in our texts and syllabi. Kerry James Marshall inspired this transformation in art history curriculum in Britain by making black people the central figures in his work. Now Beck, Lewis, and Croteau call upon all of us to do the same. Bravo! There is no better word for what they have written in our behalf as college student educators."--Cindi Love, Executive Director, American College Personnel Association, College Student Educators International
"A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE is a terrific new addition to the scholarly work on queer life in campus environments. The authors and editor, Virginia Stead, are to be congratulated for pulling together a comprehensive overview of the 'state of the field' text. It is sure to become standard fare for queer studies, women and gender studies, and higher education programs."--Catherine A. Lugg, Professor of Education, Rutgers University
"As a long-term advocate, ally, educator, and consultant on creating welcoming, affirming, and inclusive educational spaces, A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE is both, a much-needed resource, and a breath of fresh air. The information and personal stories contained in this volume offer constructive, positive, and pedagogically sound information to foster LGBTQ+ inclusion in higher education. The particular dedication to the PULSE nightclub victims sends a message of hope to the world, especially at times when it feels as if we are moving backward. In addition, as a Latina, the homage to the PULSE victims--mostly Latinxs--reminds us of the diversity within our community. The multiple and diverse voices, guidance, and insights in this volume offer both theoretical underpinnings and practical guidance to implement immediate and long-term changes to make our campuses more LGBTQ+ inclusive for all. We will embrace each other. No matter our differences, we will support each other. We will not be stopped. We will continue to get stronger, get better, get more united, get more inclusive."--Graciela Slesaransky-Poe, Professor and Founding Dean, School of Education, Arcadia University
"As someone who has been a part of campus life for the last fifty years, both as a student/faculty member and as a member of the LGBTQ academic community, I have witnessed the emergence of our community and the many challenges it has faced. That a book like this can be written is a remarkable testament to the struggles and achievements of our community. We have successfully established ourselves as an active and creative presence in academic life. Equally significant, the authors represented in this collection give us a sense of the many challenges and struggles that still exist, and importantly, they give us ideas that we need to confront and dismantle them. A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE can be read as a roadmap for the future."--Fred Fejes, Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies; Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Fellow of the Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative, Florida Atlantic University
"LGBTQ+ inclusion starts on college campuses. A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE is timely, comprehensive, and action-oriented. I look forward to using it in my principal training courses as well as in my scholarship."--Hilary Lustick, Professor, Educational and Community Leadership, Texas State University
"Relevant and enlightening, A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus Post-PULSE will be a welcome tool for all campuses whose goals are to enhance and elevate the quality of services for LGBTQ students. The book encompasses bold topics not previously presented together in a single volume, and the authors show a leap of courage in their forthright and clear presentations of real and current issues. This guide is a must-read for all faculty, staff, and student affairs educators whose missions include the commitment to the development of the whole student."--Doris Ching, Emeritus Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Hawai'i System, Former Interim Chancellor at University of Hawai'i--West O'ahu
