Date of Award
Winter 1-10-2013
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology
First Advisor
Dr. Laurie B. Dias
Second Advisor
Dr. Wanjira Kinuthia
Third Advisor
Dr. Joyce E. King
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Rhonda Wilkins
Abstract
Black women currently and historically have faced challenges as faculty in higher education. The problem the study addressed was the lack of intellectual study and resulting literature about Black women faculty in the field of Instructional Technology. This research sought to gain better insight into experiences of Black women professors in Instructional Technology. Specifically, the purpose of this research was to identify and describe the lived experiences of Black women who are tenure-track faculty in the Instructional Technology professoriate.
A review of literature regarding faculty work, Black faculty in the Academy, Women in the Academy and Black women in the Academy provide groundwork for the investigation. The study employed a phenomenological methodology to answer the research questions. Siedman’s (2005) “three-interview series model” was used to collect data from the participants. The researcher facilitated three 90 minute interviews with each participant – the life history interview, the current experience interview and the meaning-making interview. The findings of this research indicate that the support of their parents and attendance at integrated grade schools prepared the participants to work in their current positions. As they worked in the professoriate, these Black women realized that they had to self-advocate and set their own boundaries. They made meaning of their experiences by connecting it to their faith and realizing that they were not in the position for themselves. The implications of this study are also indicated in the advice the participants gave to Black women who wish to pursue careers in the Instructional Technology professoriate.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4847712
Recommended Citation
Richardson, Valora, "The Lived Experiences of Black Women Faculty in the Instructional Technology Professoriate." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4847712