Stories and personal narratives are powerful tools for engaging in self-reflection and application of critical theory in higher educational contexts. This edited text centers "name stories" as a vehicle to promote readers’ understanding of social identity, oppression, and intersectionality in a variety of educational contexts from residence halls and classrooms to faculty development workshops and executive leadership board rooms. The contributors in this volume reveal how names may serve as entry points through which to foster learning and facilitate conversations about identity, power, privilege, and systems of oppression. Through an intersectional perspective, chapter authors reveal interlocking systems of oppression in education while also providing recommendations, lessons learned, reflection questions, and calls to action for those working to transform and advance equity-minded campus climates.
This unique volume is for educators at colleges and universities doing equity work, seeking ways to initiate, facilitate, and maintain rich conversations about identity.
Author(s): Robin Phelps-Ward, Wonjae Phillip Kim
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 190
City: New York
Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Centering Stories of Our Names and Systems of Oppression
From Where We Enter
Intersectionality
Book Organization
References
Part I: Explorations of Names in Teaching
Chapter 2: Name Stories as Narrative Strategies for Asian American Advocacy in an AANAPISI Context
AANAPISI Institutional Context
Asian American Studies Program Context
Name Stories in Asian American Studies Pedagogy
Multidimensional Frames of Student Identity
Co-Author Narratives
Name Story 1—Kim Soun Ty (ទីគីមសួន)
Name Story 2—Lâm Sơn Ca
Name Story 3—Peter Nien-chu Kiang (江念祖)
Name Story 4—Shirley Suet-ling Tang (鄧雪齡)
Language as a Specific Dimension of Intersectional Identity and Inequality
Names and Representations of the Asian Enemy
Name Story Marking and Making of History and Geopolitics in the Everyday
Citizenship as Loss and Gain by Heng Bun Chheub
Lessons Learned: Name Story Pedagogical and Curricular Commitments
Program Building and Campus Impact
Beyond the Campus
Memo #2: The Meaning of Names
References
Chapter 3: How Names, Titles, and Pronouns Can Promote Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: The Power of Cabbagestalks, Professor Dragon Flames, and Ze
The Student Perspective
Student Narratives: Names and Identities
Herman
Lala
Riley 8
Naftali
Intersectionality and Names
The Faculty Perspective
Faculty Narratives: Titles and Identities
Intersectionality and Titles
Lessons Learned
Concrete Actions
Action 1: Using Preferred Names and Pronunciations
Action 2: Addressing What Students Call Me
Action 3: Asking for (and Giving) Pronouns
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 4: Reclaiming My Name: Chronicles of a Peruvian Immigrant
My Story
Choosing to Reclaim My Name
My Professional and Academic Journey
Structural Intersectionality Reflected in My Story
Shifts from Undocumented to Documented
The Future and My Responsibilities
References
Chapter 5: From Acts of Erasure to New Beginnings: Name Narratives as a Pedagogical Tool for Praxis
Context: Student Development Theory and Name Narratives
Narratives
Nichole Margarita Garcia, PhD
Timothy Black
Vanessa Danek
Byron Harris
Deja Jordan
Brian Pirapakaran
Maria Angélica Rivero
Student Development, Name Narratives, and Intersectionality
Lessons Learned
References
Part II: Examining Names for Student Affairs Practice
Chapter 6: The Unspoken Truth: Exploring the Racist Narrative that “Black-Sounding” Names Are Ghetto
Narrative 1: The Story of My Name
Narrative 2: Roll Call
Narrative 3: Things I Wish For
Narrative 4: Things I Do Not Want to Hear About My Name
Narrative 5: A Name Poem
Analysis of Narratives
Lessons Learned
Dialogue
Participatory Research
Self-Reflection
Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: A Letter to My Practitioner Colleagues
References
Chapter 7: My Name as a Weapon
Etymology of Bobbi
Theoretical Frameworks
Vignette 1: Black Eyes, Blue Tears 4
Reflection
Analysis
Vignette 2: Would It Help if My Name Was Not Roberta?
Reflection
Analysis
Vignette 3: In Your Eyes
Reflection
Analysis
Conclusion: “We are powerful because we have survived.”—Audre Lorde
Notes
References
Chapter 8: Naming My Body: A Hidden Ism
The Size of Self
The Weight of Women
Embracing Big
Implications for Practice
Reference
Chapter 9: Cultural Hegemony and Its Impact on People of Color in Higher Education in the United States
Oppression in the Classroom
Oppression in the Workplace
Oppressed by Individuals in Positions of Power
Oppressive Systems Perpetuated by Me
Analysis
Lessons Learned
References
Chapter 10: My Name, My Scarlet Letter
My Narrative
Childhood
Growing Up
My College Experience
Choosing My Name
Wearing My Name
On Coming to Terms with My Name
An Analysis
Lessons Learned
Conclusion
References
Part III: Engaging Research to Explore Names
Chapter 11: Voicing Names, Naming Voices: (Re)Clamation by Southeast Asian American Women in Higher Education
Names and Intersectionality
Collaborative Autoethnography and Critical Reflection as Methodology
Say My Name to Honor All That I Have Lost and Seek to Gain: Varaxy Yi
Before Latana, After Jennifer: Latana Jennifer Thaviseth
A Name Gifted, A Name Chosen: Vanessa Sovanika Na
Interwoven Connections
A Collective Reclamation
Lessons Learned and Carried
References
Chapter 12: Gender Non-Conformance and the Experience of Names: “My Name Is Kim”
Introduction
Narrative One: Mistaken Identity
Narrative Two: “Meeting” Expectations
Analysis
Lessons Learned
References
Chapter 13: Engaging Name Stories and the Trauma-Resilience-Critical Consciousness Model within Curriculum
Our Story and Reflections
The Trauma-Resilience-Critical Consciousness Model
Otherness
Resilience
Critical Consciousness
Trauma-Resilience-Critical Consciousness Model Described
Discussion Questions
General Questions
Questions for Researchers
Questions for Practitioners
Furthering Exploration of Names Narratives and Naming Practices
Photo Chart
Roll Call
Self-Reflection Activity
Activity Outline
Concluding Thoughts
References
Index
