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Going To A Psychiatric Hospital Saved My Life And My Student Affairs Career, Jo Wilson
Going To A Psychiatric Hospital Saved My Life And My Student Affairs Career, Jo Wilson
The Vermont Connection
The ongoing mental health crisis for college students has been a notable topic in recent years and while a necessary conversation, this often overlooks an underlying mental health crisis for higher education staff and the connection between both crises. As a former mentally ill graduate student and now (still) mentally ill student affairs practitioner, the connection is clear and a conversation now is critical. Using my personal narrative as a current practitioner, self authorship, and disability theory intersections, I am using this piece as a counternarrative and interruption to traditional student and staff development. Lastly, I seek to encourage a …
They’Re Crying In The All-Gender Bathroom: Navigating Belonging In Higher Education While First Generation And Nonbinary, Jo D. Wilson
They’Re Crying In The All-Gender Bathroom: Navigating Belonging In Higher Education While First Generation And Nonbinary, Jo D. Wilson
The Vermont Connection
Maintaining the sociocultural and interpersonal supports needed
to succeed in higher education as a first-generation student can
be very difficult due to a lack of familiarity with what brings
success. When this identity intersects with a nonbinary gender
identity, it further complicates higher education’s challenges and
may make solutions impossible to come by. My experience sits at
the intersection of these two identities and their gradual collision
and connection with success in higher education. Through this
narrative, I seek to unpack potential difficulties and nuances
for the increasingly diverse body of first generation students and
bring attention to the barriers …
“Raining” In Your Emotions As A Student Affairs Professional, Chantel J. Vereen
“Raining” In Your Emotions As A Student Affairs Professional, Chantel J. Vereen
The Vermont Connection
As younger generations of student affairs professionals become
more involved in the field and aware of their mental health
identity, there appears to be a disconnect between young professionals
and those who are older and keep the state of their mental
health hidden. The author questions whether young professionals’
openness about their mental health identity lines up with the
institutional/general professional expectations for dealing with
emotional trauma in their field. In this narrative, I discuss my
understanding of how student affairs professionals encounter
tragedy while holding their own mental health wellness. I will
further delve into how professionals can feel …
Mic Check? Mic Check! Amplifying Our Voices, Kirsty Nicole Bocado
Mic Check? Mic Check! Amplifying Our Voices, Kirsty Nicole Bocado
The Vermont Connection
Content Warning: discrimination, suicidal ideation, violence
When I write about mental illness, I use the terms: disability, identity, and relationship. However, no word captures what mental illness means to me. Mental illness is somehow both a part of me and a separate, intangible entity. Every day is an exhausting struggle to live with and understand it, and during my first year of graduate school, I experienced covert ableism. This harm caused a long and tedious recovery process on top of ongoing unlearning and healing. Through recovery, I adopted the practice of “embracing the whole” of emotions, feelings, symptoms, and triggers. …