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Getting and Staying in the Mainstream: African American Women's Contributions to the Human Sciences
Author(s) -
Jackson Vanessa P.,
Miller Julia R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12082
Subject(s) - mainstream , human science , perspective (graphical) , african american , sociology , gender studies , engineering ethics , social science , political science , environmental ethics , anthropology , engineering , law , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
The purpose of this study is to provide an analytical perspective of the challenges, struggles, obstacles, and successes faced by African American women in the Human Sciences as described in the book, African American Women: Contributions to the Human Sciences . A content analysis of this book was conducted by the authors to provide a theoretical perspective on the contributions and challenges that African American women professionals have faced while pursuing their careers in the Human Sciences. The theoretical framework for the study was resiliency theory from an ecological approach.