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Kaitlyn Coburn; Kris Troy; Carly A. Busch; Naomi Barber-Choi; Kevin M. Bonney; Brock Couch; Marcos E. García-Ojeda; Rachel Hutto; Lauryn Famble; Matt Flagg; Tracy Gladding; Anna Kowalkowski; Carlos Landaverde; Stanley M. Lo; Kimberly MacLeod; Blessed Mbogo; Taya Misheva; Andy Trinh; Rebecca Vides; Erik Wieboldt; Cara Gormally; Jeffrey Maloy – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Trans* and genderqueer student retention and liberation is integral for equity in undergraduate education. While STEM leadership calls for data-supported systemic change, the erasure and othering of trans* and genderqueer identities in STEM research perpetuates cisnormative narratives. We sought to characterize how sex and gender data are…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Transgender People, Disproportionate Representation, Educational Research
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Kristy Keefe; Ashley M. Griffith; Melanie D. Hetzel-Riggin; Cole Jensen – Journal of College Student Mental Health, 2025
Recent focus on the unique mental health needs of transgender and genderqueer (TGQ) individuals has shown an increased risk for mental health disorders, trauma, exposure, and suicide. Initial research highlights that TGQ college students have higher rates of psychological distress, trauma, and suicidal behaviors compared to cisgender peers, though…
Descriptors: College Students, Transgender People, LGBTQ People, Mental Disorders
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Steven Feldman; Olivia M. Copeland; Allison BrckaLorenz – Journal of College Student Development, 2025
Faculty, students, and staff--as well as institutional structures such as record systems--can provide foundational sources of support and recognition for trans students (Linley et al., 2016; Singh et al., 2014). However, limited research has addressed the perceptions of students about both the practice of sharing names/pronouns and the inclusion…
Descriptors: Transgender People, LGBTQ People, Naming, Form Classes (Languages)
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Nadine Suzanne Gibson; Ann Rotchford; Addie Sayers – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
This study explores queer-spectrum and trans-spectrum students' voices on establishing a sense of belonging in the classroom. This study contributes to a growing body of research on the experience of queer-spectrum and trans-spectrum students in higher education institutions. Using long-form interviews with 25 students and alumni of a public…
Descriptors: Transgender People, LGBTQ People, Student Attitudes, Sense of Belonging
Tegra Myanna – ProQuest LLC, 2024
By 2031, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic (STEM) fields are projected to grow by almost 11% (Krutsch & Roderick, 2022). To meet this demand the enrollment and retention in STEM degree programs must be increased, particularly among student populations that are underrepresented in these fields. Despite growing identification with…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Sense of Belonging
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Antonio Duran; Jessica A. Weise – Educational Foundations, 2024
In this article, the authors address the presence of neoliberalism as it relates to queer and trans student success in higher education and student affairs, questioning how neoliberal logics have come to define the rhetoric and practices present on college campuses. In doing so, they follow in the long tradition of scholars who have exposed the…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Transgender People, LGBTQ People, Student Needs
Casey Gogno; Scott Burden; Wyntre Stout – Association for Institutional Research, 2024
Creating a welcoming community is key for an academic environment to thrive. This approach includes accurately representing community members' identities to understand their experiences, and establishing procedures for recording and utilizing individuals' names to support their ability to express their identities freely and without fear of…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Storage, Student Characteristics, Identification
Samantha L. Santiago – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative research was to examine transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming (trans*) students' perceptions of prospective colleges and universities that impacted their choice to attend and their sense of belonging at the institution before attending. The study aimed to make sense of their college transition experience…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Minority Group Students, College Choice, College Students
Michael Grewe – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Dominant systems of White masculinity--or attitudes, behaviors, and ideologies rooted in White masculine dominance alongside homophobia, misogyny, and racism--within higher education impact how students frame and understand their identities and experiences during their undergraduate careers. For sexual-minority men and transmasculine individuals,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Males, LGBTQ People, Gender Identity