Queer Race Pedagogy in Adult Higher Education: Dealing with Power Dynamics and Positionality of Gay Students of Color

This paper presents a theoretical concept of the intersection of race and sexual orientation and to describe Queer Race Pedagogy (QRP) in adult higher education. This paper provides an overview of racism and heterosexism in adult higher education and the two theories that are utilized to develop QRP

THE COLOR OF THE RAINBOW PATH: AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTERSECTION OF RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC BULLYING IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION

Recent reports of bullying in postsecondary education show that there have been an increasing number of incidents of bullying. Although previous studies focused on bullying in general, the intersectionality of various types of bullying has not been extensively examined yet in postsecondary education. The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to understand how racist homophobic bullying influenced gay male faculty of color in higher education in the United States. This article focuses on two themes, relational marginalization and positional stigmatization, and concludes with discussions and implications for practicing anti-bullyism to protect sexual minorities of color in higher education.

The Intersection of Racist and Homophobic Bullying in Adult and Higher Education: An Introduction of the Three Types of Bullying

This paper addresses the author’s recent narrative study on adult bullying in higher education in terms of the intersection of racism, sexism, and homophobia. This paper specifically examines and provides several narratives from gay male faculty of color on three types of bullying that impacted their academic life and citizenship

Investigating the Perceptions and Characteristics of the Undergraduate and Graduate Students on Cyber-Mobbullyism in Higher Education

This presentation will focus on the examination of undergraduate and graduate students’ perceptions and characteristics of cyber-mobbullying in higher education. Practical implications for adult educators will also be provided

Social Justice Narrative Inquiry: A Queer Crit Perspective

Social justice narrative inquiry is an important research methodology in social justice research, especially for when examining the intersectionality of race and sexual orientation. This paper intends to: 1) conceptualize how social justice narrative inquiry contributes to knowledge production in the field of adult education in terms of positionality and its influence on the web of power dynamics; 2) theorize social justice narrative inquiries for social justice education and social justice research; and 3) demonstrate how a queer crit perspective (a queer perspective under Critical Race Theory) can be used in social justice narrative inquiry. Keywords: social justice narrative inquiry, queer crit, intersectionality, racism, homophobia

Theorizing Best Practices for Preventing Sexual Assaults in Higher Education: Adult Educators\u27 Perspectives

This paper analyzes the literature regarding universities’ sexual assault prevention programs in an effort to identify best practices for reducing the number of sexual assaults on university campuses