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A feminist phenomenological study of the lived experiences of women senior student affairs officers at women's colleges
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A feminist phenomenological study of the lived experiences of women senior student affairs officers at women's colleges

Amanda M. Atkinson
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00000110
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Educational leadership Women's colleges Women college students--Attitudes
The purpose of this qualitative feminist phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of women senior student affairs officers (SSAOs) at women's colleges to address a gap in recent scholarly literature around women's colleges. Seven women SSAOs at women's colleges participated in one-on-one, semistructured interviews and artifact review. Eagly and Carli's (2007) leadership labyrinth, student affairs culture, and Bronfenbrenner's (1994) ecological systems theory (EST) formed the conceptual framework. One central research question and three subquestions were used to guide this study. The central question was: What are the lived experiences of women in their roles as SSAOs at women's colleges? Subquestions for this research were (a) How do women SSAOs at women's colleges describe their progressions through the field of student affairs to their roles as SSAOs at women's colleges? (b) What do women SSAOs at women's colleges identify as significant factors that affected their abilities to perform the role and responsibilities of the SSAO position at women's colleges? and (c) Given their lived experiences at a women's college, what advice would women SSAOs give to women who seek the SSAO position at women's colleges?

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