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Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Jonathan Pryor (he/him/his)

Associate Professor

Educational Leadership | 559.278.0294 | Office: ED310

jpryor@csufresno.edu

Education

  • University of Missouri, Columbia - Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Higher Education Administration
  • University of Missouri, Columbia - M.Ed in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Student Affairs Administration
  • University of Kansas, Lawrence - B.G.S. in Communication Studies and Religious Studies

Courses Taught

Higher Education Administration and Leadership Program
  • HEAL 220: Introduction to Higher Education
  • HEAL 221: Student Affairs in Higher Education
  • HEAL 223: Students in Higher Education
  • HEAL 224: Foundations of Inquiry and Applied Research in Higher Education
  • HEAL 225: Higher Education Leadership & Supervision
  • HEAL 226: Assessment in Higher Education 
  • HEAL 298/299: Culminating Project/Thesis Supervision
Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
  • EDL 501: Organizational Theory in Complex Organizations
  • EDL 511: Evaluation, Assessment, & Planning
  • EDL 580T: Contemporary Issues in Higher Education
  • EDL 580T: Executive Leaders and Leadership
Other courses taught
  • EAD 261: Educational Administration
  • ERE 220: Research in Education

Jonathan Pryor (he/him/his) is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Educational Leadership, coordinating and teaching in the Higher Education Administration & Leadership Program (HEAL). He also is a core faculty member in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership.

Dr. Pryor's scholarship primarily explores topics related to LGBTQ+ equity in higher education, the field of LGBTQ+ Student Affairs, leadership in education, campus climate, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ college students. His research has been published in a number of scholarly and professional journals, including the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, the Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, and the Journal of LGBT Youth.  

Prior to his appointment at Fresno State, Dr. Pryor worked in the field of Higher Education Student Affairs for 10 years, with much of his work spent managing the LGBTQIA Programs & Services at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His leadership for university LGBTQ+ programs has been recognized by Campus Pride and the American College Personnel Association’s Coalition for Sexuality and Gender Identities.

Dr. Pryor has served as President of the LGBTQ+Allies Faculty/Staff Association, co-coordinated the Fresno State Rainbow Graduation committee, and assisted with the development and creation of the Out At Fresno State video series as part of the President's CAIFE initiative. He also provides service to other areas of campus (Faculty Senate Research Subcommittee; Cross-Cultural and Gender Center LGBTQ+ programs) and in the Kremen School of Education and Human Development.

He is involved with numerous Higher Education and Student Affairs associations, including the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), the American Education Research Association (AERA), NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (selected as a 2019-2020 NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader), and the American College Personnel Association. He currently serves as the Program Committee Co-Chair for the 2024 ASHE Annual Conference. 

Dr. Pryor's research broadly examines LGBTQ+ equity in higher education, how LGBTQ+ students navigate college and university climates, and the role of staff toward advancing equity and social justice. 

Research Interests and Frameworks Explored

Campus Climate
Critical and Queer Epistemologies
LGBTQ+ Programs and Resource Centers
LGBTQ+ Student Experiences
Leadership in Education; Queer Approaches to Leadership;
Staff roles toward advancing social justice and equity

Qualitative Methods & Methodologies Employed

Case Study
Content Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Photovisual Narrative Methodology
Systematic Literature Review
Dr. Jonathan T. Pryor 
1. Research Gate Web page
2. Academia.edu Web page  

Select publications

Nachman, B. R. & Pryor, J. T.  (2023). Advancing digital campus climate: A conceptual model for bolstering higher education inclusivity. Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2023.2233447

Oliveira, K., González-Siegel, V., Feldman, S., Kannan, K., Woods, C., Pryor, J. T., Duran, A., Catalano, D. C., & Jourian, T. J., (2023). An autoethnographic exploration of the realities of engaging in trans and queer center(ed) diversity work. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000501

Hoffman, G. D. & Pryor, J. T. (2023). Navigating identity and politics as Trans gender and sexuality center professionals. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000472

Pryor, J. T., González, Á. D. J., & Lamb, C. (2023). Exploring 20 years of LGBTQ+ practitioner scholarship: Applying scholarship to practice? Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, 60(2), 164-180.

Duran, A., Catalano, D. C., Pryor, J. T., Taylor, J., & Jourian, T. J. (2023). Mapping the rise of LGBTQ+ student affairs: A 23-year review. Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, 60(2), 181-193.

Pryor, J. T. & Nachman, B. R. (2022). Conceptualizing digital campus climate within LGBTQ+ resource center websites: A critical discourse analysis. Innovative Higher Education, 47, 587-608.

Pryor, J. T. & Hoffman, G. D. (2021). “Sometimes it feels like diversity as usual”: Navigating institutional politics as LGBTQ+ professionals. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 58(1), 94-109.

Pryor, J. T. (2021). Queer activist leadership: An exploration of queer leadership in higher education. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 14(3), 303-315.

Pryor, J. T. & Hoffman, G. D. (2020). The traditionally heterogendered institution and campus housing: Supporting LGBTQ+ equity in policy and practice. Journal of College and University Student Housing, 46(3), 14-27. 

Pryor, J. T. (2020). Queer advocacy leadership: A queer leadership model for higher education. Journal of Leadership Education, 19(1), 69-83. 

Hoffman, G. D. & Pryor, J. T. (2018). Reframing campus climate data to advocate for institutional transformation, praxis, and activism for LGBQQ+ college students. In K. Soria (Ed.), Evaluating campus climate at U.S. research universities: Opportunities for diversity and inclusion. New York: Palgrave. 

Pryor, J. T. (2018). Visualizing queer spaces: LGBTQ students and the traditionally heterogendered institution. Journal of LGBT Youth, 15(1), 32-51. 

Garvey, J. C., Hart, J., Hoffman, G. D., Iverson, S., Metcalfe, A. S., Mitchell, T. D., Pryor, J. T., & Seher, C. (2017). Performing critical work: The challenges of emancipatory scholarship in the academic marketplace. Critical Questions in Education, 8(2), 138-162.

Pryor, J. T., Garvey, J. C., & Johnson, S. (2017). Pride and progress? 30 years of LGBTQ representations at ACPA & NASPA conferences. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 54(2), 123-136. 

Pryor, J. T., Ta, D., & Hart, J. (2016). Searching for home: Transgender student experiences with residential housing. College Student Affairs Journal, 34(2), 43-60. 
 
Pryor, J. T. (2015). Out in the classroom: Transgender student experiences at a large public university. Journal of College Student Development, 56(5), 440-455. 

Garvey, J. C., Pryor, J. T., & Johnson, S. (2015, Spring). ACPA and NASPA annual conferences: A 30 year retrospective on LGBTQ presentations. Developments, 13(1).