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Career Experiences Of Women With Major Financial Barriers, Madeline E. Clark, Jaime D. Bower
Career Experiences Of Women With Major Financial Barriers, Madeline E. Clark, Jaime D. Bower
Counseling & Human Services Faculty Publications
The career experiences of women facing major financial barriers are unique and varied. To better understand and assist such women, the authors interviewed 10 women twice to explore their lived career experiences, using photographs in one interview as stimuli to increase participants' voice and triangulate data. Participants' responses were grouped into 20 themes across 4 domains: career as privilege, reasons for engaging in work, supports, and barriers. Women with major financial barriers appear to understand career as a privilege while experiencing significant obstacles to successfully obtaining work. Participants expressed resiliency and self-motivation to transcend and mitigate these obstacles. This study …
Reflections On Black Lives Matter In The Context Of Human Rights And Family Science, Shuntay Z. Mccoy, Anthony James
Reflections On Black Lives Matter In The Context Of Human Rights And Family Science, Shuntay Z. Mccoy, Anthony James
Counseling & Human Services Faculty Publications
- While all lives do matter, the humanity of all lives is not collectively recognized.
- Violent contexts place an extraordinary amount of stress on Black youth, families, and communities.
- Systematic violence causes multiple transitions in families and threatens families' psychosocial adjustment.
- The collectivistic approach served as an adaptive response to varying levels of oppression faced by Black people since arriving in the Americas.
- Black Lives Matter has significant implications for the work of family life educators, researchers, and practitioners.