African American Women in the Academy: Meaningful Pathways to Productive Careers

<p>African American female professors hold prominent, influential roles inside and outside university settings. In universities, professors are impactful mentors and role models influencing students' academic dispositions and outcomes (Zinn & Walker, 2018; Hine & Thompson, 1998). In communities, they provide meaningful scholarship that influences academic, workplace, and extracurricular equity and advancement opportunities (Njoku & Patton, 2017; Evans, 2016; Cooper, 2006). The current study investigates the individual aptitude, school/instruction , and environmental factors influencing African American females' life-span academic talent development. A mixed-method research approach, including a structured interview protocol and online survey, is used to investigate study participants' early to professional year development. Findings showed that tenure and tenure-track professors result from the various opportunities, supports, and resources aiding their academic talent development. Additionally, findings showed the essential role family members/caregivers, mentors, quality schools, and instruction play in developing their academic talent. Therefore, parents/caregivers, educators, and policymakers should provide equitable early access to conducive learning environments emphasizing academic talent development across individuals’ early academic, college, and professional years.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Education, PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Educational Studies

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Marshall Harper, Kenya

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dina Maramba
• Linda Perkins

• African American female faculty
• Talent development
• African American Studies
• Educational Leadership
• Women's Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/597

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1619