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Bridging a gap between higher education research and women's and gender studies, this volume explores the conceptual underpinnings and methodological implications involved in researching different concepts commonly associated with gender, including queer, trans*, women, men, feminisms, intersectionality, alongside discussions about the term gender itself. Drawing on a range of empirical experiences and methodological frameworks, chapter authors consider the ethical, political, theoretical, and practical questions that arise when conducting gender-related research in college and university contexts. This book is a foundation for understanding the complexities of gender, as well as a site for envisioning new futures for educators and researchers in this emerging global discipline.
List of contents
Introduction: Starting with Concepts: A (Re)Introduction
Z Nicolazzo; Emily F. Henderson
1. Starting with Gender: Definitional Politics in International Higher Education Research
Emily F. Henderson
2. Starting with Feminisms: Asking Feminist Questions, Enacting Feminist Praxis in Higher Education
Susan B. Marine
3. Starting with Women: In the Same Boat? Academic Women and Academic Womanhood in Higher Education Research
Katja Jönsas
4. Starting with Men: Emancipatory Possibilities for Higher Education Praxis
Rachel Wagner; Chase Catalano; Dan Tillapaugh
5. Starting with Sexuality: Conceptualizing (Mis)translations of Sexualities and Genders as Willful Strategies of Organizational Survival at a Mexican University
Andrés Castro Samayoa
6. Starting with LGB(T): Methodological Considerations in Quantitative Gender and Sexual Identity Research in Higher Education
Michael Woodford; Jessica Joslin; Zack Marshall
7. Starting with Queer: An Enigmatic Concept for Higher Education Research and Practice
James Burford; Louisa Allen
8. Starting with Trans*: The Effects of Methodological Violence Through Gender Categorization in Higher Education Research
Z Nicolazzo
9. Starting with Community/ies?: Intentional Beginnings as Sites for Trans*Formative Higher Education Praxis
S. L. Simmons; T.J. Jourian
10. Starting with Sexual Harassment: Gender Politics in the Contemporary Indian University
Madhumeeta Sinha
11. Starting with Mother: Contesting the Gendered Binaries of Care Operating in Higher Education
Genine Hook
12. Starting with Intersectionality: Entanglements of Gender, Race, and Class in Student Experiences of Higher Education
Talita M. L. Calitz
Chapter 13: Continuing with Concepts: Categorical Imaginings and Possibilities for Reinvention
Mary Lou Rasmussen
About the author
Emily F. Henderson is Assistant Professor of International Education and Development at the University of Warwick, UK.
Z Nicolazzo is Assistant Professor of Trans* Studies in Education in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona, USA.
Summary
Drawing on a range of empirical experiences and providing a framework for further exploration, chapter authors consider the ethical, political, and practical questions that arise when conducting gender-related research in college and university contexts.
