Conference
Exploring Personal Identities in Higher Education
Author
- Fatma Bachelani (Iowa State University)
Abstract
Discussions of inequality are critical to higher education in that all programs, to varying degrees, promote discourse of social inequalities in ability, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation and religion. This aspect of education can be particularly challenging when discussing privilege and oppression as it can feel threatening for all individuals (Boyd, 2008) since we all have parts of our identities that can be affected by both. This program will help you explore your personal identities (both privileged and oppressed) through learning activities and small-group interaction around the topics of self-awareness, implicit bias and the personal identity wheel.