Michael S. Hevel Source Confirmed

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Associate Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

8 h-index 40 pubs 249 cited

Research Areas

LGBTQ+ Health, Identity, and Policy Higher Education Research Studies Race, History, and American Society Gender Diversity and Inequality Online and Blended Learning Education Systems and Policy Social and Intergroup Psychology

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Michael S. Hevel's research investigates the historical and contemporary experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals within higher education. His work examines key moments and figures in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights on university campuses, such as the Committee on Gay Education's legal victories at the University of Georgia and the queer student affairs career of Stephen Lenton. Hevel also studies the impact of learning modalities and socioeconomic factors on adult participation in public universities, including a longitudinal analysis of unemployment and university proximity on community college enrollment in Arkansas. His scholarship contributes to the historiography of LGBTQ+ college students and explores how societal conditions shape educational access and community engagement.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 40
  • Citations: 249

Selected Publications

  • Where Is Gender in the Historiography of LGBTQ+ College Students? (2025) DOI
  • ’We Didn’t Think It Would be Well Received’: The Gay Alliance of Students’ Legal Victory over Virginia Commonwealth University, 1974–1976 (2023) DOI
  • A Longitudinal Ecological Study of How Unemployment and University Proximity Shaped Adult Community College Enrollment in Arkansas from 1999 Through 2018 (2023) DOI

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James D. Weese University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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