"I've Struggled, I've Battled": Invisibility Microaggressions Experienced by Women of Color at a Predominantly White Institution. Issue 3 (2nd September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mena, Jasmine A.; Vaccaro, Annemarie
• Is Part Of: NASPA journal about women in higher education. Volume 10:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 301
• Page End: 318
• Publication Date: 2017-09-02
• Subjects: Women in higher education -- Periodicals; Women college teachers -- Periodicals; Women college students -- Periodicals; Women college administrators -- Periodicals; 378.0082
• DOI: 10.1080/19407882.2017.1347047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-7882

Abstract

Abstract : This study used critical ethnography to document microaggressions experienced by women Staff and Faculty of Color at a predominantly White institution of higher education. This article focuses on invisibility, a specific type of microaggression, which emerged as a prominent finding. Participant narratives explicated three manifestations of environmental microaggressions (campus, disciplinary/professional, and community invisibility) and two forms of interpersonal microaggressions (professional and leadership invisibility). Recommendations for higher education professionals are provided.