Abstract
Residence life and housing professionals are uniquely positioned to engage with students in deep and meaningful ways. In residence hall communities, students participate in a variety of conversations related to identity, society, belief systems, higher education, and other cultural institutions. As a result, there are numerous strategies that residence life and housing professionals can use to engage students in out-of-class learning related to their identities and experiences of social justice, equity, and inclusion. This chapter highlights various interventions these professionals can use that address four key areas: (1) formal programming, (2) conduct and administrative communication, (3) informal conversation and dialogue, and (4) connections to current events on campus and societal activism. The organizational structure of this work is as follows: introduction, background on residence life and housing, strategies for the residence life context, reflection prompts, five cases, and conclusion.
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Boettcher, M.L., Holmes, A.C. (2021). Social Justice Interventions in College and University Residence Halls. In: Mullen, C.A. (eds) Handbook of Social Justice Interventions in Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35858-7_121
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