Du’aa Moharram
Today's Roadmap
Today's Roadmap
learning objectives
Attendees will...
By the end of the training, attendees will... At the end of the training, attendees will...
analyze their ability to address Muslim students’ needs before the Honeycomb Wellness Wheel is presented to them apply the Honeycomb Wellness Wheel to 3 examples of working with Muslim students create suggestions for the expansion of the Honeycomb Wellness Wheel due to examples of working with Muslim students
theory
Peek’s (2005) religious
identity development model
Intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989)
students of faith
students of faith
& their context in life
Spirituality: greatest predictor to sense of community to students of color (McIntosh, 2015)
Positionality (Zine, 2004)
why the honeycomb wellness wheel?
competency & care
Do you feel competent in caring for the needs of Muslim students?
Why or why not?
the woven fabric
Muslim community in the US is incredibly hetereogenous
Cultural background:
Black or African American (28%)
Asian (23%)
White (19%)
Arab (14%)
Hispanic (8%)
Native American (less than 5%)
context
Islamophobia: unfounded hostility of Islam OR fear of Islam or Muslims, as a social group introduced in the late 80s, coinciding with a wave of immigration from Muslim-majority countries
Goal: to develop a balanced locus of control
Spiritual & religious identity model spirituality: subjective and inward aspects of faith religion: institutional & outward expressions of faith faith: intersection of religion & spirituality
How can we contribute to the psychological wellness of Muslim students?
context
CAIR: more than 8,000 reports of Islamophobia in 2023 56% increase from the previous year (Chavez, 2024)
Islamophobia associated with poor mental health outcomes (Awad, 2023)
depression, anxiety low self-esteem
How can we contribute to the psychological wellness of Muslim students?
Myers et. al, 2000
hinchcliffe & wong, 2010
Els, D. A., & De la Rey, R. P., 2006
HONEYCOMB Wellness Wheel 1.0
Bronfenbrenner, 1994; Main, 2023
Identities: Black Muslim woman
Hijabi
Experiences: antiBlackness and Islamophobia
case studies
Identities: nonbinary queer Muslim
Experiences: homophobia and transphobia
Identities: South Asian Muslim man
Experiences: Islamophobia and racism
Salma
Ali Aisha
suggestions
Expansions on the Honeycomb Wellness Wheel:
conclusion
The work is not done; this is just the beginning of the resources that Muslim students need
Continue to stay updated on the experiences of Muslim students through publications on Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education
SPIRITUALITY MATTERS!
acknowledgements
Dr. Mona Abo-Zena, Assistant
Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development in the College of Education and Human Development at UMass- Boston
Dr. Crystal Bedley, Senior Director of the Tyler Clementi Center for Diversity Education and Bias Prevention at Rutgers University- NB
Thank you for listening!
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