Although critical participatory action research (CPAR) has been cited as a means to cultivate more equitable systems in education, its promise not fully realized mechanism enhance the experiences of minoritized cultural groups U.S. higher education. As outsiders within academia who are multiplicatively marginalized, Black women's engagement CPAR demonstrates unique potential address this gap. In paper, I introduce an agentic diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategy embedded...

Black women's participation in postsecondary education appears to have improved drastically because they are outpacing many other minority cultural groups (i.e., men, Hispanic men and women, Asian etc.) terms of college enrollment completion rates. However, when compared White it is obvious that there a variety factors continue perpetuate underrepresentation attrition higher education. This article examines some the psychosocial issues diminish psychological physical health young women...

Although conceptual models exist that describe the role of counterspaces in promoting well-being among marginalised individuals, not enough is known about composition professional for Black women employed higher education. The African American Women's Summit (AAWS) a national development programme U.S. as counterspace. Semi-structured interviews were used this study to explore experiences seven student affairs administrators who consistently participated AAWS between 2006 and 2011....

Although engagement in social and academic counterspaces has been studied as a strategy used by African American college students to withstand racially inhospitable campus climates, very little research documents the impact of professional on women student affairs administrators. The purpose this basic interpretive qualitative study was explore how consistently participating Women's Summit (AAWS), development program United States designed for administrators (i.e., counterspace), assisted...

Although Black women are the most represented minoritized group among U.S. higher education administrators, they continue to lag behind White and men in terms of leadership student affairs profession, which may be exacerbated by their relative underrepresentation graduate programs education. Further, beyond generalized narratives about aggregated experiences education, little is actually known status ambitions contemporary affairs. A secondary analysis archival data extrapolated from a...

Background: Increased enrollment in government-based insurance plans has been reported. With youth sports injuries on the rise, increased ordering of advanced imaging such as magnetic resonance (MRI) occurred. This study sought to report impact type access and results knee MRI pediatric medicine patients. Methods: A retrospective review 178 consecutive clinics was completed. Inclusion criteria: patients younger than 18 years, routine ordered, diagnosis, insurance. Data included basic...

The African American Women's Summit (AAWS) is a professional development program in the United States created by and for women student affairs. This article reviews evolution structure of AAWS. A discussion, grounded Black feminist thought, included relative to impact AAWS on affairs professionals.

Introduction: Trochlear dysplasia is a known risk factor for patellar dislocations yet normal trochlea development not well described. This study will define the articular cartilage (AC) and subchondral trochlear morphology in pediatric patients using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluation. Methods: A retrospective knee MRI review included aged 3 to 16 years with nonpatellofemoral-related diagnoses. International classification of diseases-9/International diseases-10 codes were used...

The purpose of this study was to explore how Hip Hop informed the construction gendered racial and sexual identities among Black women at predominately white institutions (PWIs). Ten undergraduates a PWI in midwestern region US engaged individual focus group interviews, which included participating an activity called Soundtrack My Life. research team performed constant comparative thematic analysis identified three themes: (a) using multiplicity womanhood, (b) unpacking hypersexualization...

This study presents findings from an instrument designed to assess preservice teachers’ perceptions regarding whether the environment and curriculum in a College of Education (COEDU) southeast, urban university are conducive preparing them live work diverse society. A 144-item survey is administered 126 teachers enrolled COEDU courses. Major indicate that though overall climate seemed positive, many students suggested need for greater curricular emphasis on understanding GLBT population...

This article aims to illuminate the transcendent relevance of Patricia Hill Collins' Black feminist thought (BFT) by explicating role theory plays in grounding work a student affairs faculty member. The criticality culturally responsive practice is highlighted centering ways an intentionally consciousness contributes this goal. Other and administrators may benefit from unpacking their contributions within framework theories like BFT.

Background: Isolated pediatric lateral ankle injuries, including sprain (AS) and nondisplaced Salter-Harris type 1 (SH-1) distal fibular fracture, are common orthopaedic sports-related injuries. Variability in treatment is suspected among surgeons. Complications from medical or lack thereof have not been reported this population. Purpose: The purpose of study was to investigate variability associated complications after AS SH-1 via a survey members the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society North...

Research related to professional development in student affairs has found that few attendees benefit from participating preconference programs. The African American Women's Summit (AAWS) is a program created by and for women serves as counterspace this significantly underrepresented population of higher education administrators. This article presents 10 years data (2005-2015) participants' perceptions the quality relevance AAWS. An in-depth demographic profile participants included describe...

Diversity has increased within youth sports. It is unknown whether these demographic or socioeconomic factors affect adolescent patients' and their guardians' preferences of sports medicine physicians involvement in medial decision making. Demographic may patient guardian for physicians.Patients, age 10 to 18 years, guardians presenting two offices were asked complete matched, anonymous surveys assessing medical making, physician gender, personality characteristics. Analysis effects on was...

Abstract In this article, authors explore how and why cisheteronormativity operates within scholarship on Black collegiate women engage critical cultural theories to suggest student affairs scholar‐practitioners can be more intentionally inclusive in their conceptual, methodological, programmatic choices.

Abstract The editors describe the purpose of and continuing need for this 20th anniversary edition, explicate their positionality as Black women who study women's experiences in higher education student affairs, introduce contents 2023 monograph.

The present study was conducted to explore the self-conceptualizations of terms that describe experiences African American women student affairs professionals employed at PWIS. participants in noted both physical and psychological representations being underrepresented, isolated, marginalized context their lives academy. Further, they often intangible intrinsic factors contributed sense personal well-being professional success. Implications for practice recommendations future research are discussed.