Spirituality Research Studies in Higher Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hicks, Terence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Spirituality Research Studies in Higher Education offers two uniquely designed sections that showcase a group of talented scholars from major research institutions. This edited volume by Terence Hicks provides the reader with topics such as spiritual aspects of the grieving college students, spirituality and sexual identity among lesbian and gay students, spirituality driven strategies among first-generation students, the role of spirituality in home-based education, and counseling and spiritual support among women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 159
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761867418
• Artikelnr.: 44907525

Autorenporträt

Terence Hicks is the dean of the Clemmer College of Education at East Tennessee State University. He is an accomplished author/editor and an award winning university dean. He is a noteworthy scholar who has conducted important research analysis on self-efficacy, STEM research, health and educational disparities, college retention, high school to college transition, and spirituality/psychological well-being of college students. Terence Hicks holds a bachelor and a master degree from Virginia State University. He has earned two doctorate degrees, a doctorate in education degree from Wilmington University, Delaware and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables
Foreword by Donald Mitchell, Jr.
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Terence Hicks
Section One
Chapter One-Finding Meaning and Purpose in Loss: Insights into Spiritual
Aspects of the Grieving Process of College Students (Tiffani A.
Riggers-Piehl, Ph.D., Baylor University)
Chapter Two-The Relationship between Spirituality and Sexual Identity Among
Lesbian and Gay Undergraduate Students: A Qualitative Analysis (Danielle
Johnson, Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo)
Chapter Three-A Profile of Choice/Responsibleness and Goal-Seeking
Attitudes among First-Generation and Non-First-Generation College Students
(Terence Hicks, Ph.D., Ed.D., East Tennessee State University and Dixie
Dennis, Ph.D., Austin Peay State University)
Chapter Four-Spiritually Driven Strategies Employed by First-Generation
College Aspirants of Color to Resist Stereotype Threat and Discrimination
(Pamela A. Larde, Ph.D., Mercer University and Daurette L. Joseph, M.S.,
Georgia Institute of Technology)
Section Two
Chapter Five-African American Males' College Preparedness: The Role of
Spirituality in Home-based Education (Jasmine D. Williams, M.B.A, Prairie
View A&M University)
Chapter Six-African American College Women's Reactions: A Group Program
Providing Counseling and Spiritual Support (LaShonda B. Fuller, Ph.D.,
Chicago State University, Shatee Hall-Sally, B.A., Chicago State
University, Tiera Clay, B.S., Bowling Green State University, and Patricia
Reeves, Ed.D., Western Michigan University)
Chapter Seven-Internalization of the African Gods and Academic Achievement
Perceptions (Hassiem Kambui, Ph.D., Florida Agricultural & Mechanical
University)
Index
Editor
Contributors