Article
Women of African Descent: Persistence in Completing A Doctorate
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Major/Program
Adult Education and Human Resource Development
First Advisor's Name
Thomas G. Reio
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Dawn Addy
Third Advisor's Name
Erskine Dottin
Fourth Advisor's Name
Dionne Stephens
Keywords
- Women,
- African American,
- Non-traditional student,
- Doctoral Studies,
- Women Studies,
- Career Women of African Descent,
- Graduate Studies,
- Black women,
- post graduate studies
Date of Defense
11-9-2010
Disciplines
- Adult and Continuing Education Administration,
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching,
- African American Studies,
- American Studies,
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education,
- Community-Based Learning,
- Curriculum and Instruction,
- Curriculum and Social Inquiry,
- Educational Administration and Supervision,
- Educational Sociology,
- Ethnic Studies,
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
- Gender and Sexuality,
- Higher Education Administration,
- Higher Education and Teaching,
- Inequality and Stratification,
- International and Comparative Education,
- Other Education,
- Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
- Other Social and Behavioral Sciences,
- Place and Environment,
- Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology,
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education,
- Sociology of Culture,
- Urban Education,
- Urban Studies and Planning and
- Women's Studies
Abstract
This study examines the educational persistence of women of African descent (WOAD) in pursuit of a doctorate degree at universities in the southeastern United States. WOAD are women of African ancestry born outside the African continent. These women are heirs to an inner dogged determination and spirit to survive despite all odds (Pulliam, 2003, p. 337).This study used Ellis’s (1997) Three Stages for Graduate Student Development as the conceptual framework to examine the persistent strategies used by these women to persist to the completion of their studies.
Identifier
FI10120809
Citation Information
Vannetta L. Bailey-Iddrisu. "Women of African Descent: Persistence in Completing A Doctorate" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vannetta_bailey-iddrisu/1/