Positions

Overview

  • Symphony Oxendine, Cherokee/Choctaw, is an Associate Professor of Higher Education, Assistant Department Chair, and Doctoral Coordinator in the Department of Educational Leadership. Symphony worked in Student Affairs for 6 years before pursuing her doctorate. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a concentration in Higher Education and a doctoral minor in Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she also received her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. She received her B.A. from Oklahoma State University in Applied Sociology.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2020-06-01 Factors Related to Native American Students’ Perceptions of Campus Climate.  Journal of College Student Development.  61:267-280. 2020-06-01
    2019-01-01 Leading positive change in higher education through appreciative inquiry: A phenomenological exploration of the strategic planning process.  Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.  41:219-232. 2019-01-01
    2018-07-01 Pathways into the profession: Native Americans in student affairs.  Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.  55:386-398. 2018-07-01
    2017-10-01 A call to action: Disrupting assimilation and colonization in fraternity and sorority life..  Essentials, Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.  1-4. 2017-10-01
    2013-01-01 Suicide prevention for LGBT students -- Preventing College Student Suicide.  New Directions for Student Services.  2013:55-69. 2013-01-01
    2008-01-01 The Native American fraternal values movement: Past, present, & future.  Perspectives, Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.  1. 2008-01-01

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2023-01-01 An overview of relevant theories and models of practice. -- Handbook of Student Affairs Administration.  Jossey-Bass. 2023-01-01
    2013-01-01 The historically Native American fraternity and sorority movement -- Beyond the Asterisk: Understanding Native Students in Higher Education.  Stylus Publishing, LLC. 2013-01-01

    Document

    Year Title Altmetric
    2021-01-01 CAS Standards for Indigenous Student Affairs.  Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). 2021-01-01
    2015-01-01 Examining the impact of institutional integration and cultural integrity on sense of belonging to predict intention to persist for Native American students at non-Native colleges and universities.  . 2015-01-01
    2012-05-01 From the margins with no reservations.  AFA Essentials. 2012-05-01

    Presentations

  • Indigenous and Black Refusal Strategies of Student Development Theory, American Educational Research Association Virtual Annual Meeting 2023-05-01

    • Research Overview

  • Dr. Oxendine's research interests include critical awareness of the social and institutional issues that affect the educational performance and institutional support of American Indians and other underrepresented groups, graduate preparation programs, cultural identity development, Historically Native American Fraternities and Sororities, student involvement and its impact on retention, leadership development, policy, and political processes within post-secondary education institutions. Her concentration on these research areas will help shape the direction and development of higher education professionals by assisting in the understanding of various institutional, psychosocial, and political processes as a means to support development for underrepresented students.

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    Full Name

  • Symphony Dawn Oxendine