This book highlights significant contributions of African American women in education, their successes and challenges in the human sciences/family and consumer sciences profession, and the impact of historically Black colleges and universities throughout American history.

This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and the current and future role of technology. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds with experiences in research, teaching, outreach, and service. Taken together, the essays capture the vitality and diversity of knowledge that has, over time, assisted in transforming the field.

Preface

Part I Women, Education, and Careers

Chapter 1

Quest for Education: Empowerment of Women of Color

Julia R. Miller Arline

Debra Mayfield

William H. Whittaker, Jr.

Chapter 2

African American Women’s Pathway to Leadership Success: Resilience to Challenges Built on Mentoring and Spirituality

Vanessa P. Jackson

Julia R. Miller Arline

Chapter 3

Professional Working Women: A Qualitative Look at African American Mothers

Nina Lyon Bennett

Chapter 4

Getting and Staying in the Mainstream: African American Women’s Contribution to the Human Sciences

Vanessa P. Jackson

Julia R. Miller

Chapter 5

Administrative Acumen in Working with Our Next Generation of Professionals

Ethel G. Jones

Chapter 6

Effects of Stressful Trauma on Black Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health

Quantanise M. Williams

Chapter 7

Celebrating the Journey, an Extension Legacy: Past, Present, and Future A Biography of Dr. Alma Hobbs

Alice F. Joyner

Part II Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Opportunities and Challenges

Chapter 8

Past, Present, and Future: An Exploratory of Transformation, Leadership, and Contributions of the Home Economics Department at Virginia State University

Alice F. Joyner

Dana D. Legette‐Traylor

Chapter 9

Responding to 21st Century Opportunities and Challenges: Family and Consumer Sciences Achievements and Impact at 1890 Land‐Grant Institutions

Ahlishia J. Shipley

William H. Whitaker, Jr.

Brenda A. Martin

Chapter 10

The Value of AAFCS Accreditation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

LaTonya J. Dixon

Cynthia M. Smith

Part III Internationalization and the Human Sciences

Chapter 11

Global Contributions of the Human Sciences

Jacqueline M. Holland

Juanita Mendenhall

Joanne Pearson

Chapter 12

Progress and the Endless Battle: Injustices against Women and Girls

Julia R. Miller

Chapter 13

Learning Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Study Abroad Program: Developing a Global Perspective

Bettye P. Smith

Wenting Yang

Part IV Human Sciences Foundations for New Career Paths

Chapter 14

Young Children and Community Engagement: An Ecological Approach

Amber N. Smith

Chapter 15

A Human Sciences Career in Transition: Continuity and Reinvention in Health Equity

Penny A. Ralston

Chapter 16

Family and Consumer Sciences in the Middle: Opportunities for Guiding Career Development

Jacqueline M. Holland

Chapter 17

Only One in the Room: Reflections on the Career of Shirley Hymon‐Parker, Ph.D.

Shirley Hymon‐Parker

Kenneth Gruber

Part V Technology: Wave of the Present and Future

Chapter 18

Media, Technology, and the Family: Exploring the “CASIE” Model of Media Use in Youth Development

Lacey J. Hilliard

Danielle C. Stacey

AnneMarie McClain

Milena Batanova

Richard M. Lerner

Chapter 19

Technology Enhances Secondary Family and Consumer Sciences Instruction

Maggie A. Caples

Nadine Smith

About the Contributors