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Keeping my Sistas through the Storm: Counterstories of African American Women Graduate Students Seeking Good Mentorship in Troubling Spaces and Places

Chatman, Lara
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1321891057

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
The existing research on African American women graduate students on predominantly White college campuses often results in quantitative data that suggests that African American women are more successful at completing graduate degrees than their male counterparts. This suggestion often leads to a dominant narrative of success that fails to recognize the challenges African American women graduate students face as well as the sacrifices they make in order to graduate. Thus, the purpose of this study was to identify the challenges that African American women graduate students face in their pursuit of advanced degrees on predominantly White college campuses and to also identify what kinds of mentorship African American women graduate students seek, and find helpful or unhelpful as they navigate through stated challenges. Black Feminist Epistemology (Collins, 2000) and Critical Race Feminism (Wing, 2003) with a specific focus on intersectionality were used to structure the study.The experiences of 8 African American women who attended predominantly White universities for advanced degrees were recorded in interviews and personal journals. The data reflected 4 dominate themes, which included facing various forms of discouragement,lack of mentorship, painful perseverance,and racegender awareness. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends an alternative model of mentorship for African American women graduate students pursuing degrees at predominantly White universities.
Denise Taliaferro-Baszile (Committee Chair)
Lisa Weems (Committee Member)
Sally Lloyd (Committee Member)
Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis (Committee Member)
121 p.
African Americans; Gender; Womens Studies
Critical race feminism; black feminist epistemology; racegender; racial micro aggression; mentorship; intersectionality; African American women graduate students; counterstories;

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  • Chatman, L. (2011). Keeping my Sistas through the Storm: Counterstories of African American Women Graduate Students Seeking Good Mentorship in Troubling Spaces and Places [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1321891057

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chatman, Lara. Keeping my Sistas through the Storm: Counterstories of African American Women Graduate Students Seeking Good Mentorship in Troubling Spaces and Places. 2011. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1321891057.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chatman, Lara. "Keeping my Sistas through the Storm: Counterstories of African American Women Graduate Students Seeking Good Mentorship in Troubling Spaces and Places." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1321891057

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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