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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Department
Educational Leadership and Policy
First Advisor
Erica B. Edwards
Abstract
This qualitative study focuses on the cultural knowledge of low-income single Blackmothers and their motherwork in the college planning process of their child(ren). This narrative inquiry will use Black Feminist Theory through a cultural Afrocentric lens. Black Feminist Theory explains systemic racism and other social, cultural, and political oppression towards Black women. Afrocentrism contextualizes this study within an African cultural background, offering an understanding of African-American strength-based experiences related to mothering roles, functions, and responsibilities during college planning. These conceptual devices will support understanding the motherwork of low-income single Black mothers and their involvement in the planning process of their college-bound child(ren)—countering deficit narratives rooted in Eurocentrism. Through sharing their lived experiences, the mother’s knowledge applied in the college planning process will be examined to understand contributions that go unnoticed due to oppressive societal and institutional structures.
Recommended Citation
Bell, Johnnetta, "Unapologetically Black & Unashamedly Empowered: The Motherwork Of Low-Income Single Black Mothers During College Planning" (2024). Wayne State University Dissertations. 4132.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/4132