Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Sociology
Reader 1
Lynn Rapaport
Reader 2
Piya Chatterjee
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Abstract
There is a lack of research about the experiences of students of color at predominantly white women’s colleges. Women’s colleges are institutions that have evolved over hundreds of years to support the education of marginalized genders, including transgender women and nonbinary people in recent years. Many women’s colleges have a white majority of students, which can have adverse effects on students of color pursuing their education. Collecting data from Scripps College, a women’s college with 40% students of color, 12 interviews were conducted with students who self-identified as Black or Asian American. Results found that students of color who experience alienation from the institution and their peers form their own community networks to uplift one another.
Recommended Citation
Gitau, Grace Njoki, "STICKING OUT AND FITTING IN: EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AND ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER DESI AMERICAN STUDENTS AT SCRIPPS COLLEGE" (2025). Scripps Senior Theses. 2666.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2666
