Madame Matriarch and Sister Sapphire: The Crafting of Black women HBCU Presidential Narratives in the Media

• In Event: Racial Identity and Leadership

Abstract

This research narrows in on the impact that race and gender have on Black Women as university and college presidents (Waring, 2003). This paper explores how media reinforces and perpetuates existing group-based inequalities,” (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999) directly related to the stereotypes listed in Black Feminist Theory (Collins, 2002).

Authors

• Felecia Commodore, Old Dominion Universtiy

• Amanda Elaine Washington, University of Pennsylvania

• A.C. Johnson, University of Alabama

• Cheleah V Googe, Old Dominion University

• Megan Covington, Indiana University