“…That said, integration is worthy of study because students experience tension, dissonance, and crisis throughout their life journeys. Whether the crisis is induced by intellectual meaning making or by interacting with oppressive systems and processes, the importance of helping students navigate these tensions remains evident (Goodrich & Kathryn Brammer, 2019; Staples et al, 2022; Tillapaugh & Catalano, 2019). Navigating external dissonance through identity integration remains relevant and is, perhaps, one aspect of foundational psychosocial development theories worth maintaining as an analytical tool.…”