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Our Stories, Our Voices: The Lived Experiences Of Black Families With Young Children During Covid-19, Devalin Jackson Dec 2020

Our Stories, Our Voices: The Lived Experiences Of Black Families With Young Children During Covid-19, Devalin Jackson

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of Black families raising young children during shelter in place orders and distance learning due to Covid-19. The study was conducted virtually through Zoom and Google form due to county shelter in place orders. Participants were recruited from the school in which the researcher worked. Through the use of virtual interviews, the five participants highlighted themes of reconnections, isolations, empowerment, family values and conversations. The families shared experiences of resilience and hope and brought thoughts of how these experiences could be highlighted in instructional and curriculum designs; especially during …


Illuminating The Voices Of Black Women Principals: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study, Crystal L. Haskins Dec 2020

Illuminating The Voices Of Black Women Principals: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study, Crystal L. Haskins

Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations

School reform efforts, particularly those that are concerned with equity and social justice have led to an evolution of educational leadership theories and practices. Among these, Culturally Responsive School Leadership and Critical Race Theory have emerged as potential frameworks for dismantling the ghost of neo-managerialism and its impact on Black and Brown students’ academic success (Barton, 1998; MacRuairc, 2012; Terry, 1998). Relatedly, there is a dearth in the literature regarding the experiences of Black Women Principals; their lives, leadership styles, and accomplishments are not consistently recognized as valued contributions to educational research (Ladson-Billings, 2002). The purpose of this phenomenological study …


Defying The Odds: The Resilience Of African American Youth In The Face Of Differential Treatment In The Classroom, Frank R. Wood Jr. Dec 2020

Defying The Odds: The Resilience Of African American Youth In The Face Of Differential Treatment In The Classroom, Frank R. Wood Jr.

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

In the education system, African American youth are confronted by deficit-based narratives of intellectual inferiority and defiance that inform teaching pedagogies, curricula, and classroom management strategies, such as school discipline practices. In light of available research documenting the deleterious effects of low expectations and treatment by teachers on the academic outcomes of African American youth, this body of knowledge also underscores the importance of racial socialization and positive perceptions of school bonding in safeguarding the academic achievement and success of African American youth. However, the lack of criminological inquiry into the complex associations between perceptions of differential treatment by teachers, …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Burned Out – COVID-19
  • Payne, Michael. 15 Years with the Bagel Brothers – Sandra Hurley
  • Hargrove, Matthew. Hilltoppers Get in the Win Column, Home Finale Up Next - Football
  • Kieser, Nick. All Eyes on the Spring – Basketball, Softball, Soccer, Baseball
  • Leboutier, Addison. Little Flock of Jesus Christ Fellowship Comes Home – Clarence Tapp
  • Cox, Alex. Editorial Cartoon re: Kamala Harris
  • What a Kamala Harris Vice Presidency Means for Young People of Color
  • Lattimer, Jacob. Student Government Association Sustainability Committee Looks to Make an Impact …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Kieser, Nick. Boyce Store, 1869 to COVID-19
  • Bertucci, Leo. Barren River COVID-19 Data Still Delayed
  • Frazier, Keilen. Joe Biden Their Time
  • Extending the Withdrawal Date Is Not Enough – Pass / D / Fail Option
  • Reynolds, Easton. WKU Extends the Deadline to Withdraw a Class
  • Mallon, Sam. WKU, Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center Initiative Aims to Curb Child Abuse, Neglect – Child Welfare Education
  • Hargrove, Matthew. Hilltoppers Drop Game at Florida Atlantic University, Southern Mississippi Visits the Hill Saturday – Football
  • Gaylord, Kaden. Time …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Murray, Debra. Campaigning During COVID-19
  • Stryker, Shane. Third Party Candidates Present Options Outside Democrats & Republicans
  • WKU Young Democrats
  • WKU College Republicans
  • Serrano, Francisco. A Voice of Change for the Young Generation
  • Thornton, Maggie. Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District
  • Holland, Kelley. Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District
  • Latimer, Jacob. Senate Candidates on College-Level Issues – Mitch McConnell, Amy McGrath
  • Collins, Michael. District 20 Candidates on the Issues – Patti Minter, Leanette Lopez
  • Who’s Running for City Commission?


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Nutter, Abbey. Haunting on the Hill
  • Latimer, Jacob. Campus Community Expresses Their Thoughts on Buildings & Colleges Connected to Slave Owners
  • Collins, Michael. Greek Organizations Under Scrutiny for COVID-19 Violations
  • Cox, Alex. Editorial Cartoon re: Body Image
  • College Diet Culture
  • Frazier, Keilen & Anna Leachman. Carving New Paths – Southwest Kentucky Mountain Bike Association
  • E-Sports Explained
  • Gaylord, Kaden. Nothing to Celebrate About That Win – Football
  • Hargrove, Matthew. Tyrell Pigrome’s Late Touchdown Gives Hilltoppers First Win in Two Weeks – Football


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Aboah, Henri. Blooming – Flower Shops
  • Reynolds, Easton. Record Setting Voter Turnout Expected This Election Season
  • Collins, Michael. Grocery Shopping In a Pandemic
  • Mallon, Sam. Fighting for Peace – Bowling Green for Peace
  • Tomlin, Laura. WKU Environmental Health & Safety Provides Do’s & Don’t’s for This Halloween During COVID-19
  • It’s Time for WKU to Switch to Environmentally-friendly Take-out Products – Dining Services
  • Keiser, Nick. Covering a WKU Football Game Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Hargrove, Matthew. In Ruins – Football
  • Gaylord, Kaden. The Offense Doesn’t Have …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Lowe, Julianna. A Look Inside – Jamison Moorehead, Quarantine
  • Burris, Lily. Day in the Life – Sharon Hunter
  • Collins, Michael & Lauren Deppen. Need to Know – COVID-19
  • Frazier, Keilen. Homecoming in Barnes-Campbell Hall – Quarantine
  • Lowe, Julianna. Survey to Student – Dining Services, Quarantine
  • Collins, Michael. Kentucky Universities’ Records on COVID-19
  • Burris, Lily. Voices on the Inside – Sam Padgett, Chris Willis, Parker Randall, River Carter, Iyanla Shackelford
  • Hargrove, Matthew. Herd Tramples WKU – Football
  • Gaylord, Kaden. Travis Hudson is the Greatest of All …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Murray, Debra. Truckin’ Great: COVID-19 Leads to New Dining Options
  • Bertucci, Leo. WKU COVID-dashboard Lacks Active Case Count
  • Rash, Liza. Math Department Head Responds to Demotion, Reanalyzes Model 41 Days Later - Bruce Kessler
  • Kieser, Nick. Lady Topper Golf Finishes Second in Hoover Invitational
  • Cox, Alexander. Editorial Cartoon re: Scholarship Money
  • Opening Doors: New Scholarships Show that WKU Cares
  • Edmonds, Garrett. Student Government Association President Garrett Edmonds Plans for New Academic Year
  • Hargrove, Matthew. Tops Take Victory – Football
  • Gaylord, Kaden. Don’t Let This Be …


Full Issue Oct 2020

Full Issue

McNair Research Journal SJSU

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Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations Oct 2020

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

  • Trabue, Amanda. VP Notes
  • WKU Increases Access with Hilltopper Guarantee, Other Scholarship Program Changes
  • WKU Sets Records in Freshman Class Growth, Quality
  • Four New Members Join WKU Board of Regents – Currie Millikin, Jan West, Garrett Edmonds, Shane Spiller
  • Ethan Logan Named Vice President for Enrollment & Student Experience
  • WKU Celebrates World Teachers’ Day by Announcing Two Scholarship Programs
  • WKU Student Publications Earns Three National Pacemakers
  • WKU to Go Test Optional for Admission
  • WKU’s Panhellenic Council Earns National Recognition
  • WKU Department of Art is Now WKU Department of Art & Design
  • WKU Food Recovery Network Redirects …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Reynolds, Easton. 8 Juveniles Responsible for Recurring Water Throwing Harassment
  • Thornton, Maggie. Marching at a Distance – Marching Band
  • Reynolds, Easton. Local Small Businesses Work to Recover from Pandemic Losses
  • Hendricks, Allie & Preston Romanov. Art for All – SoKY Marketplace
  • Cox, Alex. Editorial Cartoon re: Breonna Taylor
  • Bunton, Gabrielle. I Choose Black Women Every Time
  • Nash, Slim. Commissioner Candidate Slim Nash: Your Right to Vote is Special
  • Hargrove, Matthew. Hilltoppers Look to Bounce Back Against Middle Tennessee State University – Football
  • Kieser, Nick. Budget …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Murray, Debra. Voting in College
  • Reynolds, Easton. WKU and Barnes & Noble Partner in 10-year Deal
  • Latimer, Jacob. Online & Hybrid Courses Pose Challenge to Professors
  • Dobbs, Jack & Anna Leachman. Last Ride: Beech Bend Park
  • Lowe, Julianna. A Call to Mitch McConnell – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Stack, Madalyn. Editorial Cartoon re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Bailey, Carlos. Bowling Green City Commissioner Candidate Shares Statement on the Importance of Voting in Local Elections
  • Kieser, Nick. Football Fans Use New Ticketing App at Home Opener
  • Hargrove, Matthew. …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Bertucci, Leo. System Upgrade from Local Health Department Affects WKU’s COVID-19 Case Count
  • Holland, Kelley. WKU Alum Works as Photojournalist for USA Today – Harrison Hill
  • Latimer, Jacob. Nursing Students Employed at On-campus Clinic Assist with COVID-19 Testing
  • Frazier, Keilen. Dried Out – Tobacco
  • Gray, Tim. Better Together: Black Lives Matter
  • Stack, Madalyn. Editorial Cartoon re: Social Distancing
  • Send Students Home: WKU’s Campus Isn’t Safe
  • Kieser, Nick. To the Mountains – Brooks LeCompte, Track & Field
  • Warner, Casey. Hilltoppers to Host Liberty for Home Opener …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Reynolds, Easton. Coping with Crisis – Hurricane Katrina, COVID-19
  • Bunton, Gabrielle. Students Adjust to Hybrid Classes During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Latimer, Jacob. WKU Student Lorena Silva Releases Springhouse
  • Celebration Despite Separation
  • Stack, Madalyn. Editorial Cartoon re: Zoom Meetings
  • Marshall, Olivia. Navigating My Sorority in a Global Pandemic – Delta Zeta
  • Warner, Casey. Review: Bowling Green Punk-rock Duo Releases Album – Dos Cobros
  • Kieser, Nick. WKU Coaches Adapt to Postponed Season – Soccer, Volleyball
  • Warner, Casey. Piggy-T – Tyrell Pigrome, Football
  • Gaylord, Kaden. Support the Players – …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Collins, Michael. Rough Start – COVID-19
  • Thornton, Maggie. What a WKU Student Learned from Her Experience with COVID-19
  • Harkreader, Dylan & Debra Murray. Programs That Rely On Hands-on Learning Adapt to Virtual Courses
  • Meyer-Thornton, Zane. Keep It Going
  • Hurst, Courtney, Robin Lester & Trenton Peyton. What Is Intercultural Student Engagement Center?
  • Sisler, Julie. WKU Grad Student: It’s On the Administration, Not the Students
  • Kieser, Nick. Football Takes Precautions to Kick Off Season COVID-Free
  • Warner, Casey: Setting Up – Football
  • Gaylord, Kaden. Making It Safe to …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs Aug 2020

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Rash, Liza. Math Department Head Makes a Shocking Model Regarding Potential Campus COVID-19 Death Rate
  • Bertucci, Leo. WKU Introduces COVID-19 Testing to Campus Community
  • Marshall, Olivia. How Students Can Navigate Campus Facilities This Semester
  • Bunton, Gabrielle. Campus Organizations Prepare to Engage Students Amid COVID Restrictions
  • Deppen, Laurel. On-campus Students Who Contract COVID to be Moved to New Location to Quarantine
  • Stack, Madalyn. Editorial Cartoon re: Social Distancing
  • College of Health & Human Services Should Have Been More Involved in Restart Committee
  • Deppen, Laurel. From the …


A Name Change May Be A Start, But It Is Not Enough, Leah D. Williams Aug 2020

A Name Change May Be A Start, But It Is Not Enough, Leah D. Williams

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

Since the broadcast killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers on May 25, all levels of government, and institutions of every kind, have scrambled with breakneck speed to confront their own ties to America’s most deeply entrenched demons: White supremacy and systematic racism. Washington and Lee has certainly not been exempt from this reckoning. A majority of its faculty and student body have already passed resolutions calling for the removal of Robert E. Lee’s name from the university. As a direct descendent of those enslaved by the school, I commend these resolutions; yet, I strongly offer that a …


Examining The Multiple Sites Of Meaning In A Participant Photography Project With Black Male College Students, Quaylan Allen Aug 2020

Examining The Multiple Sites Of Meaning In A Participant Photography Project With Black Male College Students, Quaylan Allen

Education Faculty Articles and Research

Participant photography is a visual method that has been widely used in research to elevate the voices of historically marginalized populations. Although much has been written about the nature of the visual method, including its benefits and challenges, less is known about how meaning is made of the visual images as they move throughout the research process. To this end, this article draws upon data and the methodological notes from a research study examining Black masculinities and employs a critical visual methodology to examine the different sites of meaning-making in a participant photography research project with Black college men. First, …


Black Teachers’ Collective Wisdom As Social Justice Pedagogy: A Black Feminist Narrative Analysis, Jacqueline Cora Boone Aug 2020

Black Teachers’ Collective Wisdom As Social Justice Pedagogy: A Black Feminist Narrative Analysis, Jacqueline Cora Boone

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

In this age, 21st century, where social issues surrounding race and gender are impassioned and escalating, black feminists and Black Feminist Theory are leading the charge in bringing salience through activism and engagement. Doing post structural qualitative research aims to dismantle a myth of scientific knowledge that emphasizes triangulation and transferability of research with the use of multiple representations of experience. This research investigates critical issues in qualitative research, specifically the ontological challenge that researchers commonly encountered in depicting experience and social reality. The turn to experience and lived stories has expanded the modes of qualitative research by hearing marginalized …


Black Drowning Deaths: An Introductory Analysis, Alena Gadberry, James Gadberry Jul 2020

Black Drowning Deaths: An Introductory Analysis, Alena Gadberry, James Gadberry

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

Black children between the ages of 5 and 14 are 2.6 times more likely to drown than white children. A systematic exclusion from public pools and other forms of water activities over time has led to a lack of cultural capital involving aquatics among black families. Pierre Bourdieu has provided a theoretical foundation in which to understand this issue. The social fields created by generational socialization have made blacks feel like they have no place in the water. It will take a restructuring of the social institutions to set in motion the socialization (or a re-socialization) of new and more …


Kofifi/Covfefe: How The Costumes Of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa To Western Massachusetts In 2020, Emma Hollows Jul 2020

Kofifi/Covfefe: How The Costumes Of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa To Western Massachusetts In 2020, Emma Hollows

Masters Theses

This thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters.


White Saviors, Brandon Hasbrouck Jul 2020

White Saviors, Brandon Hasbrouck

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

It is time for Washington and Lee University to drop both George Washington and Robert E. Lee from the University name. The predominantly White faculty at Washington and Lee recently announced that it will petition the Board of Trustees to remove Lee from the University name. This is the first time in Washington and Lee’s history that the faculty has drafted such a petition. It is worth exploring why the faculty has decided to make a collective statement on Lee now and why the faculty has not included a demand to drop Washington in their petition. The answer is simple—it …


The Attracting Intelligent Minds Conference: An Assessment Of Graduate Diversity Recruitment, Alfred T. Dowe Jul 2020

The Attracting Intelligent Minds Conference: An Assessment Of Graduate Diversity Recruitment, Alfred T. Dowe

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Graduate student recruitment is one of the most important factors in growing university enrollment. Unlike undergraduate recruitment, graduate recruitment is a coordinated effort facilitated between graduate faculty and program coordinators and graduate recruiters who often work outside of the department. An essential element in graduate recruitment is the effectiveness with which underrepresented minorities are identified and recruited. Graduate schools are commonly using initiatives known as intervention strategies to help enhance their traditional recruitment strategies and campus visitation programs have become a popular recruitment tool within those strategies.

Since the 1990’s, the University of Arkansas (UA) has employed various intervention strategies …


The Impacts Of Incarceration On The Wellbeing Of Family Members Of African American Males Who Experience The U.S Prison System: A Phenomenological Study, Tremaine N. Leslie Jul 2020

The Impacts Of Incarceration On The Wellbeing Of Family Members Of African American Males Who Experience The U.S Prison System: A Phenomenological Study, Tremaine N. Leslie

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

African Americans encounter a high rate of imprisonment, and the social, economic, mental and other effects of imprisonment are extended to their families and communities (Roberts, 2004). In addition to separating individuals from their families and communities, incarceration maximizes the probability for fractured relationships, fragmented communities, and encumbers the public service systems (DeHart, Shapiro & Clone, 2018).Therefore, the purpose of this phenomenological inquiry was to explore the mental health effects of incarceration on the family members of African American males who experience the U.S prison system.

The theoretical framework utilized for this study was the critical race theory (CRT) immersed …


Ua3/10/2 We Are One Wku, Wku President's Office - Caboni Jun 2020

Ua3/10/2 We Are One Wku, Wku President's Office - Caboni

WKU Archives Records

Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to WKU Alumni and friends. An identical email was sent to the WKU Community.


Am I A Systemic Iniquity Interrupter? Understanding The Influence Of Critical Race Educating Through The Narratives Of Alternative Ed. Black Educators, Ayanna Gore Jun 2020

Am I A Systemic Iniquity Interrupter? Understanding The Influence Of Critical Race Educating Through The Narratives Of Alternative Ed. Black Educators, Ayanna Gore

College of Education Theses and Dissertations

This research aims to illuminate the Critical Influence Black educators from an alternative education certifying program (which will be labeled with the fictional name Lead On throughout this research) through their personal narratives on the successes, struggles, and benefits of teaching Black students. Using CRT methodology (tenant 1 & 2: counter-storytelling and the permanence of racism) to hear and analyze the narratives of Black educators experience around working to have a Critical Influence on their students. Taking an Emic approach, three in-depth story-telling sessions were conducted for each participant. All participants are alum of the alternative certifying education program and …


Stealin' The Meetin': Black Education History & The Black Panthers' Oakland Community School, Robert P. Robinson Jun 2020

Stealin' The Meetin': Black Education History & The Black Panthers' Oakland Community School, Robert P. Robinson

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation frames the Black Panthers' Oakland Community School (OCS) as a convergence of Black self-determination/Black Power, Black education history, and curriculum studies. Drawing from widely-cited archives, rarely-cited archives, oral history, periodicals, and secondary source material, the proposed study extends the OCS narrative by tracing its curricular trajectory and highlighting the voices of students, parents, and staff. It considers how the school’s history provides examples of educational practices—such as restorative justice and culturally relevant pedagogy—that would not become named or popularized in mainstream education until much later, asserting that histories of this sort can inform educational endeavors in the present. …


Black Girls Matter: The Impact Of Historical Representation On Contemporary Education, Carolyn Strong Jun 2020

Black Girls Matter: The Impact Of Historical Representation On Contemporary Education, Carolyn Strong

Dissertations

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