Examining relationships that matter: A qualitative study of Black women in doctoral education

dc.contributor.authorLane, Tonisha B.en
dc.contributor.authorPatterson-Stephens, Shawna M.en
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Ebonyen
dc.contributor.authorPierre, Devona Fosteren
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-30T15:09:06Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-30T15:09:06Zen
dc.date.issued2022-05-31en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore how and why various relationships bolstered the success of Black women doctoral students by contributing to their motivation and persistence in graduate education. Using the voices of 14 Black women doctoral students within the United States and community cultural wealth as a theoretical lens, this qualitative study sought to examine the nature and importance of supportive relationships that existed during their graduate studies. Findings from this study revealed that family served as a motivator for enrollment and degree completion, a sounding board during trying times, and a space for processing the doctoral experience. Friends and professional associations transmitted various forms of social capital, and mentors served as advocates and facilitators of professional socialization. Additionally, social media played a significant role in helping Black women establish networks when there was limited visibility of or access to other Black women in their graduate programs. From this study, academic programs may be able to glean which aspects of these different relationship types (e.g., family, friends, mentors) matter and develop mechanisms for incorporating them into the experiences of Black women (and other minoritized groups) in doctoral programs.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 27-46en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21423/jaawge-v2i1a43en
dc.identifier.eissn2992-9504en
dc.identifier.issn2992-9504en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.orcidLane, Tonisha [0000-0002-1063-2744]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/124444en
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTexas A&M University Librariesen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBlack womenen
dc.subjectdoctoral studentsen
dc.subjectcommunity cultural wealthen
dc.subjectstudent successen
dc.titleExamining relationships that matter: A qualitative study of Black women in doctoral educationen
dc.title.serialJournal of African American Women and Girls in Educationen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-09-06en
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/School of Educationen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/CLAHS T&R Facultyen

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