Transcript Developing the North Carolina Central University Women`s

Perceptions and Social Construction
of Black Women During Their
Collegiate Years
Presenters: LaQuesha Foster, M.Ed.,
Shauna L. Hemingway, M.Ed. Cynthia
Polk-Johnson, M.S.
Overview
Introductions
Icebreakers
Theoretical Frameworks
Group Discussions
Questions
The Emergence of Black
Studies
1960’s and 1970’s Changing Student
Demographics
Black Studies Programs, Cultural Centers,
and Black Faculty and Staff
Black Studies Void of Black Woman’s
Voice
Questions Regarding Black
Women
How do Black women come to identify
themselves as women?
How do Black women socially construct the
various roles they have in society?
Is there a relationship to race, gender, selfesteem, academic performance, career
aspirations, and relationships with people?
Feminist Identity Development
Model (Downing & Roush)
Passive Acceptance
Embeddedness-Emanation
Synthesis
Active Commitment
The Womanist Identity
Development Model
The Womanist Identity Development
(Ossana, Helms, Leonard, 1977; Cross,
1971)
Pre-Encounter
Encounter
Immersion-Emersion
Internalization
Black Women, Racial Identity
and Womanist Identity
Cross (1971)
Boisnier (2003) & Watts (2006)
Helms and Cook (1999)
Sellars et al (1997)
Poindexter-Cameron and Robinson (1997)
Self-Esteem, Racial Identity and
Womanist Identity
Watts (2006) and Rosenberg (1965)
defined self- esteem as “positive or
negative attitudes toward a particular
object namely the self (p.321).
Rosenberg (1965) exclaimed that
individuals with high self-esteem accept
themselves for who they are as individuals.
Individuals with low self-esteem are
characterized as lacking respect for and
acceptance for themselves
(Rosenberg,1965).
Audience Questions
Self-Description:
How would you describe yourself to yourself?
Is the way you see yourself now different from the way you saw
yourself in the post college experience? What led to those changes?
Relationships:
Looking over your college experiences, what relationships have been
important? Why?
Have you had a relationship with someone who helped you shape the
person you have become? How would you describe this relationship?
Education:
Reflecting upon your college experience, who or what would have
helped you be more successful in your academic pursuits?
Questions