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Deconstructing the Black Student Leadership Experience

Deconstructing the Black Student Leadership Experience. March 14, 2011 Cord McLean – The University of Georgia R. Teresia Greer – Louisiana State University. BLACK. Student. LEADER. What the Literature Says… About Black Students at PWIs. Existence in multiple “spaces” Home community

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Deconstructing the Black Student Leadership Experience

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  1. Deconstructing the Black Student Leadership Experience March 14, 2011Cord McLean – The University of Georgia R. Teresia Greer – Louisiana State University

  2. BLACK Student LEADER

  3. What the Literature Says…About Black Students at PWIs • Existence in multiple “spaces” • Home community • Smaller Black community on campus • Larger campus community • Society and culture • Negotiating various (sometimes conflicting) values and expectations

  4. What the Literature Says…About Black Student Issues • Self-concept and identity integration • Negative assumptions • Hypervisibility • Physical and social isolation • Lack of support

  5. What the Literature Says…About Black Student Involvement • Cultural communalism • Familiarity, expression, and validation • Safe space • Source of resistance and persistence • Positive impact on academic and social outcomes • Opportunity to give back

  6. Industrial Leadership Conventional, hierarchical, exclusive Partial to systems and structures Intentional influence over others Reserved for small subgroup of population What the Literature Says…About Leadership Postindustrial Leadership • Emerging, communal, relational • Dynamic and change-oriented • Dependent on quality relationships with others • Contextual; demonstrated by anyone at any time

  7. WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS REALLY MEAN?

  8. Future DirectionsFor Black Student Leaders • Allow yourself the opportunity to integrate YOUR OWN ideals into your self-concept/identity. • Don’t use cultural familiarity as a defense mechanism. • Talk about issues that may be attributed to being a Black Student Leader. • Explore your multiple spaces, and come up with solutions that work for YOU!

  9. Future DirectionsFor Effective Advising • Increase awareness, knowledge, and skills • Consider relevance of theoretical models • Respect intragroup diversity • Innovate! • Encourage reflection that allows students to express creative energies. • Champion spaces and programs that redefine this experience.

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