Elan C. Hope, Chauncey D. Smith, Charity Brown Griffin, Alexis S. Briggs, Nicholas Antonicci, Louis Killion, R. Bradley
Decades of theory, research, and practice have singled out sense of belonging (in its many derivative forms) as a pivotal component of healthy development: psychologically, socially, culturally, academically. The human need for belonging, and therefore its essential nature, have been well established across multiple arenas. Despite growth in this field, answers to the barriers to belonging among marginalized groups and contexts remain especially elusive. For decades, this work was anchored primarily in dominant, whitestream lenses and contexts. Therefore, the authors attempt here to highlight...
Decades of theory, research, and practice have singled out sense of belonging (in its many derivative forms) as a pivotal component of healthy develop...
