scholarly journals Promoting Inclusive Environments: In-group Organizational Endorsement as a Tool to Increase Feelings of Identity-Safety among Black Women

Sex Roles ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominque Burrows ◽  
Evava S. Pietri ◽  
India R. Johnson ◽  
Leslie Ashburn-Nardo
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Identity Safety

Exploring Identity-Safety Cues and Allyship Among Black Women Students in STEM Environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
India R. Johnson ◽  
Evava S. Pietri ◽  
Felicia Fullilove ◽  
Samantha Mowrer
Keyword(s):  
Women Students ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Black College ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Predominantly White Institution ◽  
White Institution ◽  
Woman Professor ◽  
Identity Safety

Black women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and report feeling unwelcome in STEM. A successful scientist exemplar or role model may signal to Black women they are valued in STEM environments. We investigated who acts as an identity-safety cue for Black women. In Study 1, Black women students who learned about a Black man or a Black woman professor in a hypothetical School of Science and Engineering reported greater anticipated belonging and trust, relative to those learning about a White man or a White woman professor. In Study 2, we recruited Black women STEM majors from a predominantly White institution and a women-only historically Black college. We examined how both groups identified role models in STEM and assessed how perceptions that role models were allies related to belonging in the institution and belonging in STEM. Across both educational environments, having Black women and Black men role models, and perceiving role models who lacked a common racial identity as allies, positively related to belonging in the institution. We encourage the use of Black exemplars and role models, as well as allies, in interventions geared toward increasing belonging among Black women in STEM. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684319830926 and a podcast for instructors who want to use this article for teaching is available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index

An ally you say? Endorsing White women as allies to encourage perceptions of allyship and organizational identity-safety among Black women

2020 ◽  
pp. 136843022097548
Author(s):  
India R. Johnson ◽  
Evava S. Pietri
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Organizational Identity ◽  
White Woman ◽  
White Women ◽  
White Female ◽  
Stigma Consciousness ◽  
Organizational Environments ◽  
Female Employee ◽  
Identity Safety

Black women often question their belonging in organizational environments, and exposure to an allyship cue, such as a White woman endorsed as an ally, may help mitigate such concerns. We examine whether ally endorsement can help a White female employee cue allyship, and in turn, serve as an effective organizational identity-safety cue for Black women high in stigma consciousness. We found that, relative to viewing a White female employee, Black women that viewed a White female employee endorsed as an ally reported greater perceptions of allyship, which had important downstream consequences for organizational identity-safety. Specifically, perceptions of allyship predicted greater anticipated trust and belonging within the organization among participants both high (Experiments 1 and 2) and low (Experiment 2) in stigma consciousness. The present studies demonstrate that ally endorsement effectively cues allyship, and in turn, signals organizational identity-safety for Black women across varying levels of stigma consciousness.

Guided Surgery Treats Fibroids In Black Women

Ob Gyn News ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Miriam E. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Guided Surgery

More Vitamin D Urged for Elderly Black Women

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
PATRICE WENDLING
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Black Women

Mycosis Fungoides Appears Early in Black Women

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
BRUCE JANCIN
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Mycosis Fungoides

Herpes Risk Still Highest in Young Black Women

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
HEIDI SPLETE
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Young Black Women

Optimal BMI for Black Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Ben Van Houten
Keyword(s):  
Black Women

Ethnic Differences in Self-Poisoning Across South London

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-272
Author(s):  
Sean Cross ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra ◽  
Paul I. Dargan ◽  
David M. Wood ◽  
Shaun L. Greene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
White Women ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Incident Cases ◽  
Minority Ethnic

Background: Self-poisoning (overdose) is the commonest form of self-harm cases presenting to acute secondary care services in the UK, where there has been limited investigation of self-harm in black and minority ethnic communities. London has the UK’s most ethnically diverse areas but presents challenges in resident-based data collection due to the large number of hospitals. Aims: To investigate the rates and characteristics of self-poisoning presentations in two central London boroughs. Method: All incident cases of self-poisoning presentations of residents of Lambeth and Southwark were identified over a 12-month period through comprehensive acute and mental health trust data collection systems at multiple hospitals. Analysis was done using STATA 12.1. Results: A rate of 121.4/100,000 was recorded across a population of more than half a million residents. Women exceeded men in all measured ethnic groups. Black women presented 1.5 times more than white women. Gender ratios within ethnicities were marked. Among those aged younger than 24 years, black women were almost 7 times more likely to present than black men were. Conclusion: Self-poisoning is the commonest form of self-harm presentation to UK hospitals but population-based rates are rare. These results have implications for formulating and managing risk in clinical services for both minority ethnic women and men.

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