Date Approved
5-10-2017
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Donald Mitchell Jr.
Second Advisor
Chasity Bailey-Fakoury
Third Advisor
Shaun Harper
Academic Year
2016/2017
Abstract
Stereotypes create threatening environments for Black males on campus causing social, psychological, and academic effects of Black male collegiate success. The theoretical underpinnings of stereotype threat and critical race theory drive this study and explain where stereotypes derive from and how they create threatening environments for stereotyped Black male collegians. In addition, this thesis seeks to break the deficit narrative surrounding Black males in college. In doing so, this study highlights how Black males persist through stereotypes and the threatening environments they create in both academic and social settings in college. The qualitative phenomenological research design captures the lived experiences of Black male collegians and their feelings, actions, and attitudes towards stereotypes and stereotype threats.
ScholarWorks Citation
Boyd, Taylor B. H., "Black Male Persistence Through Stereotypes in College" (2017). Masters Theses. 836.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/836
