Date of Award
8-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Learning Sciences
Committee Member
Faiza Jamil
Committee Member
Nicole Bannister Sinwell
Committee Member
Tia Dumas
Committee Member
Luke Rapa
Committee Member
Kendra Stewart-Tillman
Abstract
This study examined how personal, behavioral and environmental factors influenced educational outcomes of Black collegians at predominately white institutions in the south. Specifically, 11 institutions are represented in this study from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The purpose of this study was to provide an opportunity for Black collegians to share via quantitative methods how their Blackness impacted their perspectives on their career and life. The specific ways in which Blackness was examined was through Black affirmation from faculty, peers and administrators in the learning environment, beliefs about their Black identity, and utilization of cultural capital. The study was grounded in Critical perspectives including Critical Race Theory, BlackCrit, and QuantCrit as a means of emphasizing the importance of race and racism in the educational experience of Black collegians. The data collected through a survey was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The implications focused on educators, administrators and Black collegians as a means for shifting from an anti-Blackness perspective in education.
Recommended Citation
Brown, DeOnte Teaon, "Educating Black Collegians: Examining the Influence of Blackness on Educational Outcomes Related to Life and Career Perspectives" (2021). All Dissertations. 2895.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/2895