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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Black undergraduate women"”.
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Fighting An Uphill Battle: Black Undergraduate Women Navigating Higher Education While Acknowledging and Challenging Media Portrayals of Black Women
… shows often become barriers that limit Black women in higher education, influencing the ways in which they experience college campuses, including how they are treated by faculty and peers and how they interact with others in these spaces. This study examined the perspectives of Black …
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“IT’S LEVELS TO THIS”: BLACK UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THEIR LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN BLACK STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
… qualitative study describes the experiences of Black undergraduate women who are involved in a Black student organization at a public predominantly White institution (PWI) beyond the freshman year. Understanding how these students are involved, the meaning they make of their participation, and …
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Lemons Into Lemonade: Black Undergraduate Women's Embodiment of Strength and Resilience at a PWI
… is a qualitative research project for Black undergraduate women and about Black undergraduate women. The aim of this dissertation is to lift, center, and share the lived experiences of Black undergraduate women as they reflect on the messages and memories of coming into their Blackness, …
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Black Women's Literary Mixtape: Our Self-Defined Experiences of Student Success
The literature addressing Black undergraduate women's student success is growing yet remains limited in definition of success. Often outcomes-data drives the definition of success and what a successful collegiate experience looks like. This research study, grounded in Black Feminist Thought, and …
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"I'm not your Mammy": Unearthing the Racially Gendered Experiences of Undergraduate Black Women Resident Assistants at Predominantly White Institutions
… research study describes and explores undergraduate Black women Resident Assistant (RA) experiences in the context of Predominantly White Institutions (PWI). While serving in the capacities of both student and student affairs professional, this study explored how women navigate the …
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The Adjustment of First Year African American Women to Predominately White Institutions: Implications for Best Practices
… how intersectionalities of identities in AA women are salient to successes and challenges at PWIs. This study addresses this gap in the research by not only highlighting the challenges AA women face, but also by capturing their stories of leveraging resources and social interactions, academic …