Nicole, F. (2022, August), We Deserve Education Without Trauma: The Occurrence of Spirit-Murdering on Black Womxn in Engineering Doctoral Programs  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41897

\bibitem{asee_peer_41897}
  Nicole, F. (2022, August), \emph{We Deserve Education Without Trauma: The Occurrence of Spirit-Murdering on Black Womxn in Engineering Doctoral Programs}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41897

Fantasi Nicole.  "We Deserve Education Without Trauma: The Occurrence of Spirit-Murdering on Black Womxn in Engineering Doctoral Programs".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41897 Internet.  27 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41897}
  Fantasi Nicole.
  "We Deserve Education Without Trauma: The Occurrence of Spirit-Murdering on Black Womxn in Engineering Doctoral Programs".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41897 Internet.  27 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The concept of spirit-murdering should be of intentional consideration in aiming to cultivate socially just engineering doctoral programs that disrupt anti-Black and anti-womxn practices and policies.  Spirit-murdering describes the long-term residual impact of personal, psychological, and/or spiritual harm imposed on Black students.  First conceptualized by Patricia Williams in legal studies, then later reconceptualized by Bettina Love to study Black boys and girls in K-12 environments, spirit-murdering is now currently being situated as framing to understand harmful experiences in higher education.  However, the concept of spirit-murder has not yet been applied to the unique experiences of Black womxn in the context of engineering doctoral programs.  Insights from this work could inform the adoption of new practices and policies that support and position faculty, staff, and administrators in fostering inclusive, non-harmful, liberatory experiences for all students, and especially the historically marginalized.  Therefore, we seek to answer the following overarching research question: What are the various ways that Black womxn experience spirit-murdering in their engineering doctoral programs?  
	Using the theoretical framing of Black feminist thought, we use a composite narrative to understand and depict the varying ways that spirit-murdering manifests in the lives of five Black womxn engineering PhD students and holders, who we refer to as our intellectual contributors.  Data collection for the dissertation study included art as elicitation, a video narrative, and an initial and post homegirl conversation that served as tools for our intellectual contributors to share their experiences in ways that are unique and salient to them. Data included in this paper are the results from the initial homegirl conversations of five of our intellectual contributors. This study revealed that spirit-murdering in engineering doctoral programs primarily occurred because peers and faculty question and devalue these womxn’s intellect.  Findings showed that the impetus for the spirit-murder occurred in 1) classroom/lab discussions with peers, 2) relationships with advisors, and 3) during the pursuit of PhD milestones.  Due to the occurrence of spirit-murder, the impact affected our intellectual contributors’: 1) sense of belonging, 2) attitudes about capabilities, 3) career intentions, and 4) overall mental and emotional health.  This work exposes practices and interactions that spirit-murder Black womxn in engineering doctoral programs.  It is an immediate intent that this work will enable future identification of actionable ways that faculty, staff, and peers can disrupt these practices in favor of liberatory practices that seek to foster healing, development, and support for Black womxn in engineering higher education.

AU  - Fantasi Nicole
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - We Deserve Education Without Trauma: The Occurrence of Spirit-Murdering on Black Womxn in Engineering Doctoral Programs
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--41897
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