When asked if I would take up Coming Out in College: The Struggle for a Queer Identity, I readily agreed to participate in the Journal of College Student Development 60th anniversary series of “re-reviews” of influential works in the field. I first encountered the book when Rob Rhoads published it in 1994, early in my doctoral program, as I was digging deeply into research methods and the then-scanty empirical literature on gay students. Seven years later, I ended up at Michigan State University, in the faculty line Rob held as his first tenuretrack job before moving to UCLA where he continued his highly successful career. In these respects—conducting a landmark study on gay students and in departing a faculty line I would ultimately hold—Rob created intellectual and professional space for me. I had not started rereading the book with an eye to the review when he passed away at age 60 in October 2018. Reading the book anew under this circumstance, I am again struck by Rob’s boldness, talent, compassion, and intellectual ambitions.

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大学出柜：罗伯特·A·罗兹为酷儿身份而奋斗

当被问及我是否会参加《出柜：为酷儿身份而奋斗》时，我欣然同意参加《大学生发展杂志》60 周年系列“重新评论”该领域有影响力的作品。我第一次接触这本书是在 Rob Rhoads 于 1994 年出版这本书的时候，当时我正在攻读博士课程的早期，当时我正在深入研究研究方法和当时关于同性恋学生的实证文献。七年后，我最终进入了密歇根州立大学，在 Rob 担任他的第一份终身教职工作之前，他在加州大学洛杉矶分校继续他非常成功的职业生涯。在这些方面——对同性恋学生进行具有里程碑意义的研究并离开我最终将持有的教职队伍——Rob 为我创造了知识和专业空间。