I Casellas Connors
Biographic Data
| ID | 51287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | I Casellas Connors |
| GIVEN NAMES | I Casellas |
| FAMILY NAME | Connors |
| SIGNATURE | CONNORS I C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0084-1531 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Communicating social justice in the public sphere: The case of public higher education
Crafting servingness at three public emerging Hispanic-serving institutions in Texas
Un pirámide: United States Afro-Latin American cities, counties, and institutional discourse in Florida’s public higher education
US Afro-Latin Americans (ALAs), individuals who identify as Hispanic-Black or are descendants of Africans who lived in Latin America or the Caribbean, represent upward of 6 million people, yet researchers and policymakers have struggled to capture the experiences of this community using existing data systems. We explain how Florida’s distinct historical context shapes current higher education enrollment by ALAs in the state. Utilizing the concept…
Navigating the tension: US refugee resettlement agency support of postsecondary access
In recent years, humanitarian crises have displaced millions of people across the globe. This mixed-methods project examines US refugee resettlement agency (RRA) support for displaced individuals seeking to access postsecondary education. Drawing on survey data and complemented with key stakeholder interviews, we characterize how agencies frame their current populations of clients and their interests in postsecondary education, as well as the pro…
Reframing Higher Education for Refugees: Pathways, Policies, and Community Cultural Wealth
Complicating Latiné experiences: Afro-Latiné students’ perceptions of campus climate and sense of belonging
Supporting displaced students in US higher education: Examining institutional policy and practice
Despite welcoming millions of displaced individuals over the past 50 years, there is limited policy consideration of US higher education access for displaced learners. This study threads together Critical Race Theory and racialized organization theory to examine institutional websites and key administrator interviews to consider institutional policies and practices centering on displaced learners – refugees, asylees, and Temporary Protected Statu…
Examining racial discourse in equity reports: Florida’s public Hispanic serving institutions
Public Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) play a prominent role in educating racially minoritized students, thus making them valuable sites for examining higher education increased attention to state and institution-level diversity policy and plans. Institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plans, serve as public statements regarding institutional priorities, illuminate how racial equity is centered or decentered. This research engag…
Performing Anti-racism: Universities Respond to Anti-Black Violence
Higher education institutions (HEI) are communities nestled within and a part of the local, regional, and national contexts. Increasingly, college and university presidents have begun to comment on local and national events, particularly as these events make their way onto campuses. This study examines 99 presidential statements from both public and private institutions, disseminated in the week following the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Using cr…
State-Based Policy Supports for Refugee, Asylee, and TPS-Background Students in US Higher Education
Higher education for displaced students is rarely the focus of academic literature in the context of the United States, despite 79.5 million people displaced worldwide as of December 2019 and 3 million refugees resettled in the United States since the 1970s (UNHCR, 2020). An estimated 95,000 Afghans will be resettled in the US by September 2022, and the executive branch has requested $6.4 billion in funds from Congress to support this resettlemen…
The ‘anti-Instagram’: Using visual methods to study the college experiences of underrepresented students
Seventy-four students from underrepresented groups portrayed their first-semester college experience through privately-shared, captioned Instagram photos elicited by text message prompts. Longitudinal study analysis investigates the feasibility of this innovative visual data collection method, characterises the content of photos, and compares visual evidence to audio-diary data from the same students. The method succeeded in revealing detailed lo…
Supporting displaced students in US higher education: Examining institutional policy and practice
Despite welcoming millions of displaced individuals over the past 50 years, there is limited policy consideration of US higher education access for displaced learners. This study threads together Critical Race Theory and racialized organization theory to examine institutional websites and key administrator interviews to consider institutional policies and practices centering on displaced learners – refugees, asylees, and Temporary Protected Statu…
State-Based Policy Supports for Refugee, Asylee, and TPS-Background Students in US Higher Education
Higher education for displaced students is rarely the focus of academic literature in the context of the United States, despite 79.5 million people displaced worldwide as of December 2019 and 3 million refugees resettled in the United States since the 1970s (UNHCR, 2020). An estimated 95,000 Afghans will be resettled in the US by September 2022, and the executive branch has requested $6.4 billion in funds from Congress to support this resettlemen…
Navigating the tension: US refugee resettlement agency support of postsecondary access
In recent years, humanitarian crises have displaced millions of people across the globe. This mixed-methods project examines US refugee resettlement agency (RRA) support for displaced individuals seeking to access postsecondary education. Drawing on survey data and complemented with key stakeholder interviews, we characterize how agencies frame their current populations of clients and their interests in postsecondary education, as well as the pro…
Reframing Higher Education for Refugees: Pathways, Policies, and Community Cultural Wealth
The ‘anti-Instagram’: Using visual methods to study the college experiences of underrepresented students
Seventy-four students from underrepresented groups portrayed their first-semester college experience through privately-shared, captioned Instagram photos elicited by text message prompts. Longitudinal study analysis investigates the feasibility of this innovative visual data collection method, characterises the content of photos, and compares visual evidence to audio-diary data from the same students. The method succeeded in revealing detailed lo…
Examining racial discourse in equity reports: Florida’s public Hispanic serving institutions
Public Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) play a prominent role in educating racially minoritized students, thus making them valuable sites for examining higher education increased attention to state and institution-level diversity policy and plans. Institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plans, serve as public statements regarding institutional priorities, illuminate how racial equity is centered or decentered. This research engag…
Performing Anti-racism: Universities Respond to Anti-Black Violence
Higher education institutions (HEI) are communities nestled within and a part of the local, regional, and national contexts. Increasingly, college and university presidents have begun to comment on local and national events, particularly as these events make their way onto campuses. This study examines 99 presidential statements from both public and private institutions, disseminated in the week following the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Using cr…
State-Based Policy Supports for Refugee, Asylee, and TPS-Background Students in US Higher Education
Higher education for displaced students is rarely the focus of academic literature in the context of the United States, despite 79.5 million people displaced worldwide as of December 2019 and 3 million refugees resettled in the United States since the 1970s (UNHCR, 2020). An estimated 95,000 Afghans will be resettled in the US by September 2022, and the executive branch has requested $6.4 billion in funds from Congress to support this resettlemen…
Supporting displaced students in US higher education: Examining institutional policy and practice
Despite welcoming millions of displaced individuals over the past 50 years, there is limited policy consideration of US higher education access for displaced learners. This study threads together Critical Race Theory and racialized organization theory to examine institutional websites and key administrator interviews to consider institutional policies and practices centering on displaced learners – refugees, asylees, and Temporary Protected Statu…
Complicating Latiné experiences: Afro-Latiné students’ perceptions of campus climate and sense of belonging
Navigating the tension: US refugee resettlement agency support of postsecondary access
In recent years, humanitarian crises have displaced millions of people across the globe. This mixed-methods project examines US refugee resettlement agency (RRA) support for displaced individuals seeking to access postsecondary education. Drawing on survey data and complemented with key stakeholder interviews, we characterize how agencies frame their current populations of clients and their interests in postsecondary education, as well as the pro…
Reframing Higher Education for Refugees: Pathways, Policies, and Community Cultural Wealth
Communicating social justice in the public sphere: The case of public higher education
Crafting servingness at three public emerging Hispanic-serving institutions in Texas
Un pirámide: United States Afro-Latin American cities, counties, and institutional discourse in Florida’s public higher education
US Afro-Latin Americans (ALAs), individuals who identify as Hispanic-Black or are descendants of Africans who lived in Latin America or the Caribbean, represent upward of 6 million people, yet researchers and policymakers have struggled to capture the experiences of this community using existing data systems. We explain how Florida’s distinct historical context shapes current higher education enrollment by ALAs in the state. Utilizing the concept…
Political science (8 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Economics (3 works)