Identity formation among a select group of black graduate students at Virginia Tech

This study concerned the nature and process of Black identity development as described by William Cross in a linear, stagewise model of Black identity development. Dr. Cross is a psychologist and Associate Professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center of Cornell University. He developed his model of Black identity development which he called the Negro to Black Conversion Experience in 1971. In 1991, modifications were made in the model by Cross which emphasized the diversity in African American identity. Cross's model included the stages of Pre-encounter, Encounter, Immersion-Emersion, Internalization, and Internalization-Commitment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

College Student Personnel

Department dc:contributor.department

College Student Personnel

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Brown, Marlene Faye

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Creamer, Donald G.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• McDaniels, Carl O.
• Edwards, John N.
• Spencer, Edward F. D.
• Fortune, Jimmie C.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-10032007-171724

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39561