Black matters are indeed spatial matters (McKittrick 2006 xii), and diverse spaces are not a stand in for racially inclusive spaces. Through a Black geographic and Black feminist exploration of my hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts, my Masters thesis provides a discursive ma…
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This study was an examination of current Black participation in STEM and education. The purpose of this mixed method research study is to understand the possible reasons for low enrollment rates for Black high school students in STEM secondary courses. A historical perspective o…
Within the confines of slavery, nearly every aspect of an individual is controlled: their movement, their speech, their appearance. Expressing elements of identity through material culture was one form of rebellion practiced by enslaved people in the Americas, as messages of per…
This book explores the impact of stereotypical concepts associated with black skin color in representations of black people during the English Renaissance, namely Shakespeare’s Othello (Othello) , Aaron (Titus Andronicus) , Caliban (The Tempest) , Rosaline (Love’s Labour’s Lost)…
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…
The purpose of this research study was to develop an understanding of how male adolescents of African descent made sense of their identities as they reacted to culturally affirming African images. A visual methodology of photo-elicitation was utilized to explore the themes that …
“(Dis)Locating the Sensual: Black Queer Placemaking in Brooklyn, New York” investigates the impact that gentrification has on Black queer subject formations and Black queer public culture. My research explores the interplay between social oppressions, the Black quotidian queer b…
In many ways, enslavers attempted to dehumanize and subordinate Black people. Plenty of research and representations of slavery displays traumatic experiences of enslaved people. This work is going to focus on the sexual, physical, and emotional exploitation Black males suffered…
This thesis seeks to utilize a distant reading of seventeen essays written by James Baldwin alongside sustained close readings of three topics within those essays in order to understand why Baldwin has maintained increased popularity when the original historical context of the e…
In this dissertation, A Black (Human)ist Homiletic: A Literary Exegetical Response and Hermeneutic Case Study about the Life and Experience of Prince Kaboo as Samuel Morris; the Angel Ebony, I courageously excavate the literary art of texts written about Samuel Morris through a …
African American (also called Black American, or Black) students? performance in higher educational institutes reveal critical issues concerning their matriculation through higher education. A 2014 report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on cohorts of unive…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the generational transference of community cultural wealth and how this valuable commodity impacts student navigation of higher education, persistence, and attainment through individual experiences, backgrounds, and interactions. Most…
In 2016, the Detroit Independent Freedom School Movement (DIFS) was established out of the need for positive educational activities for children of the dismantled Detroit Public Schools (DPS). The movement was organized by Detroit community members who created grassroots organiz…
This thesis examines my personal experience of human rights violations in Africa, including some stories of my closest relatives. I address the urgent need of respecting human dignities in Africa from the perspective of a victim. As a result of the failures of officials to take …
This ethnographic case study uses life history and qualitative methodologies to offer biographical profiles that highlight perspectives on writing of eight Black African-born male youth with limited and disrupted formal education enrolled at a secondary school in northeastern Un…