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- Title
- FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
- Author
- McGee, Marquis
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...
- Title
- Performing Arts Education and the Academic Identity Development of African American Male High School Students
- Author
- Walton, Calvin
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Curriculum planning, Art--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- AbstractThis study examined the effects of performing arts participation on the academic achievement of African American male high school students. The study investigated how engagement in school-based performing arts influenced the academic ident...
- Title
- “You Good, Bruh?” An Exploration of the Influence of Race and Masculinity on Millennial Black Men’s Decisions to Seek Mental Health Treatment
- Author
- Cofield, Demetrius
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Mental health, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
- Description
- In recent years there has been a significant increase in the prevalence of mental illness among millennials. However, there is still a significantly lower rate of Black millennials, specifically Black men, utilizing mental health services compared...
- Title
- Digital Mirror: An Examination of Social Media’s Influence on Late Adolescent Black Females’ Global and Academic Self-Concept
- Author
- Williams, Nakeshia
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- The broad socialization of new media has the ability to cultivate the values, beliefs, interests, and personality characteristics of Black females. Specifically, new media’s digital platform of social media offers individuals immediate access to v...
- Title
- Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
- Author
- Watson, Marcia
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Curriculum planning, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- Student achievement and school reform are some of the most pervasive topics in public school discourse. However, the curriculum is one area that remains virtually unchanged across U.S. schools. The efflorescence of federal legislative policies, su...
- Title
- A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
- Author
- Andrews, Horace
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
- Description
- This case study examined student teacher interaction that took place in one ESL middle school classroom with 29 Latino/a students learning to read in English. Observations in classrooms and interviews with teachers were conducted over a ten month ...
- Title
- EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELECTED VARIABLES AND THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Author
- Graham, David
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology, Education, Secondary, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- Research investigating the impact of factors such as gender, socioeconomic status, racial socialization, and academic self-concept on the academic achievement of African American high school students has been of interest to scholars for decades. P...
- Title
- I am not your Negro: What African American male counselor students' perceptions of their racialized gendered identity say to Counseling Education and Supervision programs with respect to a Pan-African Paradigm
- Author
- Feemster, Ryan
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, History
- Description
- ABSTRACTDr. RYAN BENSON FEEMSTER: I am not your Negro: What African American male counselor students' perceptions of their racialized gendered identity say to Counseling Education and Supervision programs with respect to a Pan-African Paradigm (Un...
- Title
- Filling the Void: Exploring Predictors of African American Beginning Teacher Retention
- Author
- Hopper, Eugenia
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- African American teachers make up only about 7% of teachers in the United States, while African American students make up 16% of the public school population. Unfortunately, African American teachers leave teaching at almost a 60% higher rate when...
- Title
- Healing and Posttraumatic Growth in African American Survivors of Domestic Violence: An Exploration of Women's Narratives
- Author
- Dickerson, Anne
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology, Women's studies, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- This research explores how African American women's narratives present their healing processes after they experience domestic violence. The research was conducted within the framework of Black feminist epistemology. A narrative approach was select...
- Title
- Incidents In The Life Of A Cyber Girl: Exploring Instagram As A Potential Counterspace For Black Girls’ Literacy Practices
- Author
- Anderson, Jimmeka
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational technology, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
- Description
- Although research has been done to explore social media as a safe space with Black girls (Womack, 2013), there is limited research that assesses social media as a counter space for Black girls’ literacies. According to The Associated Press-NORC Ce...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF DRAMATIC ARTS ON UNDEREXAMINED LITERACIES: EXPERIENCES OF BLACK GIRLS IN AN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Author
- York, Portia
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Performing arts, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- This study examined the influence of drama participation on foundational, digital, and Black Girls’ literacies of urban middle school Black girls. This interpretive case study used the Culturally Relevant Arts Education framework with Black Femini...
- Title
- Exploring Diasporic Dialects of Black Women in College Composition and Communications: A Critical Reflective Narrative Inquiry
- Author
- Dervin, Alicia
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Language and languages, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
- Description
- Historically, standard English language ideologies have been perpetually ingrained in American educational practices and policies (Smitherman, 2017; Wong & Teuben-Rowe, 1997). These practices are not limited to K-12 studies and maintain a position...
- Title
- "Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
- Author
- Strong, Kellan
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Reading, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- This qualitative study explores the literacy and language practices of Black adolescent girls as they read and make meaning of a critical text. The focus of this inquiry was to broadly examine how societal and situational factors influence the way...
- Title
- Socio-spatial Geographies of Hispanic Immigrant Youth Accessing the Urban Labor Market
- Author
- Schuch, Johanna
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology, Geography, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
- Description
- This study combines interviews, questionnaires, journaling, mental mapping, and a participatory action research (PAR) project to examine the lived experiences of Hispanic immigrant youth as they navigate the labor market. Research questions addres...
- Title
- The Economic Impact of Spatial Income Inequality
- Author
- Li, Huiping
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- City planning, Economics, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...
- Title
- The Black College Experience: What Does it Mean to African American Teens? A Descriptive Case Study Investigating Student Perceptions and its Influence on College Choice and HBCU Student Enrollment
- Author
- Scott, Lakia
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continue to represent a great legacy in the history of education for African Americans; however, these institutions are faced with contemporary challenges that include: declining Black enrollmen...
- Title
- Shades of Wellness: An Examination of the Relationship Between Gendered Racism, Race-Related Stress, Socioeconomic Status and Holistic Wellness in the Lives of Black Women.
- Author
- Prioleau, Brittany
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Mental health, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Women's studies
- Description
- ABSTRACTBRITTANY L. PRIOLEAU. Shades of Wellness: An Examination of the Relationship Between Gendered Racism, Race-Related Stress, Socioeconomic Status and Holistic Wellness in the Lives of Black Women. ( Under the direction of DR. CLARE MERLIN-KN...
- Title
- Exploring Sense of Belonging Among First-Generation College, Second-Generation Immigrant Students
- Author
- Brais, Sayde
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of four-year university and college students identifying as first-generation in college (FGC) and second-generation immigrant (SGI) in the United States., with a focus on a sense of be...
- Title
- Where are all of the Black Women? The underrepresentation and experiences of Black women in intercollegiate athletic leadership
- Author
- Stone, Cynthia
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Sports administration
- Description
- Higher education leadership demographics contrast sharply with formulaic narratives of college campuses filled with gender and racial diversity, especially in intercollegiate athletics. Black women occupy only 2% of athletic director positions at ...