Student-Affairs Identity Salience

The Role of Social Identity in Practice

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ID21838902
AuthorsAvery Olson (0000-0003-0262-8697, California State University System, corresponding author), Adriana Ruiz Alvarado (0000-0003-3514-1922, University of Redlands)
Year2024
Volume61
Issue3
Pages351-367
Publication date2024-05-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1949-6605 • E-ISSN: 1949-6591
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19496591.2023.2192180
OpenAlexW4377967729
LanguageEN
References cited29

Using qualitative data from 22 early-career–student-affairs professionals, this study examines the relationship between social and professional identity and professional practice. Guided by the R-MMDI and a criticalist perspective (Freire, 1970 Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Continuum. [Google Scholar]), we find that race, gender, age, and first-generation status are the most salient identities in the workplace. These identities are most often reported by participants as a tool used to connect with students and advocate for student needs

Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Salient · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Student affairs · Gender Studies · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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