B-CU Faculty Take on Myths and Stereotypes About Black Women
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 25, 2024
Two Bethune-Cookman University faculty members recently presented their research on the impact of myths and stereotypes about Black womanhood at the 82nd Annual College Language Association Convention, which was held April 10-13 in Memphis, Tenn.
Dr. Clarissa West-White, university archivist & assistant professor in the Carl S. Swisher Library, presented on “the Superwoman Schema” — the term coined by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombé, Ph.D., RN to describe the connections between stress and health disparities among African-American women. “The sociopolitical context of African American women’s lives . . .
