Date of Award
3-15-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
School Name
Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education
Department
Education
Major Advisor
Dr. Eliazbeth Dinkins
Second Advisor
Dr. Winn Wheeler
Abstract
This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of 11 participants who had four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The theoretical frameworks guiding this study are Culturally Responsive Teaching (Crt) (Hammond 2014; Gay 2000), Critical Race Theory (CRT) (Crenshaw, 1988; Ansley, 1988), and Abolitionist teaching (Love, 2019). This study's data collection is based on semi-structured and conversational interviews via Microsoft Teams with Students of Color (SOC) who graduated from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and had an ACEs score over 4. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include one or more events such as growing up in a household with an absence (divorce, separation, incarcerated), experiencing a parent’s illness (physical or mental), being exposed to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, experiencing natural disasters, or witnessing a violent crime. Phenomenology was utilized to explore the traumatic (racial) experiences of SOC in K-12 educational settings and their subsequent experiences at an HBCU. Racism is traumatic, painful, shameful, anger-producing, and stops the growth and success of communities and folx (Adams, 1990; Pierce, 1995). Racial trauma has been defined as a stressful effect or emotional pain that results from a person's experience with discrimination and racism (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2017). Finally, this study explored unspoken or spoken practices at HBCU that support Students of Color. The guiding research questions are as followed:
- What are the lived experiences of Students of Color (SOC) who have experienced racial trauma during their K-12 education?
- How might attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) impact SOC with racial trauma exposure during their K-12 experiences?
Recommended Citation
Courington, Diane, "Mask Off: Students’ of Color Traumatic Experiences in K-12 Education and Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Make a Difference" (2021). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones. 97.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/tdc/97
Included in
Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Health and Physical Education Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Other Education Commons, Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education Commons, Secondary Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons, Social Justice Commons, Special Education and Teaching Commons