An exploration of trans* kinship as a strategy for student success

Z. Nicolazzo; Erich N. Pitcher; Kristen A. Renn; Michael Woodford

doi:10.1080/09518398.2016.1254300

An exploration of trans* kinship as a strategy for student success

Z. Nicolazzo, Erich N. Pitcher, Kristen A. Renn, Michael Woodford

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

57 Scopus citations

Abstract

Although the notion of queer kinship has been well discussed within literature on queer individuals, it has not been used as a lens to make sense of how trans* college students successfully navigate rigidly gender dichotomous collegiate environments. Using interview data from the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success, this study explores the narratives of 18 trans* students concerning their experiences of success in college and the role of queer kinship in supporting their success. Analysis documented three domains of kinship (i.e. material, virtual, and affective), which promoted students’ success.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	305-319
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2016.1254300
State	Published - Mar 16 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Transgender
kinship
qualitative research
resilience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education

Access to Document

10.1080/09518398.2016.1254300

Cite this

@article{d48ed6f7188a49518686614eef465388,

title = "An exploration of trans* kinship as a strategy for student success",

abstract = "Although the notion of queer kinship has been well discussed within literature on queer individuals, it has not been used as a lens to make sense of how trans* college students successfully navigate rigidly gender dichotomous collegiate environments. Using interview data from the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success, this study explores the narratives of 18 trans* students concerning their experiences of success in college and the role of queer kinship in supporting their success. Analysis documented three domains of kinship (i.e. material, virtual, and affective), which promoted students{\textquoteright} success.",

keywords = "Transgender, kinship, qualitative research, resilience",

author = "Z. Nicolazzo and Pitcher, {Erich N.} and Renn, {Kristen A.} and Michael Woodford",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",

year = "2017",

month = mar,

day = "16",

doi = "10.1080/09518398.2016.1254300",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "30",

pages = "305--319",

journal = "International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education",

issn = "0951-8398",

publisher = "Routledge",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - An exploration of trans* kinship as a strategy for student success

AU - Nicolazzo, Z.

AU - Pitcher, Erich N.

AU - Renn, Kristen A.

AU - Woodford, Michael

PY - 2017/3/16

Y1 - 2017/3/16

N2 - Although the notion of queer kinship has been well discussed within literature on queer individuals, it has not been used as a lens to make sense of how trans* college students successfully navigate rigidly gender dichotomous collegiate environments. Using interview data from the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success, this study explores the narratives of 18 trans* students concerning their experiences of success in college and the role of queer kinship in supporting their success. Analysis documented three domains of kinship (i.e. material, virtual, and affective), which promoted students’ success.

AB - Although the notion of queer kinship has been well discussed within literature on queer individuals, it has not been used as a lens to make sense of how trans* college students successfully navigate rigidly gender dichotomous collegiate environments. Using interview data from the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success, this study explores the narratives of 18 trans* students concerning their experiences of success in college and the role of queer kinship in supporting their success. Analysis documented three domains of kinship (i.e. material, virtual, and affective), which promoted students’ success.

KW - Transgender

KW - kinship

KW - qualitative research

KW - resilience

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010063071&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85010063071&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/09518398.2016.1254300

DO - 10.1080/09518398.2016.1254300

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85010063071

SN - 0951-8398

VL - 30

SP - 305

EP - 319

JO - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

JF - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

IS - 3

ER -

An exploration of trans* kinship as a strategy for student success

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this