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ERIC Number: ED652904
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 291
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3826-2457-0
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How a Black Female School Leader Navigates Structural Constraints to Foster Black Female Students Agency in an Alabama Black Belt Public School
Mashika Tempero Culliver
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Auburn University
Using Kimberle Crenshaw's (1990) intersectionality theory as the theoretical framework, this intersectional narrative study focused on how a Black, female school leader in an Alabama Black Belt public school navigated structural constraints to foster Black female student agency (Berry & Cook, 2018; Crenshaw, 1990; Esposito & Evans-Winters, 2022; Vaughn, 2021). This study aimed to understand the strategies used by these leaders to empower their Black female students amidst navigating systemic challenges, such as limited resources, gender inequalities, poverty, unequal educational opportunities, and implicit biases. Relying on various rounds of interviews, observations and open reflective surveys, the participant's story was co-constructed by the researcher and the participant via use of Nasheeda et al.'s (2019) restorying framework. The participant's story revealed how she relied on her own "colorful" personal experiences as a Black girl and woman to inform how she navigates structural constraints to foster Black, female student agency and revealed her impact on people beyond exclusivity to her Black, female students. Some noted practices in her story included the following: culturally responsive social emotional learning, emancipatory pedagogical principles, grant writing and being "the Mama"- a term she used to describe her advocacy role when it comes to her interaction with her students and her colleagues. [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.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Alabama
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