Building a model of navigational strategies for queer undergraduate students in STEM.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is a critical need to foster inclusive educational spaces for Queer identifying students and to resist oppressive structures that seek to marginalize and inflict trauma on students because of their gender or sexual identity.

Methods

Drawing on thematic analysis and Queer theory, we interviewed 11 Queer identifying STEM students to understand the navigational strategies they leveraged within higher education environments related to their Queer identity.

Results

We developed a cyclical model of navigational strategies employed by Queer STEM students that involved evaluating the environments, performing psychological identity calculations, and engaging in behavioral actions. Students evaluated the environment by attending to the diversity of gender rep

SUBMITTER: Voigt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720439 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature