Elisa S Abes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3442183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisa S Abes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisa S |
| FAMILY NAME | Abes |
| SIGNATURE | ABES E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Miami University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5849-8890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the identity of Jewish college students in the wake of post–October 7 antisemitism
Prioritizing Crip Futures
The purpose of this paper is to explore how crip theory can be applied in higher education to resist ableism and create accessible academic experiences for disabled college students. Using personal narratives about psychological and learning disabilities as our anchors, we describe how ableism shapes college students' academic experiences, such as the fast pace of academic rigor and faculty perceptions of accommodations providing an unfair advant…
Looking Back, Moving Forward, and Everything in Between
The study of student development has long been considered a cornerstone of the higher education and student affairs (HESA) profession. However, perspectives on what constitutes student development have evolved as scholars continuously embrace more critical frameworks to implicate systems of power and oppression—what scholars have termed the third wave of student development. And yet, questions abound about which concepts are still relevant for co…
A Duoethnographic Exploration of Disability Ally Development
We explore through duoethnography how our relationship and dialogue across identity differences — a non-disabled white, cisgender, Jewish, lesbian professor and a disabled white, cisgender heterosexual student — mediated our development as disability allies. Couched in the relationship we developed through our work together in the academic discipline of disability studies, we explore structural and intersectional allyship, the power of language, …
Constructivist and Intersectional Interpretations of a Lesbian College Student's Multiple Social Identities
Exploring the Relationship between Sexual Orientation and Religious Identities for Jewish Lesbian College Students
This exploratory study examined how two Jewish lesbian college students perceived the relationship between their religious and sexual orientation identities over a five-year time span. Based on data from a constructivist, longitudinal qualitative study, these women's stories reveal possibilities and challenges associated with making sense of these two identities individually and in relationship to each other during a time of rapid identity develo…
Reconceptualizing the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
We reconceptualize Jones and McEwen's (2000) model of multiple dimensions of identity by incorporating meaning making, based on the results of Abes and Jones's (2004) study of lesbian college students. Narratives of three students who utilize different orders of Kegan's (1994) meaning making (formulaic, transitional, and foundational, as described by Baxter Magolda, 2001) illustrate how meaning-making capacity interacts with the influences of con…
Identity Development of Diverse Populations
Meaning-Making Capacity and the Dynamics of Lesbian College Students' Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Narrative inquiry methodology was used to investigate self-perceived identities among 10 lesbian college students. Analysis of data from in-depth, open-ended interviews revealed the role of meaning-making capacity in determining the extent to which contextual influences shaped self-perceptions of sexual orientation identity and its relationship with other identity dimensions. Strategies for increasing meaning-making capacity in the context of sex…
Meaning-Making Capacity and the Dynamics of Lesbian College Students' Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Narrative inquiry methodology was used to investigate self-perceived identities among 10 lesbian college students. Analysis of data from in-depth, open-ended interviews revealed the role of meaning-making capacity in determining the extent to which contextual influences shaped self-perceptions of sexual orientation identity and its relationship with other identity dimensions. Strategies for increasing meaning-making capacity in the context of sex…
Exploring the Relationship between Sexual Orientation and Religious Identities for Jewish Lesbian College Students
This exploratory study examined how two Jewish lesbian college students perceived the relationship between their religious and sexual orientation identities over a five-year time span. Based on data from a constructivist, longitudinal qualitative study, these women's stories reveal possibilities and challenges associated with making sense of these two identities individually and in relationship to each other during a time of rapid identity develo…
Identity Development of Diverse Populations
Constructivist and Intersectional Interpretations of a Lesbian College Student's Multiple Social Identities
Looking Back, Moving Forward, and Everything in Between
The study of student development has long been considered a cornerstone of the higher education and student affairs (HESA) profession. However, perspectives on what constitutes student development have evolved as scholars continuously embrace more critical frameworks to implicate systems of power and oppression—what scholars have termed the third wave of student development. And yet, questions abound about which concepts are still relevant for co…
Meaning-Making Capacity and the Dynamics of Lesbian College Students' Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Narrative inquiry methodology was used to investigate self-perceived identities among 10 lesbian college students. Analysis of data from in-depth, open-ended interviews revealed the role of meaning-making capacity in determining the extent to which contextual influences shaped self-perceptions of sexual orientation identity and its relationship with other identity dimensions. Strategies for increasing meaning-making capacity in the context of sex…
Identity Development of Diverse Populations
Reconceptualizing the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
We reconceptualize Jones and McEwen's (2000) model of multiple dimensions of identity by incorporating meaning making, based on the results of Abes and Jones's (2004) study of lesbian college students. Narratives of three students who utilize different orders of Kegan's (1994) meaning making (formulaic, transitional, and foundational, as described by Baxter Magolda, 2001) illustrate how meaning-making capacity interacts with the influences of con…
Exploring the Relationship between Sexual Orientation and Religious Identities for Jewish Lesbian College Students
This exploratory study examined how two Jewish lesbian college students perceived the relationship between their religious and sexual orientation identities over a five-year time span. Based on data from a constructivist, longitudinal qualitative study, these women's stories reveal possibilities and challenges associated with making sense of these two identities individually and in relationship to each other during a time of rapid identity develo…
Constructivist and Intersectional Interpretations of a Lesbian College Student's Multiple Social Identities
A Duoethnographic Exploration of Disability Ally Development
We explore through duoethnography how our relationship and dialogue across identity differences — a non-disabled white, cisgender, Jewish, lesbian professor and a disabled white, cisgender heterosexual student — mediated our development as disability allies. Couched in the relationship we developed through our work together in the academic discipline of disability studies, we explore structural and intersectional allyship, the power of language, …
Prioritizing Crip Futures
The purpose of this paper is to explore how crip theory can be applied in higher education to resist ableism and create accessible academic experiences for disabled college students. Using personal narratives about psychological and learning disabilities as our anchors, we describe how ableism shapes college students' academic experiences, such as the fast pace of academic rigor and faculty perceptions of accommodations providing an unfair advant…
Looking Back, Moving Forward, and Everything in Between
The study of student development has long been considered a cornerstone of the higher education and student affairs (HESA) profession. However, perspectives on what constitutes student development have evolved as scholars continuously embrace more critical frameworks to implicate systems of power and oppression—what scholars have termed the third wave of student development. And yet, questions abound about which concepts are still relevant for co…
Exploring the identity of Jewish college students in the wake of post–October 7 antisemitism
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (4 works) · Lesbian (4 works) · Sexual identity (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Identity (music (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)