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WHITENESS:
A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS ON STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS, RACE,
IDENTITY, AND MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY
by
Susan Elizabeth Ashe
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Susan Elizabeth Ashe
Object Description
| Title | Whiteness: a narrative analysis on student affairs professionals, race, identity, and multicultural competency |
| Author | Ashe, Susan Elizabeth |
| Author email | sashe@usc.edu;seashe@sbcglobal.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-10-02 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-19 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-19 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-19 |
| Date published | 2012-11-19 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Kezar, Adrianna |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cole, Darnell Howard-Hamilton, Mary |
| Abstract | This study explored the effect race has on the daily work of white student affairs professionals, how invested participants feel in being multiculturally competent, and their awareness of racial identity, racial attitudes, and racial privilege. Semi-structured interviews were used to gather responses from 12 white, student affairs, mid-level managers who work at predominantly white institutions of higher education. Literature in the areas of whiteness, white privilege, color-blind racial attitudes, white racial identity development, and multicultural competencies provided context and a framework for the findings wrought through narrative analysis of the interviews. ❧ Professional associations have set the expectation that those in the field of student affairs must value diversity and be multiculturally competent. This study reveals levels of awareness and preparedness some student affairs educators possess to implement this value of supporting diversity in higher education. Findings suggest white student affairs professionals are not static individuals, but have varied experiences that affect their daily job, their racial awareness, and their investment in being multiculturally competent. The racial awareness of study participants fell along a spectrum that was primarily influenced by their formal education and personal racial experiences. Additionally, while most participants were invested in being multiculturally competent, many lacked the confidence, skills, or support to act on their interest in improving diversity efforts on their campus. |
| Keyword | whiteness; student affairs; multicultural competency; white privilege; color-blindess; white racial identity development; racial awareness; higher education |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Ashe, Susan Elizabeth |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-AsheSusanE-1309.pdf |
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| Full text | WHITENESS: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS ON STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS, RACE, IDENTITY, AND MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY by Susan Elizabeth Ashe A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2012 Copyright 2012 Susan Elizabeth Ashe |
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