This session brings together authors from a forthcoming book that critically examines whiteness in higher education and student affairs. The session consists of two components. First, attendees will learn about Critical Whiteness Praxis and the theoretical concepts that guide this approach (white normativity, white racial innocence, white racial ignorance). Second, chapter authors will speak about how these concepts manifest in particular campus spaces, including LGBTQ centers, sorority and fraternity life , faculty promotion and tenure, and student leadership organizations.
ACPA/NASPA Professional Competencies
- Social Justice & Inclusion
Presented By:
Zak Foste is an assistant professor of Higher Education Administration in the College of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas. He earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University. His scholarship critically explores race and whiteness in higher education. Zak’s most recent work examines the relationship between race, whiteness, and space in higher education contexts. He is the co-editor of Critical Whiteness Praxis in Higher Education Considerations for the Pursuit of Racial Justice on Campus.
Tenisha L. Tevis is an assistant professor of Adult and Higher Education in the College of Education at Oregon State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Policy Studies with a cognate in Higher Education from The Pennsylvania State University.
She interrogates postsecondary practices in an effort to promote equity and inclusion across the organization. Her research agenda focuses specifically on students’ transition to college, and the confluence of leadership and identity. She is the co-editor of Critical Whiteness Praxis in Higher Education Considerations for the Pursuit of Racial Justice on Campus