Presentation Type
Poster
Subjects
Gender identity -- Social aspects, Sex discrimination in education, Classroom environment, Sexual minority students -- Attitudes, Higher education -- Social aspects -- United States
Advisor
Nicholas Smith
Student Level
Undergraduate
Other
Psychology
Abstract
This proposed study is concerned with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) student’s perceptions of classroom climate, and the potential negative impacts of these perceptions. A poor classroom climate can decrease student participation and contribute to minority stress, which can be a barrier to successful higher education. In this study, we plan to inspect the impact of professors’ heterosexual identities on their scores of Classroom Diversity Climate (CDC). We hope to recruit heterosexual Portland State University professors and their students for our study. After randomly assigning professors to either an intervention on integrative heterosexuality or to a waitlist (control) group, we will measure the professors’ integrative heterosexuality dimension and collect students’ ratings of CDC. We hypothesize that the intervention group will score higher on the measure of integrative heterosexuality than the control group, as well as that professors who receive the intervention will be rated higher on the CDC scale, as mediated by their scores on integrative heterosexual identity. We suspect our findings will have important implications for intergroup communication and for LGB student retention.
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The Impact of Professors’ Heterosexual Identity in Higher Education Classrooms
This proposed study is concerned with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) student’s perceptions of classroom climate, and the potential negative impacts of these perceptions. A poor classroom climate can decrease student participation and contribute to minority stress, which can be a barrier to successful higher education. In this study, we plan to inspect the impact of professors’ heterosexual identities on their scores of Classroom Diversity Climate (CDC). We hope to recruit heterosexual Portland State University professors and their students for our study. After randomly assigning professors to either an intervention on integrative heterosexuality or to a waitlist (control) group, we will measure the professors’ integrative heterosexuality dimension and collect students’ ratings of CDC. We hypothesize that the intervention group will score higher on the measure of integrative heterosexuality than the control group, as well as that professors who receive the intervention will be rated higher on the CDC scale, as mediated by their scores on integrative heterosexual identity. We suspect our findings will have important implications for intergroup communication and for LGB student retention.
Feedback Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMnLIEQUZkPKtRsMGulJsHaohDeeIX5UFexvSRLkjSTRMDuQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Winner of the 2021 Student Research Symposium Poster Competition