Date of Award
1-1-2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Morgridge College of Education
First Advisor
Franklin A. Tuitt, Ed.D.
Second Advisor
William Cross
Third Advisor
Nicholas Cutforth
Fourth Advisor
Frédérique Chevillot
Keywords
African American, Critical race theory, International education, Race, Study abroad
Abstract
As U.S. colleges and universities face increasing pressures to prepare graduates to succeed in a global environment, African American students continue to be underrepresented in study abroad participation. In-depth interviews and a critical race theory framework were utilized to examine how six African American undergraduates experienced study abroad. Findings were organized around participant backgrounds, motivations, and goals for study abroad; lived experiences abroad, with an emphasis on the effects of race and racism; expectations; and meanings and outcomes ascribed to study abroad by the participants. The study findings offered a counternarrative to deficit-based discussions of African Americans and study abroad participation, and highlighted the importance of examining race and racism in study abroad experiences and outcomes.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Karyn L. Sweeney
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
203 p.
Recommended Citation
Sweeney, Karyn L., "Race Matters: An Examination of the Study Abroad Experiences of African American Undergraduates" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 635.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/635
Copyright date
2014
Discipline
Higher education