Intersectionality and the Emerging Majority Student: Negotiating Identity in the Liminalities of the University Environment

Intersectionality and the Emerging Majority Student: Negotiating Identity in the Liminalities of the University Environment

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Academic Unit

College of Arts and Sciences

Publication Date

11-2021

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Students at the intersection of social, political, and economic struggles must often forge new paths to make college entrance possible, even as dominant social narratives predict their failure. Faculty and administration endeavor to engage this emerging majority population and devote valuable time and resources to support structures meant to foster belonging and a sense of community. This article provides insight into the liminality of the university environment for this population and the communicative processes of college student identity development. Analysis reveals identity construction processes through the liminal practices of experimentation, reflection, and recognition are successful and complex, as students discursively position themselves as college students. Implications for intersectional research and liminality as space for possibility are discussed.

Journal Title

Communication Education

Volume

71

Issue

1

Beginning Page Number

21

Last Page Number

39

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.2003413

Intersectionality and the Emerging Majority Student: Negotiating Identity in the Liminalities of the University Environment

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