Institutional Support and Black Women Resident Assistants across Environments

Resident assistants are unique among undergraduate leaders since they straddle the roles of student and university employee simultaneously. Through a phenomenographic approach, this study examines how Black women resident assistants (RAs) describe institutional support at a historically White instit...

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Published inJournal of student affairs research and practice Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 507 - 519
Main Author Roland, Ericka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 20.10.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
African American Students
Barriers
Black college students
Higher education
Institutional Characteristics
Resident Advisers
Role Conflict
Social Support Groups
Student Attitudes
Student Experience
Student Personnel Services
Student Personnel Workers
Undergraduate Students
University students
Whites
Women
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Summary:Resident assistants are unique among undergraduate leaders since they straddle the roles of student and university employee simultaneously. Through a phenomenographic approach, this study examines how Black women resident assistants (RAs) describe institutional support at a historically White institution (HWI). Three findings were identified: academic spaces and relationships were barriers to receiving support; self-selected student services offered both opportunities and barriers to support; and residential professional staff and fellow RAs created spaces for support.
ISSN:1949-6591
1949-6605
DOI:10.1080/19496591.2021.1910043