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Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs
Publication Date
Summer 7-29-2022
Abstract
Research exploring the lived experiences of Black womxn as leaders in national academic professional organizations is absent. The goal of this dissertation was to explore Black womxn’s unique personal and academic experiences while holding national leadership roles in professional academic organizations. Using Critical Race Theory (Haskins & Singh, 2015), Black Feminist Thought (Collins, 2010), and Leadership Identity Development Model (Komives et al., 2006, 2009), this constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz, 2006, 2014) sought to answer following research questions: (1) How do Black womxn experience leadership in their roles as board members within a national academic professional organization? (a) What is the process of leadership development for Black womxn in national academic professional organizations? (b) How salient are mentorship experiences, academic requirements, or personal circumstances in the decisions to take on leadership roles? (c) In what ways do national academic professional organizations impact Black Womxn in their academic roles? Utilizing semi-structured interviews Twenty-Two Black womxn participated in this study. Findings suggest Black womxn first identify as leaders as young girls who learn leadership skills from their matriarchal grandmothers, mothers, and sisters. Participant quotes, research themes, and a proposed model of Black Womxn Leadership Identity is included. Implications for counseling theory and practice, counselor education and supervision, and future research have been provided.
Keywords
Black, Womxn, Leadership, Counselor Education
Document Type
Dissertation
Language
English
Degree Name
Counselor Education
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Department Name
Individual, Family, and Community Education
First Committee Member (Chair)
Kristopher Goodrich
Second Committee Member
Thomas A. Chavez
Third Committee Member
Assata Zerai
Fourth Committee Member
Henrietta Williams Pichon
Recommended Citation
Daniel, Dèsa Karye. "GROUNDED THEORY BLACK WOMXN LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES IN NATIONAL ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL." (2022). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_ifce_etds/125