Black Students Navigating a Predominantly White Campus: A Critical Spatial Approach

• In Event: Navigating Racialized and Gendered Spaces: Critical Insights on Race and Gender in Higher Education

Abstract

Race and space are intricately tied yet this relationship is under-examined in higher education research. This qualitative study of 29 Black undergraduate students explores how campus spaces are racialized and how such racialized spaces shape Black students’ experiences on a predominantly White campus. Using critical spatial frameworks the authors demonstrate how Black students navigate the university’s built and felt geographies.

Authors

• Antar A. Tichavakunda, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Juana Hollingsworth, Morgan State University

• Tré Watkins, University of San Diego