Abstract
This paper explores how student affairs practitioners may engage in critical cultural praxis through participatory action research (PAR). As authors, both researchers and practitioners, we partnered with one another to conduct a needs assessment of Asian American students through PAR methods at a university in the northeast United States. Unfortunately, the PAR project as initially designed did not come to fruition. We used autoethnography to understand the many barriers that prevented the completion of the project, such as lengthy and unclear IRB processes, lack of organizational stability, and limited institutional support. Finally, we offer insight into how scholar-practitioners and institutions can better prepare for and support PAR initiatives as a way to engage in critical cultural praxis on their campuses.
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Recommended Citation
Poon, O., Squire, D. D., Hom, D. C., Gin, K., Segoshi, M. S.and Parayno, A. (2016). Critical cultural student affairs praxis and participatory action research. Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, 3(1), 21-39.
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