Date of Award
8-2023
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Interdisciplinary Studies
First Advisor
Luchara Wallace, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Douglas Davidson, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Wanda Hadley, Ph.D.
Fourth Advisor
June Gothberg, Ph.D.
Keywords
Black man, blindness, disability, poverty, visual impairment
Abstract
The following study seeks to answer this research question: What is the lived experience of college graduates who are Black men, born into poverty, and living with a visual impairment? The researcher has used intersectionality as an aspect of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to conceptualize the research question and develop an interview protocol.
The researcher has conducted in-depth interviews for this qualitative inquiry, resulting in a narrative study. Purposeful sampling was implemented to identify three participants who fit the criteria of being a Black man, born into poverty, and living with a visual impairment. Data was reorganized to tell the story in chronological order, as suggested by Creswell and Poth (2018), yielding a story with a beginning, middle, and end. The final product is an analysis of the participants’ lived experience, one that they helped the researcher to shape. In the end, the researcher identifies themes that were a part of all the participants’ lives. With this data, we can learn to be more resilient learners ourselves.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Dillard, Ronald, "You Don't Need Eyes to See: The Lived-Experience of College Graduates Who Are Black Men, Born into Poverty, and Living with a Visual Impairment" (2023). Dissertations. 4004.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/4004