222 - Thematic Session. Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in College

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

College represents a transition to young adulthood with implications for young adult sexualities. Collegiate “erotic marketplaces” may perpetuate race, class, gender, and sexual hierarchies. At the same time, students may challenge these hierarchies as they navigate the sexual and intimate terrain of college. Panelists will explore college students’ interactions and meaning making at the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality to examine these tensions and possibilities as well as their implications for social inequality.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Sinikka Elliott, North Carolina State University

Presider

• Sinikka Elliott, North Carolina State University

Panelists

• Laura Theresa Hamilton, University of California-Merced

• Anthony Christian Ocampo, California State Polytechnic University

• Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland

Discussant

• Amy C. Wilkins, University of Colorado-Boulder