Where Are the Sistas Coming From? An Exploration, Critique, and Curation of Pedagogy for Black Women in Higher Education

• In Event: Hilton Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: Possibilities for Social Justice Leadership

Abstract

The study explores how Black women experience learning in the higher education classroom. Participants offered perceptions, suggestions and criticisms of their learning experiences in regards to pedagogy, and their insights on student success. Positioning Black women as central to an understanding of themselves and their educational journeys, the study integrates the framework of Afrocentricity. The Afrocentric underpinning of the study served triad purposes: 1) to forge the African person's experience and narrative as central and therefore, possessing great value 2) to educate and introduce participants to Afrocentric ideals, concepts and perceptions and to 3) collaborate with Black women participants to explore possible revisions to pedagogy in higher education classrooms. Thus, responding to the question: “WHERE ARE THE SISTAS COMING FROM?”

Author

• Ashley Marie Hazelwood, University of North Texas