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Publication Date

2-21-2024

Abstract

Abstract provided by interviewer Donovan Ramirez.

Dr. Kim Hardin attended Abilene Christian University in 2001 and graduated in 2005 with a B.S. Int.Stud:Early Child/Elem. She later received her M.ED. from Lubbock Christian University and her Phd in Educational Psychology from Baylor University. Kim attended ACU, which is a school that is associated with the Church of Christ. In this interview she explains the impact of growing up in a Baptist home and how she was able to make it through college. Kim helps give insight into her time here by sharing the story of her following a boy that she was dating in high school to the school that would later help her find her future husband in the band. Kim allows us to have a first hand listening experience as to what it was like to be a female social club member along with the only drum major leading the ACU “Purple White” band. Many different gender roles are brought to light and Kim helped bring to light some of the flaws that she saw in chapel services, classrooms, social clubs, and even smaller issues amongst students.

This is a primary source of Kim Hardin’s experience at Abilene Christian University that offers some truth to gender roles, expectations, and life as a female in the early 2000’s as well as receiving helpful information for any students that may be struggling to “find a home” at ACU.

Comments

The ACC/ACU Gender and Sexuality Project preserves firsthand accounts of alumni of Abilene Christian College (later Abilene Christian University), with particular attention to how students, faculty, and staff have experienced issues of gender and sexuality during their time at the institution. The collection began in Fall 2019 as a class project in HIST 340, Historical Perspectives on Gender and Sexualities.

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ACU Oral Interview Transcript.pdf (359 kB)
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