CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Critical Perspectives on Undergraduate Black Women
Lori D. Patton and Natasha N. Croom
Section 1: Historical and Generational Perspectives on Black Undergraduate Women
Chapter 2: Black Undergraduate Women’s Experiences of Race, Gender, and Class at Fisk and Howard Universities and Tuskegee Institute; 1923-1960
Linda M. Perkins
Chapter 3: (In)Visibility, Involvement, and Success: A Counter-Narrative of Black Women in Predominantly White Liberal Arts Colleges, 1945-1965
Dafina Lazarus Stewart
Chapter 4: Black Women’s Advice on the Role of Confidence in the Pursuit of a College Degree: Believe You Will Achieve
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Courtney L. Luedke, and Carmen McCallum
Section 2: Ruling Discourses and Identity Politics in the Lives of Black Undergraduate Women
Chapter 5: An Examination of Black Women As Students In College Films: Where My Girls At?
Saran Donahoo
Chapter 6: From Discourse to Practice: Making Discourses About Black Undergraduate Womyn Visible in Higher Education Journals and Student Affairs Practice
Kimberly D. Everett and Natasha N. Croom
Chapter 7: Articulation of Identity in Black Undergraduate Women: Influences, Interactions, and Intersections
Christa J. Porter
Chapter 8: The Experiences of Black Immigrant Women Transitioning Into College: Moving In and Moving Through
Kimberly A. Griffin, Chrystal A. George Mwangi, and Shawna M. Patterson
Section 3: Black Undergraduate Women, Respectability and Resistance on Campus
Chapter 9: Black Women Athletes and the Performance of Hyper-Femininity
Tomika Ferguson and James W. Satterfield, Jr.
Chapter 10: Hair, Racism, and Marginalization in the ‘Equality State’
Tracey Owens Patton
Chapter 11: Explorations of Respectability and Resistance in Constructions of Black Womanhood at HBCUS
Nadrea R. Njoku and Lori D. Patton
Chapter 12: Choosing Elites: Experiences of Working Class Black Undergraduate Women at an Ivy League University
Jennifer M. Johnson
Section 4: Socialization, Well-Being and Support for Black Undergraduate Women
Chapter 13: Investigating Historically Black College Women’s Racial-ethnic Socialization Experiences and Mental Health: Shades of Flourishing
Sha’Kema M. Blackmon and Laura D. Coyle
Chapter 14: Influence of Sociostructural Stressors on Mental Health and Academic Performance: Black Women’s College Experience
Roxanne A. Donovan and Nichole A. Guillory
Chapter 15: Supporting Students Who Struggle Successfully: Developing and Institutionalizing Support for Black Undergraduate Women
Mahauganee D. Shaw
About the Contributors
