For us: towards an intersectional leadership conceptualization by Black women for Black girls

This article is based on a STEM education case study that illumines the work that three Black women school leaders do specifically on behalf of Black girls, and in examining their asset-based approaches, conceptualises their work by articulating an intersectional leadership framework. By historicisi...

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Published in:Journal of educational administration and history 2020-07, Vol.52 (3), p.270-282
Main Authors: Miles Nash, Angel, L. Peters, April
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Activism
African American Students
African American Teachers
Black girls
Black women leaders
Educational leadership
Elementary Secondary Education
Females
Instructional Leadership
intersectional leadership
intersectionality
Leadership Responsibility
Principals
Racial Bias
Racial Discrimination
Role Models
Social Bias
Social Justice
STEM Education
Women Administrators
Women Faculty
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Summary:This article is based on a STEM education case study that illumines the work that three Black women school leaders do specifically on behalf of Black girls, and in examining their asset-based approaches, conceptualises their work by articulating an intersectional leadership framework. By historicising and explicating the rich legacy of Black women school leaders, and specifically including the theoretical dispositions in which their pedagogy is rooted, we shine a light on the lacuna that exists in educational leadership that specifically articulates their praxes when working on behalf of students with whom they identify - that is, Black girls. Black women have modelled what Black girls need because they empathise with their intersectional identities in unique ways. Based on their effective practices, we offer the following definition of intersectional leadership: the operationalisation of visionary strategies that privilege the experiences of followers who live the realities of more than one historically oppressive identifier.
ISSN:0022-0620
1478-7431
DOI:10.1080/00220620.2020.1785403