'Does It Identify Me?': The Multiple Identities of College Students from Rural Areas
Saved in:
| Title: | 'Does It Identify Me?': The Multiple Identities of College Students from Rural Areas |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Cain, Elise J., Willis, Jenay F. E. |
| Source: | Rural Educator. Feb 2022 43(1):74-87. |
| Availability: | National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://journals.library.msstate.edu/ruraled |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Identification (Psychology), Rural Schools, Student Characteristics, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Gender Differences, Sexual Orientation, Rural Areas, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Place of Residence, Undergraduate Students, Social Bias, Racial Bias, Gender Bias |
| ISSN: | 0273-446X |
| Abstract: | The understanding of identities is an important component to understanding students and their experiences in educational contexts, especially in postsecondary education. There is limited information about the identities of college students from rural areas because this student population is often neglected as a distinct group in higher education literature. This article details a study utilizing narrative inquiry to explore the identities of three college students who graduated from high schools in rural areas. The findings suggest that these students' races and ethnicities, genders and biological sexes, and sexual orientations were their salient social identities. Rurality was not a prominent identity, but their perceptions and experiences were shaped by their rural backgrounds. Rural students' places of origin and their multiple identities, therefore, should not be ignored within P-20 education. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1337737 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The understanding of identities is an important component to understanding students and their experiences in educational contexts, especially in postsecondary education. There is limited information about the identities of college students from rural areas because this student population is often neglected as a distinct group in higher education literature. This article details a study utilizing narrative inquiry to explore the identities of three college students who graduated from high schools in rural areas. The findings suggest that these students' races and ethnicities, genders and biological sexes, and sexual orientations were their salient social identities. Rurality was not a prominent identity, but their perceptions and experiences were shaped by their rural backgrounds. Rural students' places of origin and their multiple identities, therefore, should not be ignored within P-20 education. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0273-446X |
