29.090-22 - Learning Environments and LGBTQ Identity and Well-Being Across Levels of Development

• In Event: 29.090 - Roundtable Session 9

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Bringing together four case studies conducted in diverse United States communities, this session highlights research exploring LGBT and queer experiences across different educational levels from the perspectives of educational psychology, teacher preparation and curriculum and instruction, public policy, and educational leadership and administration. This session connects practical field-based research exploring identity development across lifespans but also deliberately places studies that employ different theoretical perspectives in conversation with one another. By comparing and contrasting studies that employ an LGBT studies perspective with those informed by queer theory we seek to challenge oversimplified categorizations of research as field-specific (e.g. solely utilizing psychological or sociocultural developmental points of view) and illuminate meaningful applications for practice.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Queer Studies

Chair

• Steven Thurston Oliver, Salem State University

Papers

• Gay Teacher Identity Development: Negotiating and Enacting Identity to Interrupt Heteronormativity - Zaid M. Haddad, The University of Texas - San Antonio

• Fostering Safe, Supportive Schools for LGBT Students: A Study of a High School Gay–Straight Alliance - Jeffrey M. Poirier, American Institutes for Research

• The Relationship Between Sexual Identity Acceptance and Self-Determination for LGB-Identified University Students in Classroom Settings - Sherry Kollmann, Southern New Hampshire University

• Queering the Ed.D.: Developing Advocacy Leadership for LGBTQ Students and Studies Across a University System - Allison Mattheis, California State University - Los Angeles; Dickson S Perey, Los Angeles Unified School District; Valerie Fae Royaltey-Quandt, San Francisco State University