Belonging in Higher Education

This book illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States, celebrating diverse experiences and offering insights that make this text essential for researchers, students and professionals in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Student Affairs, African American Studies, and Asian American Studies.

Nicholas D. Hartlep holds the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair of Education and chairs the Education Studies Department at Berea College, USA. Terrell L. Strayhorn is Vice Provost of Faculty Development, Professor of Education and Psychology, and Director of the Center for the Study of HBCUs at Virginia Union University, USA. Fred A. Bonner II is the Wilhelmina F. Delco Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Regents Professor, USA.

Part 1: The Belonging Experiences of African Americans in U.S. Higher Education 1. Sense of Belonging and Black Faculty Turnover at Two-Year Community Colleges: A Critical Case Study 2. Black Leaders Matter: Racial Battle Fatigue and Belongingness in the Work of a Black Senior Administrator 3. Queering Teacher Education: A QueerCrit Autoethnography of A Queer Black Teacher Educator 4. Faculty Belonging at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: The Role of Mentoring and Sponsoring Relationships Part 2: The Belonging Experiences of Asian/Americans in U.S. Higher Education 5. You are Young, That's Why We Hired You: How Hiring Managers Can Increase the Sense of Belonging in Young Administrators 6. Seeing Double and/or Willful Ignorance? Counter/Narratives from "Becky R. Nedo" on the Politics of (Not) Belonging in a White-Supremacist School of Education 7. Do You See Us?: Belongingness Experiences of Asian Americans in Senior Leadership Positions in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Part 3: The Belonging Experiences of Latinx Americans in U.S. Higher Education 8. "It's not just about the words on paper:" A Latino's testimonio of his experiences with a wannabe anti-racist institution 9. From "Be a Dear and Take Notes" to "Build the Program Around Her": My Paradoxical Journey of Belonging Amidst My Double Bind Status 10. Academic Familismo as Refusal Part 4: The Belonging Experiences of Indigenous Americans in U.S. Higher Education 11. Be-ing and Longing in the Shadow of Jeffrey Amherst 12. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Belonging in Higher Education: A Collaborative Study of a Liberal Arts University Part 5: The Belonging Experiences of BIPOC People in Diversity-Related Positions (non-tenure-track) in U.S. Higher Education 13. Navigating Higher Ed for a Sense of Belonging 14. Is There Room for Me at the Table? Seeking a Sense of Belonging in the Academy