African Diasporic Travel and Racial/Ethnic Identity Development

• In Event: 66.060 - Issues of Race, Gender, and Identity Development

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate how students racial identity and perception of self and others is affected by a multicultural intervention program which includes travel to Africa by high school students of African descent. The researchers used ethnographic research method to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Based on the evidence, participants showed a continued, increased awareness and connectedness to Africa from the beginning of the intervention program to after returning from Ghana, specifically in the areas of identity, centrality, and private regard.

Authors

• Miles Anthony Irving, Georgia State University

• Johari Harris, Georgia State University

• Cashawn Myers, Georgia State University