Expanding the circle : creating an inclusive environment in higher education for LGBTQ students and studies /

Hawley (English, Santa Clara Univ.) has edited a very important and timely collection of essays by researchers and practitioners who work with LGBTQ students and/or in LGBTQ studies. Each essay delivers an important message to those in academia who are working to create inclusive campus environments for LGBTQ students and scholars. The essays are grouped into four separate sections that provide the reader with an opportunity to reflect on how to include LGBTQ issues as part of the educational experience in colleges and universities. Overall, this volume demonstrates that examining existing institutional structures related to LGBTQ services and studies, learning from successful change efforts, understanding student perceptions of LGBTQ issues, and focusing on intersectionality are paramount to creating discourse about these issues that can result in change on campus. Each chapter is instructive in and of itself. The collection of writings suggests new areas for research and suggestions for creating change on campus that address current issues and concerns for LGBTQ people. These essays will prove beneficial to many, including scholars, practitioners, and student leaders involved with LGBTQ studies and services, and academic leaders who wish to create campus environments that are inclusive and supportive of LGBTQ people. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. --Jacqueline S. Hodes, West Chester University