**Co-published with
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What are the institutional politics associated with fostering trans*
inclusive policies? When formalizing a policy, what unanticipated
challenges may emerge? How are students, particularly trans* students,
influenced by the implementation of gender-inclusive housing practices
and policies? Also, what are campus administrators and practitioners
learning from their involvement with the development of trans* work on
campus?
Housing and Residence Life (HRL) plays an important role in the safety,
well-being, and sense of belonging for college students, but
gender-inclusive policies and practices in HRL are largely
under-explored in student affairs and higher education publications.
There are five key objectives that guide this book:
- To promote and challenge student affairs and higher education staff
knowledge about trans* students' identities and experiences;
- To support and celebrate the accomplishments of educators and
professionals in their strides to promote trans* inclusive policies and
practices;
- To highlight the unique role that housing and residence life plays in
creating institutional change and serving trans* student populations;
- To demonstrate the value and use of scholarly personal narratives,
particularly for narrating experiences related to implementing trans*
inclusive policies in housing and residence life; and
- To create a strong partnership between scholarship and student
affairs practice by developing an avenue for practitioner-scholars to
publish their experiences related to gender-inclusive policies in
housing and residence life and for others to use these stories to
improve their practice.
Administrators, educators, and student affairs staff will find this book
useful at any stage in the process of creating gender- inclusive housing
policies on their campuses.
