“It’s Just My Face:” Workplace Policing of Black Professional Women in Higher Education

Williams, Brittany M.

doi:10.1080/26379112.2023.2172730

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“…BLACK FIRST-GEN WOMEN ADMINISTRATORS SOCIALIZATION theory analytic processes because there is no singular approach to metanarrative analysis (Chase, 2005; M. Q. Patton, 2015;B. Williams, 2023).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Black women scholars before us have used metanarrative approaches to (re)construct multiple stories into a singular threaded experience (B. Williams, 2023;Q. S. Williams et al, 2022).…”

Section: Methods and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some scholars have found the challenges associated with HESA socialization as shifting but interconnected to broader global (in)stability (Antony, 2002), access and resource allocation (Baker, 2013;Hornak et al, 2016), and the need for greater reasonable ACPA/NASPA and CAS standards buy-in from new practitioners (Eaton, 2016). While these findings provide a context for graduate preparation overall, there is a need for additional exploration of Black women's professional socialization, specifically since Black women occupy a unique social positioning (Baker, 2013;Boss et al, 2021;B. Williams, 2023).…”

Section: Background and Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the current research landscape on first-gen students often flattens race and gender identity differences within groups despite their differential workplace experiences (B. Williams, 2023).…”

Section: Purpose Significance and Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the dearth of scholarship specific to Black women, recent texts have tried to capture the totality of Black girls' and women's experiences across the educational trajectory (L. D. Patton et al, 2022), providing a more holistic and needed perspective. Specific to Black women professionals, the broader scholarly landscape centers on workplace dysfunction and bullying (Hollis, 2015(Hollis, , 2018B. Williams, 2023); Black women's creation, facilitation, and advancement of counter spaces (West, 2017b(West, , 2018(West, , 2019; and how Black women cope and survive (Breeden, 2021;Henry, 2010;Quaye et al, 2020).…”

Section: Background and Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“It’s a matter of not knowing”: Examining Black first-gen women administrators’ career socialization and preparation.

Williams,

Wadley,

Brown

et al. 2023

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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Using intersectionality as a framework, we examined the professional socialization and support experiences of 12 Black first-generation (first-gen 1 ) women administrators in Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) in preparation for and as they navigated predominantly white work environments (PWWEs). We used a metanarrative approach to explore participants' individual and shared experiences. Our findings revealed that graduate assistantships, (co)curricular supervisors, and engagement with professional associations primarily facilitated participants' career socialization. Moreover, participants described their attempts and difficulties in creating new mentorship and support networks while nurturing existing relationships to facilitate professional success. Given that Black first-gen women college graduates are a growing demographic from which the HESA profession can pull, future researchers should consider identity in (in)formal mentorship and support networks, the impact of disparate service burdens on possible mentors and advocates as well as early-career professionals, and examination of existing and/or developing support structures unique to Black first-gen women practitioners. Correspondingly, practitioners can better support Black first-gen women by demystifying the hidden curricula and shifting workplace expectations, normalizing constructive feedback loops related to professional development and improvement, and helping early-career practitioners to negotiate and leverage existing conference and professional association resources-inclusive of funding supports.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Black women scholars before us have used metanarrative approaches to (re)construct multiple stories into a singular threaded experience (B. Williams, 2023;Q. S. Williams et al, 2022).…”

Section: Methods and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%