Centering minority-serving institutions to counter dominant narratives about leadership identity development

Abstract

This article focuses on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs). These institution types are united by their commitments to racially and ethnically minoritized communities, expanding educational access, facilitating culturally affirming education, and developing collective and socially responsible leaders. As a counternarrative, the authors situate leadership identity development (LID) at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) to decenter whiteness in leadership scholarship and enactment and to elevate MSIs and their impact on students' leader and leadership identity development (LID).