A Phenomenological Look at How Latiné/x Classified Student Services Staff Experience Cultural Taxation in a Predominantly White Work Setting within a Rural Northern California Community College

This hermeneutic phenomenological study examined how Latiné/x classified student services staff experience cultural taxation in a predominantly White work setting within a rural Northern California Community College. There is a lack of research on how Latiné/x classified student services staff experience cultural taxation in a higher education setting. This study used Padilla's (1994) cultural taxation theory as the framework to better understand the Latiné/x classified student services staff experience with cultural taxation; a topic mostly examined from a faculty of color perspective. This study begins to fill the gap in the research and addresses how Latiné/x classified student services staff in higher education, specifically in the realm of student services, experience cultural taxation. This study begins to scratch the surface to unveil how cultural taxation is experienced and how higher education can shift practices to reduce cultural taxation which can promote a less hostile environment that could lead to an increase in Latiné/x classified student services staff representation at California community colleges. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]