Thesis
Cultural and social biases in educational access for LGBTQ public school students
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103509
Abstract
The goal of this study is to consider and evaluate of the educational access of LGBTQ students, and the effects of the majority cultural and social influences upon them in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. It is largely shaped through the theoretical framework of Judith Butler's Performance Identity Theory, with the linguistic aspects expanded through the consideration of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and its theoretical expansion by Leha Boroditsky. This study utilizes a multifaceted approach. The study covers an analysis of the existing literature and public data, ethnographically captured perspectives of current teachers and administrator and recent students, and employs statistical evaluation to holistically assess educational access and evaluate its cultural and social biases within the north Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The statistical evaluation replicates a national study (Fetner and Kush, 2008) on a small scale to test the model's viability and corresponding findings at a micro level, in a southern region. The added consideration for the Ethnic Disparity Rating (EDR) is also included in a new model. The ethnographic sample consists of interviews with educators (teachers and administrators) and former students (18-24 year olds). These informants were pulled from ten districts within the statistical sample (n=55). The study concludes with recommendations for future analyses as well as policy revisions and reforms.
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Details
- Title
- Cultural and social biases in educational access for LGBTQ public school students
- Creators
- Hannah Elizabeth MacIntyre
- Contributors
- Nancy P. McKee (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525008001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis