Persistence & Involvement Reconsidered: A Phenomenology of African American College Men Who Make a Difference
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Stanley Jacob Gajda (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Deborah Taub
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to better understand how socially responsible leadership is experienced by African American men at a comprehensive university in the southeast. Employing the interpretive tradition of phenomenology, and building on college student retention, involvement, and leadership theories, the researcher asked 20 students what does making a difference mean and what is the result? Informants ascribed meanings to informal, individual encounters; but attributed outcomes to formal, group affiliations; and finally recommended formal, individual and community interventions. Furthermore, informants supported a non-positional, relational outlook on leadership and credited those relationships with persistence. Ultimately, the aim of phenomenology is to discover the essential structures of a lived experience. For these men, making a difference was structured by dialogue that developed a mindset to enable or enact positive role modeling and mentoring for other Black men. Thus, others are called to facilitate and further research cross cultural relationships that inspire student involvement.
Persistence & Involvement Reconsidered: A Phenomenology of African American College Men Who Make a Difference
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- College, Student, Retention, Involvement, African American, Leadership
- Subjects
- Phenomenological sociology
- African American men
- African American college students
- Leadership--Education (Higher)