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Homeplace: An Afterschool Club for Adolescent Black Girls at a Predominantly White Middle School

Johnson-Davis, Jana L.
http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4630-8843
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch17263053737868

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2024, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Adolescent Black girls often experience marginalization in schools due to zero-tolerance policies, oppressive classroom curricula, and teachers who lack cultural competency. The literature on adolescent Black girls in school revealed that there are spaces within schools that can serve as homeplaces for Black girls. This study explored how adolescent Black girls experienced homeplace in an afterschool club at a predominantly White middle school in Decatur, Georgia. This research also expands bell hooks’s (2001) theory of homeplace from the home environment to school buildings. Narrative inquiry was the methodology used for the study, and interview data was analyzed through thematic analysis. Black feminist thought served as the theoretical lens. The findings revealed that during their participation in the afterschool club, the study’s participants experienced homeplace through: (a) a sense of belonging, (b) experiences that provided them the opportunity to grow and develop, and (c) access to caring Black women who facilitated a safe space that the girls needed. Recommendations for school policy and practice that may reduce the marginalization of Black girls and increase access to homeplaces inside schools are included. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA (https://aura.antioch.edu) and OhioLINK ETD Center (https://etd.ohiolink.edu).
Nancy Boxill, PhD (Committee Chair)
Michael Simanga, PhD (Committee Member)
Betty Overton-Adkins, PhD (Committee Member)
82 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; Black Studies; Curricula; Education; Gender; Gender Studies; Pedagogy; School Administration; Social Psychology; Social Research; Teaching; Womens Studies
homeplace; bell hooks; adolescent Black girls; White middle school; marginalization

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  • Johnson-Davis, J. L. (2024). Homeplace: An Afterschool Club for Adolescent Black Girls at a Predominantly White Middle School [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch17263053737868

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Johnson-Davis, Jana. Homeplace: An Afterschool Club for Adolescent Black Girls at a Predominantly White Middle School. 2024. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch17263053737868.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Johnson-Davis, Jana. "Homeplace: An Afterschool Club for Adolescent Black Girls at a Predominantly White Middle School." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch17263053737868

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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