The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how African American female principals describe their experiences of opportunities, challenges, and support with a focus on the intersectionality of race and gender in the Southwestern United States. The underrepresentation of African American female principals necessitated this…

This dissertation investigates the influence of racialization on the attrition rates of African American male students in predominantly white institutions (PWIs). The study examines whether these students experience cultural shock or face more profound systemic challenges. The research explores how African American men navigate and perceive their…

A paucity of Black women administrators in higher education is detrimental to student recruitment and retention and negatively affects the campus work environment (Gasman et al., 2015; Lewis, 2017; Steele, 2018; Townsend, 2019). Researchers proclaim that more empirical literature about how race and gender impact the career ascension of Black women…

Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM) is an umbrella term for relationships in which all partners explicitly consent to engage in romantic, intimate, or sexual relationships with multiple people. In a recent study on polyamory, one form of CNM, data from a nationally representative sample of 3,438 single adults in the U.S. from a range of backgrounds…

Building Cultures of Care in schools has profound potential to support students' mental health and academic success. This is critical as students' mental and behavioral challenges are rising, and teachers report stress and burn out. To inform work in other communities, we examine the Culture of Care initiative in a tri-county region of one US…

This action research project centers the narratives of women and nonbinary students of color as they navigate leadership roles within student government at Ivy League institutions. The overarching aim of the project is to develop an understanding of the barriers to participation for women and nonbinary students of color and collaboratively…

This dissertation investigates the leadership experiences of African America women employed at historically White Christian colleges and universities. The study engages the narratives of African American women who are leaders within these institutions. The findings of the study illuminate intersectionality and the challenges the double-bind of…

This paper explored the multiple layers of social and intercultural adjustment challenges experienced by international female doctoral students in Australia. The paper investigates multiple dimensions of sociocultural differences between the students' native and host countries, including sociocultural context, community engagement, personal and…

Limited qualitative work has examined how response to intervention (RTI) is shaping teachers' understandings of intervention, the premise for conversation about referral, when serving diverse learners. In this case study, I use the lenses of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and intersectionality to examine (a) how educators at one public…

The study aimed to assess how intersectional factors such as race, gender identity, occupation, or other markers of one's identity may contribute to the attrition of Black women special education teachers. More specifically, this study sought to reveal the unique challenges that Black women in special education experience as opposed to the…

This study examines the failure of gender-affirmative policies in addressing the intersectional challenges faced by marginalized women in Indonesian politics. Using a qualitative approach-- including in-depth interviews with 30 female politicians from diverse ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, alongside policy document analysis…

A central element in the writing of marginal subjects is the personal and autobiographical voice they use to write about themselves and their experiences. This article uses a personal voice- autoethnography - to examine, in a multi-layered manner, one-stop of the author's educational biography and her path, as a working-class Mizrahi woman, to…

Accounting for less than five percent of those who hold Assistant and Associate Athletic Director positions (National, 2021), Black women often lack access to roles of power and status within NCAA Division I college athletics. Despite the growth in participation for women in sports and athletics over the years, athletic administration positions…

Due to the unestablished ongoing debate on Black women's leadership development, present research challenges the current discourses on the structures and processes of epistemology and opportunities in South Africa. The discussion guided research questions development and conceptualization. As a case study and based on research questions, content…

This article summarizes the results of interviews concerning intersections found among social studies and history education, climate education, and Indigenous studies. We explore what may be involved in curricular and pedagogical reform that better features these intersections, and what considerations arise in approaching reform in schools,…