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Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences Of Campus Spaces: A Photovoice Study, Amber Giffin
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences Of Campus Spaces: A Photovoice Study, Amber Giffin
Doctoral Dissertations
Sexual violence continues to be a widespread issue for women, and many survivors of sexual assault face numerous challenges in higher education when they are working to achieve their educational goals. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of how women adult learners who are also sexual assault survivors experience the university campus. Two research questions framed this study: 1) What types of spaces on university campuses engender feelings of safety for women adult learners who are sexual assault survivors? 2) How can universities create more inclusive learning spaces for women adult learners who are sexual assault …
Deficit Discourse, Literate Lives: Success Narratives Of Black Youth, Ann Marie Bennett
Deficit Discourse, Literate Lives: Success Narratives Of Black Youth, Ann Marie Bennett
Doctoral Dissertations
The current dialogue surrounding Black youth portrays these youth as “thugs” who come from “broken” families and “apathetic” communities. Even some educational discourses portray Black youth as “at-risk” students who lack the resources necessary to achieve in school. These dialogues traffic in deficit language without paying attention to the successes found in the Black community. The purpose of this study was to utilize an anti-deficit perspective to capture the stories of how urban Black children in a mid-sized Southeastern city are achieving positive literacy and academic outcomes in the upper elementary and middle grades. I sought to understand how Black …