“…The findings suggest that the lived realities of intersectionality, specifically the interplay of race and gender, are potent in the narratives of the African American women. This assertion is supported in much of literature on African American women and progression in the academy; in short, race still matters (Brown, 2005;Diggs, Garrison-Wade, Estrada, & Galindo, 2009;Griffin, Bennett, & Harris, 2011;Hinton, 2010;Holmes, 2008;Jackson & Harris, 2007). This study also supports the assertion that, in some instances, attempts to examine the two identities of race and gender separately pose a challenge (Crenshaw, 1989;Zamani, 2003).…”