Abstract/Details

Healing from Racial Trauma: A Consciousness Journey through Autoethnography

Collins, Lisa Yvetta.   Lewis and Clark College ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2021. 28715866.

Abstract (summary)

The low number of Black educators in Oregon presents a problem that limits educators' careers and negatively influences the academic growth of students of color.

This study reviews the intersectionality of federal and state policies’ effects on Black educators through a framework of Black Feminist Thought and settler colonialism.

It utilizes autoethnography, which formulates social scientific problems and draws conclusions from the data of individual experiences. Academic literature lacks Black women's autoethnographic experiences in K-12 educational settings.

The study finds that working in educational settings as a Black woman educator is highly challenging. The data revealed central themes of Systematic Oppression, Trauma, and Healing, with racial trauma as the highest reported experience.

These results shed light on challenges and successes that contribute to and detract from a Black person’s likelihood of working in public education in Oregon. They illuminate the lived experiences of a Black woman educator in Oregon to provide insight, support, community, and wellness for Black educators and to inform the organizational practices of educational systems within school districts and post-secondary education.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Education;
Black studies;
Womens studies
Classification
0515: Education
0325: Black studies
0453: Womens studies
Identifier / keyword
Black women; Organizational development; Racial healing; Racial trauma; Systematic oppression
Title
Healing from Racial Trauma: A Consciousness Journey through Autoethnography
Author
Collins, Lisa Yvetta
Number of pages
222
Publication year
2021
Degree date
2021
School code
0487
Source
DAI-A 83/2(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
ISBN
9798535571423
Advisor
Sakho, Jacqueline Roebuck
Committee member
Khalifa , Muhammad; Montgomery, Dawn
University/institution
Lewis and Clark College
Department
Education
University location
United States -- Oregon
Degree
Ed.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
28715866
ProQuest document ID
2572616211
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2572616211/C06DAE16AF19421CPQ/7