Serie McDougal

TL;DR: The authors explored what is revealed about the epistemetic characteristics of Africana Studies through an analysis of theories in the discipline and found that although Africana studies theories seek to explain a wide range of dimensions of the lives of people of African descent, they have several common characteristics, such as: Recognition of the Necessity of Cultural Specificity, Prioritization of Africa Needs and Interests, Heterogeneous Collectivism, Collective Emancipation and Empowerment, Agency and Self Consciousness, Historical Location, Cultural Situating, Recognizing the Shaping Effects of

TL;DR: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 Black social fathers to understand their reasons for assuming fatherly roles, their impacts on the children, how their non-biological father status...

TL;DR: The most important affects social fathers had on participants included influencing their values, and providing them knowledge about manhood and relationships as discussed by the authors, and the most common factor participants identified as differentiating their social fathers from their biological fathers was being personable/emotionally present.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the factors influencing student engagement and success among Black/African American and African identified college students, focusing on their institutional supports, barriers to success, and their own individual and collective efforts to be successful despite barriers.