I See You: African American Women in CES stories utilizing photovoice.

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Research and Theory

Abstract

The underrepresentation of African American females in the CES professorate is a real phenomenon. This underrepresentation symbolizes a loss for multiple entities, students, colleagues, and the institution of education. The absence of these voices represents the lack of diversity of thought and expression. The purpose of this presentation is to share African American female faculty stories utilizing photovoice.

Description

This interactive presentation, utilizing photo-voice, is an opportunity for counselor educators and counselors to un-pack systemic practices in counselor education and illuminate how such practices have not only impacted counselor educators, counselors, and students, but the clients of counselors as well. With the focus on the underrepresentation of African American females in the CES professorate, this session highlights how diverse racial representation can facilitate minoritized students’ retention and simultaneously challenge their attrition. This presentation not only uncovers subtleties which poison the field of counseling, but it will conclusively provide strategies which can be implemented to challenge practices in counselor education. This presentation moves forward the conversation concerning diversity, inclusion, and equity in counselor education.

The truth that many counselor education programs have historically fallen victim to systemic policies, practices, and procedures in counselor education is evident in the underrepresentation of African American female faculty and other minoritized persons in the ranks. This presentation is based upon original research which focused on the underrepresentation of minoritized individuals in counselor education. The original research was a qualitative phenomenological dissertation, including photovoice, critical race theory, and feminist theory.

Within photovoice, participants are intermingled into the research process while their experiences and perspectives are highlighted and brought to the center using their own photographs (Latz & Mulvihill, 2017). Photovoice is the lens through which the participants see, understand, and conceptualize their own experiences.

Learning Objective 1 – Participants will be able to identify systemic practices in CES which impede the progression of African American females in CES.

Learning Objective 2 – Participants will be able to explain how the voices of many African American females in CES have been muted.

Learning Objective 3 – Participants will be able to describe photovoice and how this qualitative tool adds voice to many marginalized others.

Evidence

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Format

Individual Presentations

Biographical Sketch

Sharon Lewis, PhD, LPC, NCC, is core faculty in the CES department at Liberty University. Her heart’s yearning is to change lives. She counsels and teaches because he believes she was created to do both. She oscillates between counseling and teaching because she passionately loves them both and can’t imagine not doing either. Because she loves the counseling profession, she desires to be instrumental in making great counselors of others.

Hope Victoria Charles, MA, RMHCI, received her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University. She believes that her mission on Earth is to follow the lead of the Great Counselor and the example He gave. She endeavors to help His children heal from their past wounds, to experience wholeness. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at Liberty University.

Location

Room 161

Start Date

3-7-2024 10:30 AM

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I See You: African American Women in CES stories utilizing photovoice.

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The underrepresentation of African American females in the CES professorate is a real phenomenon. This underrepresentation symbolizes a loss for multiple entities, students, colleagues, and the institution of education. The absence of these voices represents the lack of diversity of thought and expression. The purpose of this presentation is to share African American female faculty stories utilizing photovoice.