{"id":4173,"date":"2023-08-21T16:46:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2023-08-24T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:53:12","slug":"intersectionality-and-helping-students-foster-their-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/intersectionality-and-helping-students-foster-their-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"Intersectionality and Helping Students \u201cFoster Their Identities\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"page-banner-article alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container page-banner-article__inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-article__content wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-banner-article__title\">Intersectionality and Helping Students \u201cFoster Their Identities\u201d<\/h1>\t\t\t<p class=\" page-banner-article__meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\tAugust 21, 2023\t\t\t\t \u2014 by Holly Hexter\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Intersectionality-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Intersectionality-Blog.jpg 940w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Intersectionality-Blog-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Intersectionality-Blog-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Intersectionality-Blog-250x210.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Intersectionality examines the interconnected nature of how race, gender, class, and other social categorizations create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. In 2021, Promise Institute Professor Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw discussed her ground-breaking concept of intersectionality with COE conference attendees and inspired the audience of educators to renew its commitment to the advancement of opportunity for the least advantaged students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons coe-block absolute left\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p>This month, COE sits down with two seasoned college access and success professionals, both former COE board chairs, to ask them what intersectionality means to them. Kyle Ethelbah, director of college programs in the Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Kristian Wiles, associate vice president for student success at the University of Washington, illustrate how they incorporate intersectionality into their student services and practices. <em>Their comments were edited for length and clarity.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COE: How do you define intersectionality, and what does it mean to you as an educator?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kyle Ethelbah:<\/strong> The connecting points within different identities we each carry. We are different things at different times. I primarily identify as an American Indian. But I am a gay American Indian male who works in higher education. How we describe our identities reflects the centrality of our various roles in everyday life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We work with college students grappling with their identities and coming into their own because they leave social structures predefined by their family units. It\u2019s essential to ensure the campus allows them to know what they are and what they might become and help them foster their identities. It\u2019s a critical part of their growth and development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kristian Wiles:<\/strong> As we consider intersectional identities for students and for folks who work on our campuses and the communities we serve, it\u2019s about realizing the complexity of who people are as they come to campus, the identities they choose to share, and how they feel comfortable in being their whole selves in spaces we create for them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COE: How have you incorporated intersectionality into your programming and practice?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KW:<\/strong> It\u2019s an ongoing challenge. Resources are often given to do something about identities\u2026 students with experiences, family work experiences, or from a particular community. It can easily mean that your efforts become siloed in ways that don\u2019t include people\u2019s whole selves. Students show up in many spaces and ways, and they\u2019re interested in many different things. We try to recognize where we have the most significant impact and coordinate behind the scenes. We try to complement the support [for students] rather than duplicate them and try to meet the gaps. Sometimes there\u2019s intentional duplication because you want students to feel the same level of support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KE:<\/strong> I was ashamed of some of my identities for a long time. What I want to do now with college students\u2026 is to allow them space and time to know that whatever pieces they bring are essential. It\u2019s their journey that they\u2019re on. There are many things that people may come to the table with that I don\u2019t necessarily agree with\u2026 [but] my role is not to tell them what is right, my role is to help them to move into their journey and make those decisions for themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COE: What is lost when educators fail to consider their students\u2019 multiple identities?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KE:<\/strong> We must know our roles beyond the required services and curricula. What we also give to students is the opportunity for them to understand their learning and their meaning-making of the world.&nbsp; When we don\u2019t acknowledge the intersections of their identities, we\u2019re creating an environment that reinforces structures that tell them they\u2019re not ok.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KW:<\/strong> There\u2019s stereotyping and unintended impact. They [advisers] don\u2019t know precisely when they may have the most significant impact on students. A challenge for us is to think about identities outside the eligibility criteria for TRIO and try our best to be thoughtful about how we approach equity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our community has some work to do regarding sexual identity and gender, and we would be doing our students a disservice if we failed to do so. We should pay attention to what our students tell us [about their identities]. They are navigating a world that is very different from that of five or ten years ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"slider-articles alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__intro container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slider-articles__title\">Latest News &#038; Impact<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-nav__arrows\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow prev\" aria-label=\"Previous article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  d=\"M0.787494 15.2904L15.6648 0.413086L17.7373 2.48555L4.89734 15.3255L17.7369 28.1651L15.6644 30.2375L0.787109 15.3602L0.822196 15.3251L0.787494 15.2904Z\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  fill=\"white\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button 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href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2025-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">press release<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2025-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/27Williams-04-vqgh-articleLarge-500x417.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/pat-williams-a-champion-who-gave-wings-to-trios-defiance\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Pat Williams: A Champion Who Gave Wings to TRIO\u2019s Defiance\u00a0<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/pat-williams-a-champion-who-gave-wings-to-trios-defiance\/\" target=\"_self\">Pat Williams: A Champion Who Gave Wings to TRIO\u2019s Defiance\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Arnold L. Mitchem<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trio_programs_in_the_news_summer_2025_new_hampshirt_hassan_senator-500x456.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/news\/trio-in-the-news-summer-2025\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: TRIO in the News, Summer 2025<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">In the 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class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Why Trump\u2019s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/why-trumps-budget-proposal-betrays-a-generation-of-low-income-college-students\/\" target=\"_self\">Why Trump\u2019s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advocacy_coeps2025_assembly_policy_seminar_capitol_hill3-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/more-than-10000-trio-alumni-urge-congress-to-protect-federal-trio-programs\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">press release<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/more-than-10000-trio-alumni-urge-congress-to-protect-federal-trio-programs\/\" target=\"_self\">More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/advocacy_update_department_education_grant_award_notifications_upward_bound-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/advocacy-update\/federal-cancellations-of-upward-bound-grants-signal-broader-threat-to-college-access-programs\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" 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