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Panel Session

African Americans and the African Diaspora

Session: Why women of color with practice doctorates have to fight to belong.

Why Women of Color With Practice Doctorates Have to Fight to Belong

Saturday, October 26, 2024

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 1501A

Earn 1 CE Hour

Panelist(s)

LaSharia Turner, DSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor & Offsite Field Coordinator
Alabama A&M University
Birmingham, AL, United States
Carmen Reese Foster, DSW, LMSW, LSSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Belmont University
Nashville, TN, United States
Dalila John, DSW

MSW Program Director, Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Sherron Wilkes, DSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor/ BSW Program Director
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Women of Color enroll in practice doctorate programs more than research doctorate programs, causing tension to exist between the two degrees. This presentation is intended to inform participants about the evolution of doctoral education and empower participants to value and create additional spaces for women of color with practice doctorates.

Learning Objectives:

Be able to articulate the increase of practice doctorates in recent years and the impact on marginalized populations including women of color
Be able to recognize at least three challenges that women of color with practice doctorates encounter within the academy.
Be able to identify at least three ways that the academy can strengthen the legitimacy of the practice doctorate and create spaces for women of color with practice doctorates to create a culture of belonging.