Date Approved
2012
Degree Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department or School
Leadership and Counseling
Committee Member
Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Ph.D., Chair
Committee Member
Yvonne Callaway, Ph.D., Committee Member
Committee Member
Dibya Choudhuri, Ph.D., Committee Member
Committee Member
Jaclynn C. Tracy, Ph.D., Committee Member
Abstract
African Americans remain disproportionately underrepresented in the faculty ranks at institutions of higher education in the United States. The faculty role is critical to the quality and exchange of teaching and learning, particularly at public community colleges. The extant literature documents how “chilly” campus climates and racially charged encounters can be harmful to African-American faculty. Moreover, along with the traditional responsibilities and demands of the faculty role, African-American faculty members contend with racism, discrimination, and an anti-Black sentiment in academia as a microcosm of society, likely resulting in race-related role strain. Overall, this exploratory study sought to understand the nature and extent to which full-time male and female African-American faculty at public community colleges experience Racial Battle Fatigue because of racial microaggressions (i.e., the exchange and response to race-related mental, emotional, and physical tensions) and the racialized stressors associated with their faculty role.
Recommended Citation
Stevenson, Tamara N., "Racial battle fatigue, role strain, and African-American faculty at public community colleges" (2012). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 426.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/426