Selected Publications

Oliver, S.T. (2022). Zen, Contemplative Practice, and the Emergence of Black Queer Joy. The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry 9 (1) The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.

Oliver, S. T. (2021). My Grandfather’s Face: A Black Contemplative Educator’s Discovery of Unknown Relatives through DNA. Genealogy 5: 103. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/genealogy5040103

Kanagala, K., & Oliver, S. T. (2020). Our younger selves: QPOC student affairs professionals supporting QPOC students. Equity and Excellence in Education. doi:10.1080/10665684. 2019.1705204

Oliver, S. T. (2018). Practice or perish: How overexposure and premature claims of success undermine Men of Color initiatives. About Campus, ACPA.

Rankin, S., Oliver S., & Wiley, K. (2017). Queer-spectrum and trans-spectrum people out of the shadows: The institutional imperative for building inclusive campus communities. In J. S. Antony, A. M. Cauce, & D. E. Shalala (Eds.), Challenges in higher education leadership. Yale University Press.

Oliver, S. (2016). Dealing with things as they are: Engaging students in dialogue about race and hurtful chapters of U.S. history. In B. Jay & C. L. Lyerly (Eds.), Understanding and teaching American slavery. University of Wisconsin Press.  

Oliver, S. (2016). The cost of not being out: Reflections on efforts to address LGBT issues at a large public Southern university. About Campus, ACPA. 

Anders, A. D., DeVita, J. M., & Oliver, S. T. (2012) Southern predominantly White institutions, targeted students, and the intersectionality of identity: Two case studies. In C. Clark, M. Brimhall-Vargas, & K. Fasching-Varner (Eds.), Just how important is diversity in higher education? Stories from the frontlines. Rowman & Littlefield.

Lewis, W. D., Oliver, S. T., & Burris, J. L. (2011). Work in progress: The lived experiences of black male undergraduates at one predominantly white university. Kentucky Journal of Higher Education Policy and Practice, 1(1), Article 5. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/kjhepp