Kaity Prieto

Kaity Prieto, Ph.D. (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research centers the experiences of queer and trans students, with a focus on bisexual+ student communities and bisexual identity negotiation. Her scholarship challenges deficit perspectives and binary understandings of sexuality and gender. Dr. Prieto earned her B.A. in a self-designed honors major and M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs, both from New York University. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a concentration in Higher Education and Student Affairs from The Ohio State University.

Publications

Perspectives on Transforming Higher Education and the LGBTQIA Student Experience
Andrew Herridge, Kaity Prieto. © 2024. 322 pages.
Today’s institutions of higher education must continuously adapt to meet the evolving needs and expectations of each new generation of students. A significant and growing...
LGBTQIA Students in Higher Education: Approaches to Student Identity and Policy
Kaity Prieto, Andrew Herridge. © 2024. 291 pages.
Today’s institutions of higher education must continuously adapt to meet the evolving needs and expectations of each new generation of students. The LGBTQIA community’s presence...
You Can Stand Under My Bi+ Umbrella: Exploring Students' Chosen Plurisexual Identity Labels
Victoria Barbosa Olivo, Kaity Prieto, Olivia M. Copeland. © 2024. 21 pages.
This chapter investigates the benefits and costs of using umbrella terms such as plurisexual, bisexual+, or m-spec to describe a diversity of identities, behaviors, and...
Engaging LGBTQIA+ Identities in Teaching: Considerations for Graduate Instructors and for Those Teaching Graduate Students
Kaity Prieto, Antonio Duran. © 2024. 18 pages.
Recognizing that LGBTQIA+ people continue to face unwelcoming environments on college campuses and in classrooms specifically, this chapter considers the role of engaging...