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A Phenomenological Study on Career Ascension and Advancement of African American Women in Senior Academic Leadership at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Full text linkThe U. S. Department of Labor Statistics (2018) reported that there were more than 10 million (53%) African American women in the civilian labor force. However, there is a growing concern of African-American women who are underrepresented in higher educational leadership. There are only few studies that focus on the barriers and challenges that African American women encounter. These barriers prevent them from advancing and ascending in positions of higher education leadership. This phenomenological study explored their perceived personal and professional challenges regarding race and gender, as well as highlighted strategies, employed by African-American women in senior academic leadership positions, to overcome those challenges. The executive-level positions considered for this study are presidents, chancellors, vice presidents, and deans within historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the southeastern region of the United States. Additionally, this study examined initiatives taken by African-American women to help support and develop future African-American female leaders. Black Feminist Thought, as espoused by Patricia Hill Collins, was used as the framework to examine the journeys of four African American women in higher education leadership positions. Data from this research contributed to the body of literature that focused on African-American vi women and their ascension to senior administration in HBCUs. The research findings are important in facilitating institutional change and encouraging institutions of higher education to increase and enhance diversity and inclusion initiatives designed to develop women leaders
LEAN and Agile Fundamentals
Full text linkThe Library\u27s student employment program introduces students to the principles and methods of Lean, a process, and service improvement methodology that is focused on increasing customer-defined value.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/xula_lmi/1008/thumbnail.jp
LEAN Silver: Spring 2022
Full text linkThe Library\u27s student employment program introduces students to the principles and methods of Lean, a process, and service improvement methodology that is focused on increasing customer-defined value.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/xula_lmi/1010/thumbnail.jp
Opening Blessing of Mystery in Motion
Full text linkOpening Blessing of Mystery in Motion
Event Date: Sunday, February 14, 2021
In celebration of the opening of Mystery in Motion, join us for a virtual introduction and blessing of the exhibition. Guest curators Kim Vaz-Deville and Ron Bechet will lead a brief introduction followed by a blessing from Nana Sula Spirit, a Medicine Queen with the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors and Priestess of Mami Wata at the Temple of Light - Ile\u27 de Coin-Coin in New Orleans, The Divine Prince Ty Emmecca am the Authentic Elegun Oloye Hoodoo Obeah Bokor and Big Chief of the Black Hawk Voodoo Black Masking Indians, and a prayer from Dr. Ansel Augustine, executive director of Cultural Diversity and Outreach for the Archdiocese of Washington and a member of the Wild Tchoupitoulas, Black Masking Indians.
About the Exhibition
Color, sound, and energy fill the streets on Mardi Gras. African Americans have long used this annual ritual to express Black spiritual traditions. “A lot of what takes place for me on that day is almost like an out-of-body experience,” says Big Chief Shaka Zulu of the Golden Feather Hunters. Spiritual themes drawn from African, Islamic, Native American, and European systems of belief are the focus of this exhibition on African American masking traditions, including Mardi Gras Indians, Baby Dolls, and skeletons.
Mardi Gras Indians constitute one of the most vibrant carnival practices in New Orleans. African American men, women, and children adorn themselves with hand-sewn creations of feathers, beads, rhinestones, sequins, and other materials. In tribes, or gangs, they roam their neighborhoods, far removed from parades and tourists. There, they encounter skeletons and Baby Dolls, both reviving a practice that dates back more than a century. Maskers in skeleton suits and papier-mâché skull heads—most prominently represented today by the North Side Skull and Bones Gang—are out and about by dawn, awakening revelers with warnings to “get your life right.” Baby Dolls follow in the footsteps of African American working-class women who defied social norms in baby-doll costumes beginning in the 1910s. This Mardi Gras tradition thrived for decades but faded in the late twentieth century, only to be resuscitated in recent years. Today, Black masking Indians, skeletons, and Baby Dolls, along with individual maskers and traditional krewes Oshun and Nefertiti, all incorporate spiritual themes from a variety of sources, creating a profound ritual grounded in community and shared experience.
Guest curators Kim Vaz-Deville and Ron Bechet of Xavier University of Louisiana bring this topic to life through the presentation of more than two dozen suits, costumes, and masking components juxtaposed with African artifacts on loan from Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac of Paris and Southern University at New Orleans. The exhibition will also feature several dozen photographs, video projections, and video stations showing interviews with culture bearers.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/xula_tgl_mim_program/1003/thumbnail.jp
A Virtual Evening with the Curators: Mystery in Motion: African American Masking and Spirituality in Mardi Gras
No full textCelebrate the opening of the exhibition Mystery in Motion: African American Masking and Spirituality in Mardi Gras, with guest curators Kim Vaz-Deville and Ron Bechet. The exhibition explores the history and diverse spiritual influences of Black masking traditions, including Black masking Indians, Baby Dolls, and skull and bone gangs, with more than two dozen suits and masking components displayed, along with African artifacts. The curators shared highlights from the exhibition and insights into the curatorial process in a conversation moderated by museum historian Karen Leathem.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/xula_tgl_mim_program/1006/thumbnail.jp
Kamili Nilata lectures on Mandingo Warriors/Spirit of FiYiYi.
No full textKamili Nialata occupies a new position in the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors black masking Indian tribe and is new to the black masking tradition. It relates to Elegba as an incarnation of the African aspect of the tribe’s Big Chief Victor Harris’s black masking Indian character. Nialata’s garb and ritual performance reflect Elegba, the spirit who owns the roads and opens the way to clear and uninhibited passage.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/masked/1034/thumbnail.jp
A Supply Chain Model for Library Quality and Service Improvement
Full text linkThe key to a library’s success is its ability to effectively and economically deliver services and information that users value. Additionally, the objective of supply chain management is to coordinate the focal firm’s processes and activities with those of its suppliers and customers, such that the firm’s delivered products and services meet or exceed customer requirements. It thus seemed appropriate to analyze a library from a supply chain perspective to assess and improve its ability to serve its users. Consequently, the authors employed an action research methodology to work with library personnel from two departments, User Services and Technical Services, as they merged into one division, to map the information resources supply chain of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library. Once the supply chain model was completed, key processes were analyzed and performance measures designed, with the goal of improving division products and services. This paper reviews the relevant literature, presents the Lied Library information resources supply chain model, and provides the performance measures along with several improvement examples.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/xula_lmi/1005/thumbnail.jp
From Deficit to Strength: The Educational Influence of Single Black Mothers on their Sons’ Academic Achievement
Full text linkThe purpose of this study was to examine the lived experience of single Black mothers’ in supporting their sons’ academic achievement and to better understand their overall success. Historically, research that has been conducted on single Black mothers is viewed from a deficit lens (Copeland, 1977; Grier & Cobbs, 1968; Karon, 1958; Moynihan, 1965; Pettigrew, 1964). The role of single Black mothers has been grossly misunderstood, insinuating that they would be economically poor, uneducated, and lacked effective parenting skills. This study incorporated phenomenological and narrative methodologies, such as semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and observational field notes to capture the participants’ experiences. The results of this study yielded six themes related to the perceived educational influence of single Black mothers and the contributing factors of their influence on the overall academic performance of their son(s). Based on the research findings, this in-depth study revealed that single Black mothers are resilient, and their role is pivotal in their sons’ long-term achievement
Voyant Text Analysis Tutorial
No full textVoyant Tools is an open-source, web-based application for performing text analysis. It supports scholarly reading and interpretation of texts or corpus, particularly by scholars in the digital humanities, but also by students and the general public. It can be used to analyze online texts or ones uploaded by users.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/tools_instruct/1006/thumbnail.jp
How To Use Open Refine
No full textThis video gives in depth directions on how to use OpenRefinehttps://digitalcommons.xula.edu/tools_instruct/1007/thumbnail.jp