Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData Theses and Dissertations 10-1-2020 Black While Leading: Unmasking The Anti-Black Lived Experiences Of Senior-Level Black Men Administrators At Historically White Institutions DuJuan Eugene Smith Illinois State University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons Recommended Citation Smith, DuJuan Eugene, "Black While Leading: Unmasking The Anti-Black Lived Experiences Of Senior- Level Black Men Administrators At Historically White Institutions" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 1324. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/1324 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. BLACK WHILE LEADING: UNMASKING THE ANTI-BLACK LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SENIOR-LEVEL BLACK MEN ADMINISTRATORS AT HISTORICALLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS DUJUAN EUGENE SMITH 178 Pages This study explored the anti-black lived experiences of 9 senior-level Black meN who are administrators at Historically White Institutions. Black critical theory (BlackCrit) and theory of marginality and mattering are the guiding frameworks used to examine the lived experiences of the Black administrators. The purpose of this study was to reveal the ways that Black senior- level administrators process, navigate, and make meaning of their lived experiences and anti- blackness at HWIs. Critical ethnography was used as the research methodology to help reveal the personal reflections and strategies that Black men who are senior-level administrators engage in to combat the pervasiveness of anti-blackness.