Black Girls Matter: The Impact of Historical Representation on Contemporary Education

<p>A long history of misogynoir and negative stereotypes about Black<br />girls and women can be found throughout the literature and popular <br />culture of the United States. These stereotypes inform the lived <br />experience of Black girls and women, and in particular interfere with <br />African American girls’ ability to thrive in a school environment. An <br />autoethnographic research approach shows that various strategies, in <br />particular, Black girl-centric spaces, have proven to be helpful in <br />supporting Black girls who have to negotiate varying degrees of <br />hostility in general environments. These could be applied more broadly <br />to improve Black girls’ mental, psychological, physical, and <br />educational outcomes.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Social Inquiry

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Strong, Carolyn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Kamau Rashid

• African American Studies
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Cultural History
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership
• Educational Psychology
• Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration
• Gender Equity in Education
• Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Urban Education
• Women's Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/496

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1538