Emancipatory Research Methods for Black Girls

• In Event: 31.091 - Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: 31.091-22 - African American at Risk

Abstract

This work argues for an approach to research and education practices that considers the historically deficit-based research practices and views on black girls and develops humanizing research methods that consider the multiple oppressions that act as barriers for this group. Research must acknowledge the precarious position of black girls in order to adequately address needs and inform policy around black girl achievement.We contend, along with Ruth Nicole Brown (2009), that the research process needs to celebrate black girls as much as it works to relieve the social, political, and economic challenges they navigate. Incorporating a concept the authors term "beingness" into our work as researchers allows us to do this.

Authors

• Erica Edwards, Georgia State University

• Sherell A. McArthur, University of Georgia - Athens

• Latoya Simone Russell, Georgia State University