{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/122235"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/122235","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Somebody, anybody, sing a Black girl’s song: Examining the experiences of Black women doctoral students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through Sista Circles","abstract":"Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01","abstract_html":"Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Andrews, Krystal Elaine"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M","Davila, Liv T","Hood, Denice W","Brown, Ruth N"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2023,"date_issued":"2023-12","date_published":"2023-12","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:00Z","subjects":["Doctoral Study","Graduate Study","Experience","Persistence","Retention","Black Women","Historically Black Colleges And Universities"],"languages":["en","eng"],"rights":["©2023 Krystal Elaine Andrews"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122235","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M","Davila, Liv T","Hood, Denice W","Brown, Ruth N"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Andrews, Krystal Elaine"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2023-12","2023-11-28"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Doctoral Study","Graduate Study","Experience","Persistence","Retention","Black Women","Historically Black Colleges And Universities"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["en","eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["©2023 Krystal Elaine Andrews"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122235"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01","The student, Krystal Andrews, accepted the attached license on 2023-11-21 at 18:04.","The student, Krystal Andrews, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-11-21 at 18:21.","This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-11-28 at 16:18.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19995 on 2024-03-01 at 13:50:11","This study examines the experiences of Black women doctoral students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Utilizing a theoretical framework of Black Feminist Thought (BFT), Community Cultural Wealth (CCW), and Intersectionality, this study focuses on how Black women doctoral students describe the varied experiences of navigating academic and personal life and intersecting identities along with how they define, construct, and leverage community as a persistence tool. Currently, there is a limited body of literature regarding the advanced graduate experiences of Black women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities regarding how they navigate and the mechanisms that influence their persistence. Further, a dearth of literature addresses the unique experiences, contributions, and challenges of this institutional type regarding advanced doctoral study. This qualitative study used Sista Circle Methodology, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Feminist Relational Discourse Analysis to illuminate how collective communal space informs their language choices amongst each other and describing their experiences. Through this, three discursive patterns (themes) were identified: HBCUs versus rose-colored glasses, Conflict with Black Women, and community is complicated and nuanced. This study provides practice implications to implement and maintain appropriate support resources and influence the opportunities for professional development for Historically Black College and University faculty, staff, and administrators."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Somebody, anybody, sing a Black girl’s song: Examining the experiences of Black women doctoral students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through Sista Circles"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M","Davila, Liv T","Hood, Denice W","Brown, Ruth N"],"dc:creator":["Andrews, Krystal Elaine"],"dc:date":["2023-12","2023-11-28"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01","The student, Krystal Andrews, accepted the attached license on 2023-11-21 at 18:04.","The student, Krystal Andrews, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-11-21 at 18:21.","This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-11-28 at 16:18.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19995 on 2024-03-01 at 13:50:11","This study examines the experiences of Black women doctoral students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Utilizing a theoretical framework of Black Feminist Thought (BFT), Community Cultural Wealth (CCW), and Intersectionality, this study focuses on how Black women doctoral students describe the varied experiences of navigating academic and personal life and intersecting identities along with how they define, construct, and leverage community as a persistence tool. Currently, there is a limited body of literature regarding the advanced graduate experiences of Black women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities regarding how they navigate and the mechanisms that influence their persistence. Further, a dearth of literature addresses the unique experiences, contributions, and challenges of this institutional type regarding advanced doctoral study. This qualitative study used Sista Circle Methodology, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Feminist Relational Discourse Analysis to illuminate how collective communal space informs their language choices amongst each other and describing their experiences. Through this, three discursive patterns (themes) were identified: HBCUs versus rose-colored glasses, Conflict with Black Women, and community is complicated and nuanced. This study provides practice implications to implement and maintain appropriate support resources and influence the opportunities for professional development for Historically Black College and University faculty, staff, and administrators."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122235"],"dc:language":["en","eng"],"dc:rights":["©2023 Krystal Elaine Andrews"],"dc:subject":["Doctoral Study","Graduate Study","Experience","Persistence","Retention","Black Women","Historically Black Colleges And Universities"],"dc:title":["Somebody, anybody, sing a Black girl’s song: Examining the experiences of Black women doctoral students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through Sista Circles"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:00Z"}