![]() ![]() However, the experiences of female athletes revolving around food and identity suggest a sense of disempowerment instead. Title: The Empowerment of Female Athletes in Experiences Around FoodĪbstract: Title IX and the social notions around athletics often suggest empowerment around being an athlete, including female athletes. By considering the ways students with dietary restrictions manage the challenge of food, this study explores strategies some students deploy to regain control of their identities by finding food identity solutions independent of the total institution, and how others face barriers to asserting identity in the face of the total institution. The meal plan limits resources available to students, thereby limiting the control they have over their identities. While this can be viewed as freeing students to find themselves, instead it ignores the importance of food to identity. Title: Limited Capacity for Control of Identity in Total InstitutionsĪbstract: Students come to college with a formed identity from prior experiences, but they expect to gain more control over their identities when they arrive at college since it is regarded as a place to “find oneself.” Small residential colleges, however, are total institutions, ostensibly providing everything students need on campus. By flattening the ethnic identities of African students into “Blackness,” US culture encourages them to view themselves more individualistically and less ethnically. Unexpectedly, one of the more individualizing forces for African students is the highly racialized culture of the United States. The most striking observation is the influence of individualistic ideas on the self-presentation of students who grew up in largely collectivist cultures. As African students adapt to the US college environment, their identities change, and concepts and beliefs of the United States are integrated into their lifestyles. Using free lists and interviews, I investigated how students perceive themselves as influencing Lake Forest College culture and as being influenced by their US experience. Title: Individualism Reconsidered: Influence of Race and EthnicityĪbstract: This qualitative research explores how African students at Lake Forest College navigate through the dominant culture of the United States. In particular, more understanding of the undocumented experience could improve our creativity in discovering scholarship and financial aid opportunities, addressing inequities in health care, and approaching the workforce. Understanding the challenges they face can help the College recognize and address student needs more effectively. My project focuses specifically on how undocumented students navigate higher education. Undocumented status is a legally and socially stigmatized identity, affecting every aspect of a person’s life, undermining their abilities to work together and find support from allies in advocacy. The United States legal system affects the life of undocumented families and students beyond the obvious limits on their ability to engage with government institutions. This makes them very useful for examining the unique challenges faced by the undocumented community at Lake Forest College. Title: Undocumented Students’ Unique ChallengesĪbstract: Qualitative studies rely on personal accounts or documents that illustrate in detail how people think or respond within society. ![]() My research demonstrates that peer to peer networks and groups operate not only to build community, but to help students navigate complex bureaucracies more effectively. By examining this community, this project uncovers how students group themselves and how they can construct an effective peer network. This project set out to understand how UWC students on the Lake Forest College campus have utilized their networks both to develop a sense of community and to database institutional knowledge. Title: What Keeps Students Together? Understanding the Importance of Peer Groups on the Lake Forest College CampusĪbstract: United World College (UWC) students number over 100 at Lake Forest College and are connected to one another by their shared UWC experience before arriving on campus. ![]()
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