THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MILITARY BRATS OF COLOR IN COLLEGE

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dc.contributor.advisorHultgren, Francineen_US
dc.contributor.advisorFries-Britt, Sharonen_US
dc.contributor.authorPeralta, Alicia Marieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEducation Policy, and Leadershipen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T06:30:40Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T06:30:40Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractMilitary children of color live in various cultural contexts, often outside of mainstream U.S. society, leading to questions about their experiences as young people of color in college settings. To this end, this dissertation asks: What is the lived experience of military brats of color in college? This dissertation explores the experiences of seven military children of color in college settings as they navigate leaving their unique military context, encounter identities they did not know they had, and individuate from their families and the military context. The phenomenological questioning of identity coupled with conceptions of home and belonging shine a light on the bittersweet experience of the military brats of color feeling like strangers in their own country. These experiences are uncovered using Gadamerian (1975/2004) horizons and Heidegger’s dasein (1927/2008b) in addition to O’Donohue’s (1997, 1998) philosophical writings on belonging and home. The thematizing process brought forth experiences of attempting to forge an identity in the midst of preconceived ideas about who and what you should be as a person. The process of forging identity includes the transition from the military community to college; a settling into college; and a choosing of identity. Pedagogical insights include a critique of identity and how it is constructed, specifically because military children of color are never of a place, but move with and in spaces. I also consider concepts of home, and how higher education practitioners can work with military students of color while respecting their lived experience.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mumn-3auk
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25492
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHigher educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDepartment of Defense Education Activityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIdentity Developmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMilitary Childrenen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRaceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledStudents of Coloren_US
dc.titleTHERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MILITARY BRATS OF COLOR IN COLLEGEen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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