This qualitative research study aimed to examine how radical healing justice practices could be implemented in traditional 9-12 school settings to assist in the healing of Black girls. Intersectional theory and healing justice were used as the conceptual frameworks for this study. The instrument for this study was a case study in which a…

Racism is woven into the fabric of every institution within the United States (Jones, 1974; Ladson-Billings, 1998), and it is present alongside the often unattended to intersectional oppression (Crenshaw, 2017). These two realities are often found and reproduced within P-12 school settings (Ladson-Billings, 2005; Ladson-Billings, 2019; Hopson,…

This dissertation study aims to illuminate the creation of safe spaces for marginalized youth through mentorship initiatives. Likewise, the study examines the roles of mentorship programs in transforming the lives of Black adolescent girls by providing them with tools to change the narratives depicted by society. A qualitative design was employed…

The purpose of this quantitative research study was to examine the potential moderating role of boundaries between adolescents (N = 46) and their parent(s) in the families of African American adolescents who have experienced trauma, and the effect it had on the adolescent's self-esteem, through the lens of Structural Family Therapy (SFT). The 2014…

Educators and school staff often overlook students with intellectual disabilities and students who are LGBTQ+ within public schools. They recognize even less students who identify in both these areas. The purpose of this study is to add to a small pool of research about how to best support students with intellectual disabilities who are gender…