There is an absence of research addressing Women of Color leaders in the academy, specifically relative to the influence of their cultural identity on their leadership styles. The purpose of this study is to understand the lived experience of Women of Color leaders who served in…
Through womanist theory and quantitative discourse analysis, this dissertation examines the portrayal of Black female characters in three dramatic works written by marginalized authors during the “Me Too” era (2006–present) and anchored in pivotal moments in American history: Sa…
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the sexuality of Black Churchwomen from the context of one historically Black Church denomination. Two research questions guided his study:
This study is a historical review and current documentation of Black women’s role in the developing movement of Pleasure Activism in the United States. Pleasure Activism, coined by adrienne maree brown (2019), is a growing movement to encourage the historically disenfranchised, …
This project explores the nature of formal theological education as it relates to Pentecostal Blackwomen in the United States. Parker Palmer’s tragic gap is used to re-member home as a space to embody an integrated identity, which encompasses the various intersections of Black w…
Written over the course of twenty years, the essays brought together here highlight and analyze tensions confronted by writers, scholars, activists, politicians, and political prisoners fighting racism and sexism. Focusing on the experiences of black women calling attention to a…
Written over the course of twenty years, the essays brought together here highlight and analyze tensions confronted by writers, scholars, activists, politicians, and political prisoners fighting racism and sexism. Focusing on the experiences of black women calling attention to a…
An examination of the politics of racism and sexism from a feminist perspective, looking at the impact of sexism on African-American women during slavery, the devaluation of African-American womanhood, African-American male sexism, racism within the modern feminist movement, and…
A range of themes-race and gender, sexuality, otherness, sisterhood, and agency-run throughout this collection. The chapters constitute a collective discourse at the intersection of Black feminist thought and continental philosophy, converging on a similar set of questions and c…