First-Generation College Student Experiences of Intersecting Marginalities
First-Generation College Student Experiences of Intersecting Marginalities examines the intersecting relationships between a student’s identity as a first-generation college student (FGCS) and other identities such as race, class, LGBTQ+, and spiritual identity. This book breaks new ground by examining highly diverse populations of FGCS, rather than predominantly White undergraduates at four-year public universities. First-Generation College Student Experiences of Intersecting Marginalities explores the intersections of identities that may be marginalized in different ways across a student’s educational journey in research-grounded chapters that discuss real academic experiences of faculty, administrators, graduate students, and undergraduates.
Teresa Heinz Housel is Lecturer at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. She was previously Associate Professor of Communication at Hope College in the United States. Her research focuses on first-generation college students, news media coverage of housing and homelessness, and global media. Among her publications, she has co-edited (with Vickie L. Harvey) several books about first-generation college students, including Faculty and First-Generation College Students: Bridging the Classroom Gap Together (2011) and The Invisibility Factor: Administrators and Faculty Reach Out to First-Generation College Students (2009). For more on Teresa Heinz Housel, visit her website:
teresaheinzhousel.com.