ERIC Number: ED662676
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 391
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ISBN: 979-8-3836-7997-5
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Supervision, Traumatization, and Women of Color Student Affairs Staff: A Participatory Post-Qualitative Inquiry
Chelsea Elizabeth Pratt
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University
Women of Color student affairs staff experience the nexus of gendered and racialized traumatization regularly in their institutional environments; yet, their experiences are underrepresented in both student affairs leadership and in scholarly literature. Furthermore, identity-conscious, trauma-aware supervision is a promising protective strategy for student affairs staff members experiencing traumatization in their institutional environments; however, student affairs supervisors are rarely trained in effective supervisory strategies, and most student affairs supervisory models fail to take identity and/or trauma into account. In this post-qualitative study, I drew from participatory activist research methods and worked alongside 5 Women of Color student affairs staff co-researchers to investigate the following becoming-questions: (1) In what ways do Women of Color student affairs staff experience traumatization? (2) What is the role of supervision in exacerbating and/or mitigating those experiences? and (3) What strategies do Women of Color student affairs staff recommend to white student affairs supervisors for mitigating traumatization through their supervisory practices? Findings indicated that Women of Color student affairs staff experience myriad forms of workplace traumatization, including intergenerational, systemic, and secondary trauma. Furthermore, supervisors played a key role in either exacerbating or mitigating experiences with workplace trauma. An updated model for critical trauma-informed supervisory practice in student affairs is shared, along with recommendations for theory, research, policy, and practice that follow from the study. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Females, Student Personnel Workers, Trauma, Work Environment, Minority Groups, Gender Issues, Racial Factors, Disproportionate Representation, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisory Training, Role, Work Attitudes, Employee Attitudes, Employed Women
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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