Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2015 From With–In The lB ack Diamond: The Intersections of Masculinity, Ethnicity, and Identity–An Epistolary Autoethnographic Exploration into the Lived Experiences of a Black Male Graduate Student Vincent Tarrell Harris Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Harris, Vincent Tarrell, "From With–In The lB ack Diamond: The nI tersections of Masculinity, Ethnicity, and Identity–An Epistolary Autoethnographic Exploration into the Lived Experiences of a Black Male Graduate Student" (2015). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3365. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3365 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. FROM WITH-IN THE BLACK DIAMOND: THE INTERSECTIONS OF MASCULINITY, ETHNICITY, AND IDENTITY–AN EPISTOLARY AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION INTO THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF A BLACK MALE GRADUATE STUDENT A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The School of Education by Vincent Tarrell Harris B.S., Auburn University, 2006 M. Ed., Ohio University, 2012 August 2015 Dear Opal & Ralph and Evelyn & Bennie, To my grandparents Opal and Ralph Jones and Bennie and Evelyn Harris Sr., your unconditional love was and still is ever present in my life.