Case Studies: Overview

In an effort to make this issue easier to navigate, the cases are divided into categories. This is meant to provide some guidance as you explore the variety of topics and concerns the cases raise. However, at the core of each of these cases are the identities of the people involved. We must consider who is involved as we navigate other issues in each case. Additionally, all of these cases cut across a variety of areas and multiple issues and concerns so reading each case will help you identify the best resources for your work and learning.

Academics

  1. I Just Want To Be A Nurse by Mimi Benjamin
  2. (Improper?) Sharing of Syllabi by Matthew R. Shupp
  3. Semi-Stellar Student by Lisa M. Rubin
  4. Successful Student Success Center Advising by Barb Haines
  5. To Be (Online) or Not to Be (Online)? That is the Question by Carla Adams

Activism

  1. The Advocate’s Quagmire: Serving Students with (Dis)abilities in Postsecondary Education by Amy E. French & Dena R. Kniess
  2. Balancing Positionality and Belonging: Advocating for Students with Marginalized Identities by Jesse R. Ford
  3. When Will Enough Be Enough? by Indyha Fielder

 Activities, Organizations, and Programs

  1. Autism and Socioeconomic Status: The Case of Tyler by Adam Lalor, Marie Lalor, and Allison Lombardi
  2. First in Family by Wen Xi, Christian Barrientos, and Tony Cawthon
  3. Tension on the Team by Diamond Brown & Sherece Smith

 Campus Culture and Inclusion

  1. At the Intersection of Accessibility, Race, and Gender by Cara Leath and Adric Hardy
  2. Becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution: A Case Study by Sophie Gorshenin, Amanda Torres, & Sang Jin Lee
  3. Black Man Living on Campus: Multiple Identities and Complex Individuality by Brian L. McGowan, Coretta R. Walker, and Erica E. Estep
  4. Inclusivity Wish List: Barriers to Updating Student Informational Systems in Higher Education by Carla Silva-Muhammad

Conflict with Colleagues

  1. Digital Racism Among Queer Student Staff: Crisis at the RA Meeting by Nicholas R. Stroup and Jason Walls
  2. Examining Within-Group Identities and Professionalism with Student Affairs Staff by Ricardo Montelongo and Angelica C. Montelongo
  3. “Why do some think my people don’t belong?”: Being Black and Undocumented in College by Tiffany Bromfield and Stephan Santa-Ramirez

Graduate Student Experiences

  1. “Can’t You Just Do It All?” Shifting Demographics and Expectations in Student Affairs by Brittany M. Williams, Gabi Cuna, and Lexi Kane
  2. Do I Belong Here? by Travis C. Smith and Deja Trammell
  3. Keeping up Appearances: The Role of the Graduate Assistant by Sydney C. Kern
  4. Graduate Student Staff as Campus Activists by Dena Kniess, Tony Cawthon, & Phyllis McCluskey-Titus
  5. The Intersections of Identity and Sense of Belonging: First-Generation Graduate Student Belonging During a Pandemic by Avery B. Olson and Lindsay Sterk
  6. The Needed “New Normal”: Understanding the Experiences Of Graduate Students Needs During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Nancy Camarillo, Di-Tu Disassa, Marinel Martinez-Benyarko, and Ashley Hixson
  7. You Don’t Know Me by Michelle Boettcher and Stacy Dillard

Politics

  1. “It’ll be like Biden and Harris”: A Black Woman’s Conundrum in Collegiate Student Government by Shawntal Z. Brown & Michael A. Goodman
  2. “My Body, My Choice”: The Campus Abortion Debate in Post-Roe America by Brittany M. Williams, Vanessa Kay Herrera, and Wachen Bedell Anderson
  3. One of These is Not Always Like the Other: Social Class and First-Generation College Student Status by Sonja Ardoin and Dave Nguyen
  4. Racial and Political Tensions at an Open Enrollment Institution by Andrew Sokolich

Stress, Pressure, and Well-Being

  1. A Heavy Lift: The Impact of the Resident Assistant Position by Hermen Díaz III, Shelbymarie Amos, Jasmine Samano, Carly Livingston, & Andres Vasquez
  2. Identifying and Addressing Secondary Trauma in New Professionals in Student Affairs by Jason Lynch