New Directions for Teaching and Learning · 2011 · 36 citations · 5 references
EducationGender StudiesHigher EducationFamily StudiesIdentity DevelopmentLatino StudiesGender Identity DevelopmentLatino EducationLatino Identity FormationLatinx StudiesStudent Identity DevelopmentStudent Identity FormationFamily Identity DevelopmentFirst-generation Student IdentityGender Role ExpectationsGenerational Identity FormationInterpersonal TensionsMultiple Group IdentitiesPrivileges Of Family MembersTraditional Gender Roles
Abstract The author discusses the little‐examined tensions that female and Latina first‐generation college students (FGS) experience while negotiating their ethnic and professional identities. Despite having general parental support for pursuing an education, Latina and female FGS who are graduate students in the author's university department must juggle multiple identities of gender role expectations with being students, family members, and parents.
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