Too fat to learn: Sizeism as a barrier to college student learning.

Stewart, Terah J.; Scanlon, Daniel J.; Evans, Meg E.; Breeden, Roshaunda L.; Weston, Erin R.; Collier, Joan

doi:10.1037/dhe0000525

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

2023

DOI: 10.1037/dhe0000525

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Too fat to learn: Sizeism as a barrier to college student learning.

Terah J. Stewart,

Daniel J. Scanlon,

Meg E. Evans

et al.

Abstract: Using a power-conscious collaborative photovoice methodology (T. J. Stewart, 2022), we explore the photo narratives of 11 fat college students and their experiences in classroom spaces and how those spaces impact their learning.

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Through this study researchers explore the photos, narratives, and overall experiences of 11 fat college students with physical campus environments. Using a blended approach to combine a fat studies framework, campus ecology, and the concept of body terrorism, we unearth the difficulty students have in these environments. We offer our perspectives and experience of departures in photovoice research through our attempt at a power-conscious collaborative photovoice approach. Findings include significant impacts on physical health, mental health, and safety of fat college students, manifesting as a form of body terrorism.

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This content analysis of wellness-related library programs and programming materials seeks to discover the perception of larger bodies within library health programming. Fatphobia or sizeism is prevalent in the wellness industry and within healthcare. Libraries are trusted resources for health information. Informed by the fields of fat studies, we approached health programming in libraries by asking if larger people would feel welcome and able to attend. We examined twenty libraries’ programs over the past year as well as library conference programs and programming materials from several websites. There was little evidence of explicit sizeism, but some resources reproduced sizeist stereotypes and language. This presentation takes a fat pedagogy approach to focus on methods for ensuring access to all and expanding current definitions of inclusivity so that people with larger bodies recognize that libraries are welcoming spaces.

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Too fat to learn: Sizeism as a barrier to college student learning.

Abstract: Using a power-conscious collaborative photovoice methodology (T. J. Stewart, 2022), we explore the photo narratives of 11 fat college students and their experiences in classroom spaces and how those spaces impact their learning.

Cited by 3 publications

References 52 publications

Universal Design for Whom?

Universal Design for Whom?

A Chair Is Still a Chair

Assessing Fatphobia in Public Library Programming: Is Wellness Size-Inclusive?

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