Contents
Foreword by Carol Camp Yeakey
Preface
Part 1. K–12 Educational Experiences of African American Females
Trends in Cultural, Social, and Symbolic Capital Post–No Child Left Behind: Implications for African American Female Cognitive and Noncognitive Achievement in Michigan Public Schools - RoSusan D. Bartee
It Can Be Done and It Must Be Done: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Girls in Urban Science Classrooms - Robert W. Simmons III
The Experiences of Gifted African American Females: “Damned If You Are and Damned If You Aren’t” - Deborah A. Harmon and Donna Y. Ford
Part 2. Pathway to the Professions: African American Females on Both Sides of the Desk
A Needle in a Haystack: The Search for African American Female Teachers in K–12 Education - Shanna L. Graves, Tamara N. Stevenson, and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher
Preparing for the Knowledge Society: Lessons from Detroit’s Early African American Female Teachers - Linda G. Williams
Poverty, Postsecondary Education, and Child Care: The Impact of “Work First” Policies on African American Single Mothers in Michigan - Valerie Polakow
Examining African American Female Students’ Decision to Pursue the Doctorate - Carmen M. McCallum
It’s My Prerogative: Black Women Administrators Share Their Challenges of Race and Gender at Predominately White Michigan Institutions - Denise O’Neil Green and Ramona Meraz Lewis
Part 3. Social and Cultural Issues Affecting African American Females
An Exploratory Study of Social Issues Facing African American High School Female Adolescents in Detroit - Delila Owens, Rhonda M. Bryant, and Diana Thomas
Critical Race Theory and African Womanism: Theorizing Black Girls’ Education at the Local and Global Levels - Venus E. Evans-Winters
Imag[e]ining Hip-Hop Femininity: Contentions, Contradictions, and Contributions - Donyale R. Griffin Padgett, Cheryl D. Jenkins, and Dale Anderson
Part 4. Psychosocial and Health Matters
Legacies of Shame and Blood: Intimate Partner Violence among African American Women - Devika Dibya Choudhuri
Self-Definitions of Daily Routines, Parent-Child Interactions, and Crack Cocaine Addiction among African American Mothers - Tierra Bernardine Tivis
HIV Prevention Efforts and African American Women: A Commentary for Future Research - Syreeta Scott, Stephen D. Jefferson, Lori Hale, and Krupa Hedge
African American Women and Cancer - Dia Copeland
Improving General Health Care for African American Women: Michigan and Beyond - Phillis Cherie Mims-Gillum
About the Contributors
