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Direct linkCelina Bernice Reed – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of Black/ African American women aspiring, serving, or having previously served in the role of Superintendent of Schools in the State of Texas. Additionally, the study investigated the perceived barriers and challenges that impacted the participant's ascent to the superintendency, and…
Descriptors: African Americans, Women Administrators, Superintendents, Barriers
Stephanie L. Gumbs-Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Black women comprised only 1.4% of superintendents leading school districts in the United States as of 2021 (Grogan & Nash, 2021). These professionals face challenges to their leadership driven by systemic inequities deeply embedded in traditional leadership perceptions regarding race and gender, and contend with being undervalued and…
Descriptors: African Americans, Women Administrators, Females, Barriers
Locke Simmons, Tia N. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of African American women serving as executive-level administrators (assistant, associate, deputy superintendents and/or superintendents) in Texas public school districts. Specifically, this study investigated how executive-level African American women in Texas public schools perceive…
Descriptors: African Americans, Women Administrators, Females, Public Schools
Alison S. Yoshimoto-Towery – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The intent of this study was to understand the experiences of female superintendents, including those of color, serving in public school districts across California as they navigate the politics associated with culturally divisive conflict. The sample comprised 12 female superintendents serving various lengths of tenure in nine counties in…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Superintendents, Minority Groups
Marie Nicole Feagins – ProQuest LLC, 2020
As school districts become increasingly racially diverse, minorities remain practically invisible in the role of superintendent; specifically, Black women. Historical analysis depicts the superintendency as a White male-dominated position and highlights significant challenges experienced by women in the field. Literature available on the topic of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Superintendents, Occupational Aspiration, Employed Women
Shelly Geneen Goines-Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This research study was designed to add to the existing but limited literature that explores perceived barriers and challenges African-American women superintendents experienced while ascending and serving in the superintendency. According to the literature, African-American women are underrepresented in the role of public school superintendents.…
Descriptors: African American Leadership, Women Administrators, Females, Superintendents
