The Intersection of Microaggression and Academic Motivation Among Students at Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the South

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 24
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Examinations of Race and Class in Education

Abstract

While significant research has been conducted on microaggressions they are generally focused on perspectives of race and racism, the purpose of this study will be to exam the intersections of motivation and microaggressions among undergraduate, Master, and doctoral level students enrolled at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) located in southern part of the United States. Gwendolyn R. Y. Miller (2015) contends that diverse students respond to acts of microaggressions in several different ways, i. e., mental wrestling, racial battle fatigue, discretion, self-censorship, avoidance, silence, and protesting. Cokley (2003) asserts, “…a better understanding of the academic motivational processes of African American students will shed light on their persistence…”

Authors

• Pamela T. Barber-Freeman, Prairie View A&M University

• Ramona Curtis, Baylor University

• Lucyll Elizabeth Freeman, Prairie View A&M University

• Mathias R. Vairez, Prairie View A&M University

• Jerrel Moore, Prairie View A&M University

• Tyrone Tanner, Prairie View A&M University

• Lucian Yates, Simmons College of Kentucky