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E T SU L GBT Climate

Stac e y L . Williams, Ph.D. De par tme nt of Psyc hology E T SU Safe Zone F ac ilitator

CL IMAT E AND BE L ONGING

CL IMAT E AND BE L ONGING

Minor ity Str e ss T he or y

(Me ye r, 2013)

Campus PRIDE Sur ve y

Pe rc e ptio ns Re g a rding Ide ntity a nd Dive rsity in the Enviro nme nt

Campus PRIDE :

All fa c ulty, sta ff, stude nts, a dministra tors

 Climate  Pe rc e ive d c lima te  Be lo ng ing ne ss  Pe rc e ive d sa fe ty  Pe rc e ive d a ffirming  E

xpe rie ntia l c lima te

 T

re a te d diffe re ntly

 Ha ra sse d/ thre a te ne d

 Minor

ity Str e ss a nd He a lth

 Stig ma  Ide ntity c o nc e a lme nt  Psyc ho lo g ic a l distre ss  Me nta l/ physic a l he a lth  E

T SU- Spe c ific Outc ome s

 Inte nt to finish de g re e  Inte nt to sta y in jo b  GPA  E

ng a g e me nt

3 Que stions, 7 F indings

What is c limate fo r

L GBT ? (F

inding s 1 -4)

Do L

GBT

• n c ampus e xpe r

ie nc e mino r ity str e ss and po o r e r he alth? (F

inding s 5 – 6)

Ar

e E T SU o utc o me s r e late d to pe r c e ive d be lo ngingne ss? (F

inding 7)

Ca mpus Clima te

Ho w do yo u fe e l the o ve ra ll a tmo sphe re o r c lima te o f the c a mpus is to wa rd … … .? 0-------------------------------------50--------------------------------------100 Co o l Wa rm (No t Ac c e pting ) Ne utra l (Ve ry Ac c e pting )

F inding 1

 T

• ta l c a mpus c lima te ra ting s va rie d b y spe c ific ide ntity

Gr

• up (N = 677)

De gr e e s

Ga y 60 L e sb ia n 62 Bise xua l wo me n 62 Bise xua l me n 55 T ra nsg e nde r 44

F inding 2

Major ity (He te r

• / Cis)

Ga y 66 L e sb ia n 71 Bise xua l wo me n 73 Bise xua l me n 68 T ra nsg e nde r 59

Se xual/ Ge nde r Minor ity

Ga y 52 L e sb ia n 63 Bise xua l wo me n 47 Bise xua l me n 27 T ra nsg e nde r 38

 Se xua l/ g e nde r mino ritie s fe e l c lima te c hillie r tha n ma jo rity

F inding 3

Se xua l a nd g e nde r minoritie s re porte d

 L

e ss b e lo ng ing ne ss a t E T SU

 F

e e ling le ss sa fe physic a lly a t E T SU

 F

e e ling le ss sa fe to b e o pe n a b o ut ide ntity a t E T SU

 E

T SU le ss a ffirming

F inding 4: Diffe r e nc e s in e xpe r ie ntial c limate due to ide ntity

Ide ntity T r e ate d diffe r e ntly by stude nts T r e ate d diffe r e ntly by fac ulty/ staff Ve r bally har asse d Physic ally thr e ate ne d Physic ally attac ke d He te r

• 6.6%

5.8% 4.7% 3.7% 2.5%

Se xual Minor ity 50.6% 32.1% 33.3% 17.3%

3.8%

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Cis

12.6% 12.4% 8.6% 5.3% 3.3%

Ge nde r Minor ity 57.7% 50% 34.6% 30.8% 11.5%

Bo lde d pe rc e nta g e s we re sig nific a ntly diffe re nt

F inding 5

Se xua l a nd g e nde r minoritie s

e xpe rie nc e d more minority- stre ss

 Unfa ir tre a tme nt (i.e ., pub lic stig ma )  I

nte rna lize d stig ma

 Antic ipa te d stig ma  I

de ntity c o nc e a lme nt

 Psyc ho lo g ic a l distre ss

F inding 6: Minor itie s r e por t wor se me ntal and physic al he alth, but…

*He alth diffe r e nc e s go away o nc e ac c o unt fo r c limate and mino r ity str e ss

F inding 7: Be longing linke d with be tte r E T SU Outc ome s

Re te ntion E ng a g e me nt

Be longing

Summar y

 Clima te “c hilly” fo r se xua l o r g e nde r mino ritie s  Clima te a nd b e lo ng linke d to mino rity stre ss,

he a lth, a nd E T SU o utc o me s

 Diffe re nc e s in he a lth e xpla ine d b y c lima te a nd

mino rity stre ss

 Be lo ng ing ne ss re la te d to b e tte r E

T SU o utc o me s

“What would make the c limate be tte r ” for L GBT ?

Be st Pra c tic e s for Wa rming Clima te

 E

xplic it r e pr e se nta tion in the str a te g ic pla n

 Va lue inc lusive la ng ua g e a nd vo ic e s; the re is mo re to

dive rsity tha n e thnic ity

 Sta nding a dvisor

y c ommitte e to the Pr e side nt c ompr ise d of L GBT fa c ulty, sta ff, a nd stude nts

 Give stro ng , c le a r, pub lic sta te me nts fro m unive rsity

le a de rship

 Institutiona l c ommitme nt to se nsitivity tr

a ining for a ll e mploye e s

2010 Na tio na l Co lle g e Clima te Surve y; Ra nkin (2008); Wa rre n Blume nfe ld (1993 & 2015)

Be st Pra c tic e s for Wa rming Clima te

 I

nte g ra te L GBT issue s a nd c o nc e rns in c urric ula r a nd c o - c urric ula r a c tivitie s

 Suppor

t/ susta in L GBT , g e nde r studie s pr

• g r

a ms with de g r e e -g r a nting c a pa c ity

 Suppo rt/ fund L

GBT fa c ulty a nd sta ff ne two rking g ro ups

 Cr

e a te br a ve spa c e s for inte r g r

• up dia log ue s

 F

ull-time sta ff po sitio n in Multic ultura l Ce nte r fo r L GBT pro g ra mming a nd suppo rt

2010 Na tio na l Co lle g e Clima te Surve y; Ra nkin (2008); Wa rre n Blume nfe ld (1993 & 2015)

E T SU Va lue s

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T hank you for your time

Stac e y Williams williasl@e tsu.e du 423-202- 8206

Ca mpus Clima te Re so urc e s

 L

GBT Arc hite c t

 http:/ / a rc hite c t.lg b tc a mpus.o rg / a b o ut  Ca mpus Pride  https:/ / www.c a mpuspride .o rg /  2010 Sta te o f Hig he r E

duc a tio n fo r L GBT Pe o ple

 2010 Na tio na l Co lle g e Clima te Surve y  Ra nkin & Re a so n (2008) – T

ra nsfo rma tio na l T a pe stry mo de l: A c o mpre he nsive a ppro a c h to tra nsfo rming c a mpus c lima te