The literature on intimate partner violence indicates that cultures of origin and religion play critical roles in the experience of abuse and in the help-seeking behavior of immigrants. Nigerian immigrants in the diaspora rely heavily on their respective religious leaders in chu…
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Utilizing Afrocentric thought, this dissertation examines digital Pan-Africanism as a new theory that demonstrates the liberatory potential of digital technology including internet-based writing and businesses. Focusing on the burgeoning Black travel industry, it specifically co…
The purpose of the study is to explore the social impacts of socioeconomic inequities and inequalities Black workers have encountered since the era of sociologist and civil rights activist Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois. The focus of the study is present day Black STEM workers. Utilized was…
This study seeks to explore the lived experiences of Black Muslim women in the United States. Black Muslim Women are an overlooked subgroup within the Muslim community. To create a foundation for present and future research, it is important to gain knowledge of the unique experi…
"Racism in the Neoliberal Era explains how simple racial binaries like black/white are no longer sufficient to explain the persistence of racism, capitalism, and elite white power. The neoliberal era features the largest black middle class in US history and extreme racial margin…
This critical qualitative dissertation aimed to highlight the experiences and amplify the voices of Black, public school educators in the Boston metro area. Grounded in critical race theory and further defined by trauma and organizational/systems theories, this study illuminated…
The contemporary American Dream is based on the myth that anyone can obtain upward mobility if they work hard enough, regardless of their class or race. This ideology supports the idea that America is the land of equal opportunity, democracy, and liberty. This framework is probl…
The persistence of racial disparities in breastfeeding is associated with a range of interconnected factors, such as historical, cultural, social, social, and psychological. The current gap in the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among Black mothers and White mothers has le…
This dissertation examines different films, literary, and performance art pieces created by contemporary afro-descendant women from Peru, Cuba, and Brazil after the sixties with emphasis on the most relevant works of Conceição Evaristo, Sara Gómez, Victoria Santa Cruz, and Lucía…
Processes of Black racialization in Mestizo Latin America open a space to expose how subjectivities emerge and change while in tension with broader national ideas and transnational discourses. Morenos , typically dark skin individuals of African descent, inhabit the boundaries o…
This dissertation answers the timely questions: how has the Black female body been represented in the contemporary poetry of the Afro-Hispanic Caribbean, and why does it matter today? In pursuit of these questions, this project compares the work of Afrofeminist poets Nancy Morej…
In the United States, Black women often face a number of disparities due to historical systems of oppression, social determinants of health and intersecting aspects related to gender and race (Lewis et al., 2016; Thomas et al., 2011; Spates et al., 2020). These factors may affec…
This study examines the motivating factors for Black female, first-generation doctoral students. The critical problem I found was that little is known how Black female doctoral students persevere to completing their doctoral degrees. Therefore, this study sought to identify fact…
Anti-Black racism in America is not a new phenomenon. In recent years, the rapid evolution and expansion of mobile technology has enabled the proliferation of viral videos showing instances of anti-Black racism, leading to greater public awareness of the issue among White Americ…
This dissertation examines Black-authored novels featuring White (or White-passing) protagonists in the post-World War II decade (1945–1956). Published during the fraught postwar political climate of agitation for integration and the continual systematic racism, many novels by B…
Public health researchers and practitioners who study the opioid crisis contend that social connections combat addiction. Additionally, scholars who study Black communities have provided anecdotal evidence that the over-policing of Black public spaces contributes to social isola…
A Nemesis on Negro Mountain takes place in 1999 in the panhandle of western Maryland. This work of fiction follows the perspective of Jay, a thirteen-year-old boy who is forcibly moved from his home in Baltimore to the fictional Crossland County, Maryland by his mother Tamika, i…