Sonja Ardoin

Biographic Data

ID5453314
NAMESonja Ardoin
GIVEN NAMESSonja
FAMILY NAMEArdoin
SIGNATUREARDOIN S
AFFILIATIONSAppalachian State University
ORCID0000-0003-2157-8883
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The Push and Pull Paradox

    Sonja Ardoin, Tynsley Gilchrist et al.ARTICLEJournal of Student Affairs…2026

    This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored rural transfer students’ transitions as becoming and institutions’ role in supporting them. Participants illustrated a push and pull paradox about their desire both to seek new places and experiences through higher education and retain their rural ties. They discussed how commuting range guided their transfer institution choices, how a community feel was essential to their rural identities, their d…

  • Fostering culturally engaging campus environments for rural, poor and working-class students in higher education

    Ty C McNamee, Sonja Ardoin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Diversity in Higher…2025

  • Because I’m from a Rural Background”

    Ty C McNamee, Sonja Ardoin et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Higher Education2025References: 48

  • Race and Rurality

    Tyler Hallmark, Sonja Ardoin et al.BOOKRace and Rurality2023

  • Straddling Class in the Academy

    Jamie Washington, Sonja Ardoin et al.BOOKStraddling Class in the Academy2023

  • Social Justice in Student Affairs Graduate Programs

    Rebecca E Crandall, Sonja Ardoin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Student Affairs…2022

    This study highlights how 19 senior student affairs officers (SSAOs) perceived social justice and inclusion (SJI) content in higher education and student affairs (HESA) graduate programs. While SSAOs across identities and institutional types viewed SJI as a programmatic strength, they named tensions between advocacy and administrative work and noted that SJI critiques are less effective when lacking understanding of how to navigate political envi…

  • Public Narratives and Postsecondary Pursuits

    Tyler Hallmark, Sonja ArdoinARTICLEJournal of Women and Gender in…2021References: 14

    There remains a need in education scholarship to understand how social processes act across levels to influence one another, drive cultural norms, and direct students’ postsecondary pursuits, with careful consideration of students’ held identities and the communities in which they are embedded. Utilizing narrative constitution of identity and the ecological systems model, this study uses qualitative data to illustrate some of the social forces th…

  • Peacemakers and Rabble Rousers

    Sonja Ardoin, Christopher Broadhurst et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women and Gender in…2019Cited by: 2References: 14

    This qualitative study explores how women leaders work as activists for other women through their administrative positions within higher education. Overall, participants shared their complicated relationships with the words feminist and activist and described how they engage in social change for women and other underrepresented populations in individual, group, and community contexts. Suggestions to advance equity for women in higher education in…