Nicole Sankofa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4145314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Sankofa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Sankofa |
| SIGNATURE | SANKOFA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6098-6882 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Preparing for participatory action research
Participatory action research aligns well with the goals of colleges of education and the interests of student researchers, yet graduate students often face challenges in pursuing this approach that warrant additional support strategies. Using critical reflexivity as a guiding framework, the current paper presents a professional development module aimed at enhancing education doctoral students’ critical reflexivity around initiating participatory…
The White privilege of self-determination in entrepreneurship
Revisiting an historic tool of participatory action research
Freirean consciousness-raising methodology is an historical, emancipatory tool useful in transforming modern socio-political oppressions in the current War on Women as it can simultaneously raise critical consciousness and ignite social action. Unfortunately, there are no systemic guidelines on conducting consciousness-raising as a research method. Therefore, the purpose of this critical literature review is to examine how consciousness-raising h…
Does the “big tent” include non-academics? Social media content creators conducting critical scholarship
Purpose LeftTube – a loosely connected community of left-leaning content creators on YouTube – includes a subsection of video essayists that conduct scholarly work seemingly adjacent to critical research. Exploring this digital community of critical scholars may precipate opportunities for collaboration and reciprocal learning to better academic qualitative research approaches. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory study is to (1) examine if…
Participatory thick descriptions
Thick descriptions, or densely textured facts, rely heavily on the articulated reflections of participants, however, there are few methodical approaches to thick description that maximize participant reflection for deeper and more meaningful descriptions. This article explores participatory methods of thick description for a collaborative, co-constructed meaning-making process between researchers and co-researcher participants using an exemplar s…
Critical method of document analysis
While critical methods have gained popularity in recent times, analysis of documents remains an under-explored area for developing methods of elevating the perspectives of oppressed populations. This is important given the agentic role documents play in systemic and institutionalized oppression. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to use a critical paradigmatic approach, combined with hermeneutic and phenomenological procedures, to develop …
Transformative Needs Assessment Methodology
Needs assessments (NAs) for marginalized communities would ideally contextualize needs in the sociocultural context, use agency-supportive methods, and result in liberatory action planning. This article develops the Transformative Needs Assessment With Marginalized Communities (TNAMC) using a mixed-methods approach that examines internal and external factors of needs for marginalized communities using liberatory methods to arrive at emancipatory …
Critical method of document analysis
While critical methods have gained popularity in recent times, analysis of documents remains an under-explored area for developing methods of elevating the perspectives of oppressed populations. This is important given the agentic role documents play in systemic and institutionalized oppression. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to use a critical paradigmatic approach, combined with hermeneutic and phenomenological procedures, to develop …
Revisiting an historic tool of participatory action research
Freirean consciousness-raising methodology is an historical, emancipatory tool useful in transforming modern socio-political oppressions in the current War on Women as it can simultaneously raise critical consciousness and ignite social action. Unfortunately, there are no systemic guidelines on conducting consciousness-raising as a research method. Therefore, the purpose of this critical literature review is to examine how consciousness-raising h…
Participatory thick descriptions
Thick descriptions, or densely textured facts, rely heavily on the articulated reflections of participants, however, there are few methodical approaches to thick description that maximize participant reflection for deeper and more meaningful descriptions. This article explores participatory methods of thick description for a collaborative, co-constructed meaning-making process between researchers and co-researcher participants using an exemplar s…
Transformative Needs Assessment Methodology
Needs assessments (NAs) for marginalized communities would ideally contextualize needs in the sociocultural context, use agency-supportive methods, and result in liberatory action planning. This article develops the Transformative Needs Assessment With Marginalized Communities (TNAMC) using a mixed-methods approach that examines internal and external factors of needs for marginalized communities using liberatory methods to arrive at emancipatory …
Participatory thick descriptions
Thick descriptions, or densely textured facts, rely heavily on the articulated reflections of participants, however, there are few methodical approaches to thick description that maximize participant reflection for deeper and more meaningful descriptions. This article explores participatory methods of thick description for a collaborative, co-constructed meaning-making process between researchers and co-researcher participants using an exemplar s…
Critical method of document analysis
While critical methods have gained popularity in recent times, analysis of documents remains an under-explored area for developing methods of elevating the perspectives of oppressed populations. This is important given the agentic role documents play in systemic and institutionalized oppression. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to use a critical paradigmatic approach, combined with hermeneutic and phenomenological procedures, to develop …
Does the “big tent” include non-academics? Social media content creators conducting critical scholarship
Purpose LeftTube – a loosely connected community of left-leaning content creators on YouTube – includes a subsection of video essayists that conduct scholarly work seemingly adjacent to critical research. Exploring this digital community of critical scholars may precipate opportunities for collaboration and reciprocal learning to better academic qualitative research approaches. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory study is to (1) examine if…
The White privilege of self-determination in entrepreneurship
Revisiting an historic tool of participatory action research
Freirean consciousness-raising methodology is an historical, emancipatory tool useful in transforming modern socio-political oppressions in the current War on Women as it can simultaneously raise critical consciousness and ignite social action. Unfortunately, there are no systemic guidelines on conducting consciousness-raising as a research method. Therefore, the purpose of this critical literature review is to examine how consciousness-raising h…
Preparing for participatory action research
Participatory action research aligns well with the goals of colleges of education and the interests of student researchers, yet graduate students often face challenges in pursuing this approach that warrant additional support strategies. Using critical reflexivity as a guiding framework, the current paper presents a professional development module aimed at enhancing education doctoral students’ critical reflexivity around initiating participatory…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Action research (3 works) · Citizen journalism (3 works) · Participatory action research (3 works)