Identity Development of College Students: Advancing Frameworks for Multiple Dimensions of Identity

✍ Scribed by Susan R. Jones, Elisa S. Abes

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass / Wiley
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 352
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Identity Development of College Students

Building off the foundational work of Erik Erikson and Arthur Chickering, Identity Development of College Students adds broad and innovative research to describe contemporary perspectives of identity development at the intersection of context, personal characteristics, and social identities. The authors employ different theoretical perspectives to explore the nature of contexthow it both influences and is influenced by multiple social identities. Each chapter includes discussion and reflection questions and activities for individual or small group work.

Praise for Identity Development of College Students

"Susan R. Jones and Elisa S. Abes have provided us with a comprehensive and beautifully written overview of the evolution of identity development theory. This book reads like a novel while at the same time conveying important ideas, critical analysis, and cutting-edge research that will enhance student affairs practice."
NANCY J. EVANS, professor, Student Affairs Program, School of Education, Iowa State University

"The authors masterfully present a holistic, integrative, and multi-dimensional approach to the identity development of today's college student. This text should be required reading for those engaged in research and practice in the areas of student affairs, counseling, higher education, and cultural studies."
SHARON KIRKLAND-GORDON, director, Counseling Center, University of Maryland, College Park

"Susan R. Jones and Elisa S. Abes's work is ground-breakingcharting new scholarly territory and making one of the most significant contributions to identity literature in many years. Building on contemporary and traditional theoretical foundations, Jones and Abes offer new models of identity development essential for understanding a diversity of college students."
MARYLU K. MCEWEN, associate professor emerita, University of Maryland, College Park

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
The Authors
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
SECTION ONE: Situating Identity
CHAPTER ONE: Situating Ourselves in the Study of Identity
Susan’s Story
Elisa’s Story
Discussion Questions and Activities
CHAPTER TWO: Situating the Study of Identity in the Evolution of Student Development Theories
Overview of Student Development Theory
Influence of Disciplinary Perspectives on Identity
Locating Identity in Psychosocial Development
Erikson and Psychosocial Identity
Chickering and Identity Development
Social Identities
Socially Constructed Identities
Privilege and Oppression
Identity Salience
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
SECTION TWO: Multiple Identities and Models
Interludes
Susan
Elisa
CHAPTER THREE: Multiple Social Identities and Intersecting Identities
Scholarship Leading to the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Foundational Student Development Theories
Scholarship on Underrepresented Groups
Socially Constructed Identities and Intersections
Multidimensional Identity Model
Personal and Social Identities
The Original Study: Voices of Identity and Difference (Jones, 1995)
Sampling Considerations
Participants in the Study
Findings: Contextual Influences on the Construction of Identity
Relative Salience of Identity Dimensions
Multiple Layers of Identity
Braiding of Gender
Contextual Influences on the Construction of Identities
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
CHAPTER FOUR: Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Overview of the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
The Core
Multiple Social Identities
Relationship of Social Identities to the Core and Identity Salience
Contextual Influences
Strengths and Limitations of the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Strengths of the MMDI
Limitations of the MMDI
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
CHAPTER FIVE: Reconceptualized Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Meaning-Making Capacity
Meaning-Making Capacity and Multiple Social Identities
Reconceptualized MMDI: Partnering the MMDI and Meaning Making
KT’s Story: Meaning-Making Capacity and Relationships Among Sexual Orientation, Religion, Social Class, and Gender
Sexual Orientation and Religion
Sexual Orientation and Social Class
Sexual Orientation and Gender
Carmen’s Story: The Reconceptualized Model and Systems of Inequality—Considering a More Flexible Model
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
SECTION THREE: Critical Theoretical Frameworks and Multiple Identities
Interludes
Susan
Elisa
Stephen
David
CHAPTER SIX: Intersectionality
An “Intersectional Approach”
Historical Origins
Intersectionality and Multiple Identities
Theoretical Interventions of Intersectionality
Centering the Experiences of People of Color
Complicating Identity
Unveiling Power in Interconnected Structures of Inequality
Promoting Social Justice and Social Change
Applications of Intersectionality in Higher Education Scholarship
Constructivist and Intersectional Interpretations of a Lesbian College Student’s Multiple Identities (Elisa S. Abes)
Considering Multiple Social Identities Using Autoethnographic and Intersectional Approaches (Susan R. Jones, Yoolee Choe Kim, and Kristan Cilente Skendall)
Intersectional Model of Multiracial Identity (Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe)
Critiques and Challenges of Intersectionality
Applying Intersectionality to the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Context
Identity Salience
Core
Multiple Identities
Filter
Intersectional Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
CHAPTER SEVEN: Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory and Higher Education
Critical Race Theory and Identity
Critical Race Theory: Historical Origins and Core Tenets
Ordinariness of Racism
Interest Convergence
Social Construction and Differential Racialization
Intersectionality and Anti-Essentialism
Counterstorytelling
Using CRT with Student Identity Development
Critical Race Theory and the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Core
Multiple Social Identities
Identity Salience
Contextual Influences and Filtering
Critical Race Theory Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
CHAPTER EIGHT: Queer Theory
Philosophical Roots of Queer Theory
Queer Theory, Higher Education, and Student Identity
Queer Theory and Its Key Tenets
Queer Theory
Heteronormativity
Performativity
Desire
Becoming
Applying Queer Theory Concepts to the MMDI: Queering the Model
Heteronormativity
Desire
Performativity
Becoming
A Queered MMDI
Heteronormativity (Context)
Performatives (Social Identities)
Desire (Filter)
Becoming (Core)
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
SECTION FOUR: Educational Applications and Future Directions
Interludes
Susan
Elisa
CHAPTER NINE: Application of the Models in Educational Contexts
Application of the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
MMDI as a Framework for Scholarly and Empirical Research
Theoretical Contributions of the MMDI
Practical Applications of the MMDI
Considerations for Applying the Intersectional, CRT, and Queered Models
Educating the Educator
Tapping into Students’ Stories Through the Critical Models
Educational Contexts That Foster Students’ Critical Understanding of Identity
Campus Climate and Critical Perspectives: Counterspaces and Supports for Marginalized Students
Diversity-Focused Courses, Intergroup Dialogue, and Critical Perspectives
Service-Learning and Critical Perspectives
Challenges and Opportunities: “A Call to Action”
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
CHAPTER TEN: Future Directions
Exploring Relationships Among Constructivism, Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and Queer Theory
Distinctions Among Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and Queer Theory
Merging Aspects of Queer Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Intersectionality into New Theoretical Perspectives
Extending Theoretical Perspectives Beyond the Identities at Their Forefront
Theoretical Borderlands
Borderland Analysis Examples in the Literature
Borderland Analysis of Intersectionality, Queer Theory, and Critical Race Theory
Borderland Analysis of Constructivism, Intersectionality, Queer Theory, and Critical Race Theory
Applying a Borderland Analysis to the MMDI
Derrick
Ian
Kira
Alex
Mei-Yen
Summary
Discussion Questions and Activities
Final Interludes
References
Name Index
Subject Index