ERIC Number: ED638567
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 127
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ISBN: 979-8-3801-7924-9
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You Don't Need Eyes to See: The Lived-Experience of College Graduates Who Are Black Men, Born into Poverty, and Living with a Visual Impairment: A Narrative Study
Ronald D. Dillard
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Western Michigan University
The following study seeks to answer this research question: What is the lived experience of college graduates who are Black men, born into poverty, and living with a visual impairment? The researcher has used intersectionality as an aspect of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to conceptualize the research question and develop an interview protocol. The researcher has conducted in-depth interviews for this qualitative inquiry, resulting in a narrative study. Purposeful sampling was implemented to identify three participants who fit the criteria of being a Black man, born into poverty, and living with a visual impairment. Data was reorganized to tell the story in chronological order, as suggested by Creswell and Poth (2018), yielding a story with a beginning, middle, and end. The final product is an analysis of the participants' lived experience, one that they helped the researcher to shape. In the end, the researcher identifies themes that were a part of all the participants' lives. With this data, we can learn to be more resilient learners ourselves. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: College Graduates, Blacks, African Americans, Males, Visual Impairments, Disabilities, Poverty, Early Experience, Experience, Intersectionality
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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