Invisible Labor: A Mixed-Method Study Of African American Women And Their Emotional Labor In The Academy

In this study, I examined how black women instructors and professors engage in emotional labor through performances in order to resist controlling images and stereotypes related to their race and gender. The goal was to add to the extensive literature on emotional labor and its impact on how women and people of color navigate white hegemonic institutions (Patton 2004; Harley 2007; Evans and Moore 2015). My hope is to contribute the perspectives and counter-narratives of African American women who are on the margins of race and gender. This can provide a more intersectional explanation for some of the social issues within colleges and universities, and help to lay the groundwork for more objective and long-term solutions. In addition, the study pushes for further development of cognitive labor and how it works in conjunction with emotional labor.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Sociology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Buckingham, Danielle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Willa Johnson
• Kirsten Dellinger
• Kirk Johnson

• Black Academics
• Cognitive Labor
• Emotional Labor
• Hbcu
• Pwi
• Sociology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/849

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1848