Imagining Life After Sport: Black Women College Athletes’ Postgraduate Career Transitions

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 11:40 am Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
  In Roundtable Session: Navigating Transitions and Well-Being in Collegiate Sports: Exploring Postgraduate Paths, Mental Health, Accessibility, and Name, Image, and Likeness (Table 8)

Abstract

The proposed qualitative research study will employ antiblackness and intersectionality theory, specifically misogynoir, as frameworks to explore the racialized and gendered experiences of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Black women college athletes on primarily white institution (PWI) campuses, and the impact of those experiences on their postgraduate career transitions. The findings from this study will provide a deeper understanding of how Black women college athletes' navigate institutions and their career development processes; and provide ways for college athletic stakeholders, administrators, and higher education professionals to engage and support Black women athletes on their campuses in culturally relevant ways.

Author

• Briana Savage, University of California - Riverside