Dissertation
Intersectionality in the academy: life histories of Caribbean women in higher education leadership
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
May 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/D8GM33
Abstract
"Caribbean women in higher education leadership" is an area of study which deserves significantly more attention. This study investigates the reality about the true demands of professional culture on Caribbean women with distinct cultural backgrounds and expectations - and how the expectations, demands, and mores of ethnic and professional cultures may clash. It identifies the challenges and barriers, impacting the professional and personal lives of participants; determines the impact of low diversity within leadership on professional experiences; discusses the navigation of politics in order to gain upward mobility; and outlines the nuances which create positive and negative perceptions of what is required to enter and remain within leadership in order to maintain advancement. Furthermore, it seeks to discover the strategies for professional survival, and distinguishes between strategies which create advantageous and disadvantageous career circumstances. The framework of this study is the Intersectionality Theory. The conceptual framework seeks to visually display overarching and common themes within the experience of Caribbean women at multiple levels of leadership; and to additionally identify sub-themes that can speak more directly to the convergence of multiple experiential facets. Researching the personal and professional clash of cultures, in conjunction with the existing misconceptions and notions that accompany gender and race for minority women, is paramount to increasing diversity and inclusion in leadership for Caribbean women. This area of exploration is a gap in existing research which this study takes the first steps towards filling in order to increase the social capital of Caribbean women.
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- Title
- Intersectionality in the academy
- Creators
- Chanae Hodge - DU
- Contributors
- Kristy Kelly (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- x, 112 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 8073; 991014632689004721