Thriving on Campus

Despite the unwelcoming climate for 2SLGBTQ+ students at many colleges and in about half of US states, they can flourish, and Thriving on Campus provides valuable insights into how 2SLGBTQ+ students can succeed and how faculty and staff can support their wellbeing and academic achievement. The impressive breadth and depth of this book—with articles focused on areas like racialized queer spaces, campus housing, all-gender restrooms, misgendering and deadnaming, STEM programs, and counseling centers—make it a must-read for people in higher education.

Genny Beemyn, PhD, editor, Trans People in Higher Education, Director, the Stonewall Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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This book offers an important and timely contribution to the literature about 2SLGBTQ+ college students. The chapters center wellness and resilience for 2SLGBTQ+ communities, which is a welcome disruption to the anti-trans and anti-queer narratives saturating political discourse. I was inspired by the breadth of experiences, identities, and perspectives within the book that challenge assumptions about 2SLGBTQ+ students and nuance how we engage in transformative practice. Analyses are informed by critical frameworks and counternarratives that illustrate how institutions frequently harm rather than heal. Higher education administrators, practitioners, mental health providers, and faculty will find insightful guidance for policy and practice from this text.

Melvin A. Whitehead, PhD, Assistant Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs, College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University

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Woodford, Duran, Vo, Johnson, Airton, Coulombe, and the authors have produced an impactful collection that will make meaningful and sustaining waves across colleges and universities for 2SLGBTQ+ students. Rarely does a volume of work speak so strongly across sectors, including policy, advocacy and solidarity, and student success. What I find particularly remarkable is the collective focus on thriving, encouraging me and other readers to center joy, opportunity, and liberation among 2SLGBTQ+ people and communities. I am grateful for both the process and product of their collaboration and will be sure to share widely among stakeholders in higher education with solidarity, appreciation, and love.

Jason C. Garvey, PhD, Executive Director, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Friedman-Hipps Green and Gold Associate Professor of Education, University of Vermont

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Thriving on Campus serves as an essential resource for all who care about improving the conditions of 2SLGBTQ+ student livingness. Taking an expansive perspective as to who 2SLGBTQ+ students are and an affirmative approach to the places, spaces, practices, and resistant modes of collective worldbuilding, this book is a critical text. Kudos must go to the editors and authors who collaborated on this project; may we all be steadfast in enacting the policies and practices that aid in 2SLGBTQ+ students continuing to thrive as a result of their tremendous efforts.

Z Nicolazzo, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Arizona

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As a scholar-practitioner, this is the book I have been waiting for! Thriving on Campus: Promoting the Inclusion, Academic Development, and Wellbeing of Diverse 2SLGBTQ+ University and College Students centers the lives and stories of 2SLGBTQ+ students at the margins of the margins and offers actionable insights for how to serve and support their flourishing. I am excited to use this text in my practice and share it with my team and campus partners as we strive for a more just and equitable campus. With chapters from some of the most brilliant and trusted voices in the field, I believe this book has the potential to significantly shift both research and practice.

Jesse L. Beal, MA, Director, Spectrum Center, University of Michigan, PhD Candidate, Michigan State University