Troubling Rigor: Exploring Intersections of Campus Hazing and White Supremacy

• In Event: Violence on Campus and Forces for Change

Abstract

Hazing, a type of abusive behavior that can harm students and undermine university missions, has implications that extend beyond those individuals, groups, and communities directly involved. Our investigation drew on critical whiteness studies (CWS) to explore intersections of hazing and white supremacy. Campus hazing climate interviews (n=345) at 12 institutions in the United States comprised the dataset for qualitative analysis. Rigor and its sub-themes of measurement, competitiveness, proving worthiness, and suffering show how whiteness is reinscribed at the intersection of campus culture and hazing climate.

Authors

• Elizabeth J. Allan, University of Maine
  Non-Presenting Author

• Kathleen E. Gillon, University of Maine
  Non-Presenting Author

• Cameron C. Beatty, Florida State University
  Presenting Author

• Cristobal Salinas Jr, Florida Atlantic University
  Presenting Author

• David Kerschner, StopHazing
  Non-Presenting Author