Amanda Mollet

University of Kansas | KU · Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

This exploratory qualitative study uses data from 248 asexual college students to explore their perceptions of asexuality as part of the LGBTQ community. The findings identify three themes in students’ reflections: identity terminology, perceptions of community, and navigating complex identities. Across the themes differences emerged among the resp...

In this grounded theory study I examined asexual college students’ identity development within collegiate environments. Asexual students’ experiences provided the emergent pathways for understanding their processes of identifying within the asexual spectrum. The resulting theory was constructed from and rooted in asexual students’ stories and their...

Queer college students experience microaggressions and macro-aggressive behaviors that may diminish positive effects of on-campus housing. This longitudinal, qualitative study examined the narratives of 12 queer college students and their experiences living on campus toward understanding the ways queer college students navigate their required on-ca...

This qualitative study examined the experiences of 14 LGBTQ+ college students in healthy intimate relationships with a focus on the ways that students give and receive affection with their partners. Framed through a consideration of "love languages'' this study challenges and extends what have become socially normative strategies of demonstrating a...

This exploratory qualitative study focused on understanding the work‐life experiences of academic parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic. We provide multiple theoretical and policy implications to engage during and beyond the pandemic while ending with a challenge: how can the lessons learned from the pandemic inform the development of more equitable...

The present study describes the development and validation of an instrument to measure defensive reactions individuals display in difficult dialogues while exploring privileged identities and interacting across difference. The increased focus on difficult dialogues when exploring privileged social identities in educational environments points to a...

Early College High Schools (ECHSs) represent a unique approach for educating minoritized students. As a hybrid, joining a traditional high school with a college or university, the central mission of ECHSs is to provide academic support and resources for students’ high school completion and substantial college credit. The success of the ECHS model a...

This grounded theory study examined asexual college students’ identity development within collegiate environments. Asexual students’ experiences provided the emergent pathways for understanding these students’ processes of identifying within the asexual spectrum. The resulting theory was constructed from and rooted in asexual students’ stories and...

Background While it may appear that university leaders’ public advocacy is somewhat punctuated in today's political environment, campuses have long been symbolic epicenters of civic discourse about contentious social issues in the United States. Scholarly discourse about university leaders’ advocacy has centered on when or how leaders have chosen t...