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Brittany L. Bronson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the massive influx of new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion roles created across the public and private sectors since 2020, there remains a glaring gap in research in this critical area. While existing research showcases the disparities that systems of oppression created for Black women, what's missing is research providing actionable…
Descriptors: Employed Women, African Americans, Women Administrators, For Profit Colleges
Stacey Michelle Kernisan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative grounded theory study delves into the profound impact of the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic (COVID-19) on Black working mothers, shedding light on its consequences on their pursuit of education and mental well-being. While prior research has explored the effects of COVID-19 on Black working mothers, this study focuses on the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, African Americans, Mothers
Raglin, Sherrell – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Single Black working mothers faced significant challenges in achieving high-level or senior-level leadership positions. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to collect, analyze and code the stories told by 10 participants to understand the perceptions and insights of the challenges and barriers single Black working mothers faced in…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Employed Women, Employed Parents
McGee, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study investigated the experiences of African American/Black, Asian American, Caucasian American/White, and Latina/Hispanic American women who advanced from operational or technical IT roles to senior executive IT roles. The intent was to understand how individual and organizational factors influenced the women's career advancement journey…
Descriptors: Females, African Americans, Asian Americans, Whites
Styles, Yvonne Delores – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The role of school counselors in our nation's education delivery system is ambiguous and incongruent. A review of the literature suggests school counselors are not fully understood or utilized effectively as key system resources to improve the outcomes of underperforming students. Research shows that minority populations in general and…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Qualitative Research
Kelly, Sharon F. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Existing scholarship has no examination of attributing the discourse on vocational identity to African American women, which in this study, has been defined as what a woman ought to be and do. African American women have been a subject of scholarly inquiry on having the longest history of paid work. This qualitative dissertation contains their…
Descriptors: Females, African Americans, Employed Women, Interviews