“What Are You?” Conceptualizing the Complexities of Bicultural and Biracial College Student Experiences

Authors

Michael West, San Jose State University
Cara Maffini, San Jose State University

Publication Date

July 2019

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of College Counseling

Volume

22

Issue

2

DOI

10.1002/jocc.12128

First Page

164

Last Page

178

Abstract

Reflecting the increasing diversity of the United States, universities are seeing growing rates of students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The authors present culturally responsive suggestions to facilitate conceptualization and counseling with biracial and bicultural college students, integrating cognitions, behaviors, emotions, and relationships associated with culture and cultural identity of both culture of origin and mainstream U.S. culture. Recommendations for counseling an increasingly diverse student body are presented.

Keywords

bicultural, biracial, college students, cultural case conceptualization, cultural identity

Recommended Citation

Michael West and Cara Maffini. "“What Are You?” Conceptualizing the Complexities of Bicultural and Biracial College Student Experiences" Journal of College Counseling (2019): 164-178. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocc.12128