Dissertation
“OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST NOT READY FOR YOU YET”: A CRITICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BLACK WOMEN K-12 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2020
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111664
Abstract
K-12 Educational leadership administrators are important to the success of schools and the advancement of student achievement. Unfortunately, Black women K-12 administrators are extremely underrepresented and make up only 4% of principals and 1% of superintendents in schools across the United States. While recent studies focus on diverse administrators and social justice leadership practices within the field of educational leadership, very little research illuminates the voices of Black Women K-12 school administrators and the ways in which their identities shape their leadership practices. Thus, exploring the lived experiences of Black women school leaders is essential to understanding how their leadership practices enhance the intellectual and important leadership contributions to the field of educational leadership.
Drawing from Black feminist thought, this critical qualitative study explores the leadership journey and the lived experiences of five former and current women K-12 school administrators. The findings of this study revealed that the women faced challenges of racism, sexism, tokenism and external resistance. However, the results suggest that spirituality helps them combat these challenges, and how their race and gender identities shape their unique leadership practices.
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- Title
- “OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST NOT READY FOR YOU YET”: A CRITICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BLACK WOMEN K-12 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
- Creators
- Veneice Guillory-Lacy
- Contributors
- Paula Groves Price (Advisor)Pamela Bettis (Committee Member)Katherine Rodela (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 188
- Identifiers
- 99900581702501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation