Claiming Space in the Academic Landscape: Negotiating the Geography of Belonging in Undergraduate Research

• In Event: 44.084 - Roundtable Session 18
  In Roundtable Session: 44.084-19 - Understanding Local and Community Partnerships

Abstract

For traditionally underrepresented students, engaging research experiences at primarily white institutions means entering traditionally exclusive places with few role-models that reflect their social-class or ethnicity. Through the lens of critical geography, this research demonstrates how students utilize images in personal and public writing to claim space and demonstrate belonging.

Authors

• Heather Haeger, California State University - Monterey Bay

• Natasha Oehlman, California State University - Monterey Bay

• Karina Ruiz, California State University - Monterey Bay