Tracing Desires, Finding Utopia: Examining 2SLGBTQIA+ Students’ Queer Worldmaking in Higher Education Through Participatory Art-Based Research

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dc.contributor.advisorSperling, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorPhan, Quan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHeddy, Benjamin
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMinthorn, Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSurratt, David
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNizolazzo, Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-07T14:25:54Z
dc.date.available2024-05-07T14:25:54Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-10
dc.date.manuscript2024-05-03
dc.description.abstractHigher education holds the potential to positively impact 2SLGBTQIA+ students, yet they often face discrimination and violence. Drawing upon Tuck’s (2009) desire-based approach and Muñoz’s (2009) concept of queer utopia, this study focuses on the lived experiences and desires of 2SLGBTQIA+ students. It aims to explore how they navigate, resist, and reimagine higher education through queer and trans ways of knowing. Utilizing queer methodologies, specifically participatory action research and visual methods, the study investigates how queer and trans students envision thriving within institutions. Findings reveal dynamic and subjective experiences of queer thriving, shaped by their desires and challenges. Despite encountering violence, students engage in worldmaking and freedom dreaming for a queer utopia, both individually and collectively. This study illuminates the gap in research on queer thriving and worldmaking in higher education, calling for further examination of these dynamic processes and the nuanced experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ students. It underscores the need for ethical leadership and a shift towards a thriving-centered approach in higher education, supporting and challenging queer and trans students in their identity and personal development.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/340308
dc.languageenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subject2SLGBTQIA+ studentsen_US
dc.subjectqueer worldmakingen_US
dc.subjectparticipatory action researchen_US
dc.subjectart-based researchen_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.titleTracing Desires, Finding Utopia: Examining 2SLGBTQIA+ Students’ Queer Worldmaking in Higher Education Through Participatory Art-Based Researchen_US
ou.groupJeannine Rainbolt College of Education::Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studiesen_US
shareok.nativefileaccessrestricteden_US
shareok.orcid0000-0001-6948-1621en_US

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