Using Mixed Methods to Study Intersectionality in Higher Education (Paperback)

Editors' Notes 1
Kimberly A. Griffin, Samuel D. Museus

1. Mapping the Margins in Higher Education: On the Promise of Intersectionality Frameworks in Research and Discourse 5
Samuel D. Museus, Kimberly A. Griffin
This chapter defines intersectionality and asserts the importance of considering individuals' experiences as influenced by their multiple identities in higher education and institutional research.

2. Application of Mixed-Methods Approaches to Higher Education and Intersectional Analyses 15
Kimberly A. Griffin, Samuel D. Museus
Perceived methodological incompatibility, emergence of paradigmatic pragmatism, and basic types of mixed-methods research are presented in this chapter, along with a discussion of its usefulness in conducting intersectional analysis.

3. Intersectionality in Context: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Researching the Faculty Experience 27
Meghan J. Pifer
This chapter discusses how social network analysis and interviews can provide insight into how faculty identify like peers and form relationships with their colleagues.

4. Analyzing Gender Differences in Black Faculty Marginalization Through a Sequential Mixed-Methods Design 45
Kimberly A. Griffin, Jessica C. Bennett, Jessica Harris
Interviews and data from a national survey are used to explore how race and gender intersect and influence faculty experiences with marginalization in this chapter.

5. An Introductory Mixed-Methods Intersectionality Analysis of College Access and Equity: An Examination of First-Generation Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 63
Samuel D. Museus
This chapter challenges the "model minority" myth, illustrating how a sequential analysis of national data and interviews can be used to understand how race, ethnicity, and generational status shape access to higher education.

6. Using a Sequential Exploratory Mixed-Method Design to Examine Racial Hyperprivilege in Higher Education 77
Nolan L. Cabrera
The results of a study of the racial ideologies of white male students are explored in this chapter through a sequential analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, highlighting the connections between privileged identities and the perpetuation of systemic racism.

7. The Utility of Using Mixed-Methods and Intersectionality Approaches in Conducting Research on Filipino American Students' Experiences with the Campus Climate and on Sense of Belonging 93
Dina C. Maramba, Samuel D. Museus
Qualitative and quantitative data are used in this chapter to illustrate how mixed methods promote deeper understanding of gender differences in how male and female Filipino students perceive and experience campus climate.

8. Identity, Intersectionality, and Mixed-Methods Approaches 103
Casandra E. Harper
This chapter addresses the challenges of capturing identity among mixed-race college students and reveals how mixed-methods strategies can illuminate change as well as the meaning associated with those changes.

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