Kimberly R Moffitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 652887 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kimberly R Moffitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kimberly R |
| FAMILY NAME | Moffitt |
| SIGNATURE | MOFFITT K R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dei: Building a “Ground Together” at HBCUs
Recently, Howard University was thrust into a viral moment when the K-Pop group, BTS, released a teaser to their comeback album, “Arirang.” It featured an animated video acknowledging the seven Kor
Light-skinned people always win”: An Autoethnography of Colorism in a Mother–Daughter Relationship
Meghan Burke defines colorism as “the allocation of privilege and disadvantage according to the lightness or darkness of one’s skin” (International Encyclopedia of the Social Social Sciences, 2nd ed.). The intraracial practice can be heightened in familial interactions. This collaborative autoethnography utilizes Alice Walker’s framework of womanism to explore the narratives of colorism in a mother–daughter relationship when the two do not share …
Scripting the Way for the 21st-Century Disney Princess in The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009) offered Disney audiences a story unlike any other the animation pioneer had ever told: the tale of its first Black princess. Engaging scripting theory and critical whiteness studies, I analyze the portrayal of the Black character Tiana and her relationship with White character Charlotte to explain how they are framed in the context of other mediated portrayals of blackness. By attending to how Tiana’s character is…
Race and social attitudes about sickle cell disease
Such inquiries might lead to more rigorous study of mechanisms that shape perceptions about sickle cell risk, interpersonal empathy toward patients, and public support for sickle cell-related policies
The Imperatives of Community Service for Afrocentric Academics
This article suggests the expansion of service in the academy so that underrepresented students on and off campus benefit from the presence of nondominant co-cultural faculty. Using Afrocentricity as a foundation, the writers call for a reconceptualization of service to include the communities of the co-cultural professors as a means of providing role models, academic assistance, and potential co-cultural students for the particular institution. …
Race and social attitudes about sickle cell disease
Such inquiries might lead to more rigorous study of mechanisms that shape perceptions about sickle cell risk, interpersonal empathy toward patients, and public support for sickle cell-related policies
Scripting the Way for the 21st-Century Disney Princess in The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009) offered Disney audiences a story unlike any other the animation pioneer had ever told: the tale of its first Black princess. Engaging scripting theory and critical whiteness studies, I analyze the portrayal of the Black character Tiana and her relationship with White character Charlotte to explain how they are framed in the context of other mediated portrayals of blackness. By attending to how Tiana’s character is…
Light-skinned people always win”: An Autoethnography of Colorism in a Mother–Daughter Relationship
Meghan Burke defines colorism as “the allocation of privilege and disadvantage according to the lightness or darkness of one’s skin” (International Encyclopedia of the Social Social Sciences, 2nd ed.). The intraracial practice can be heightened in familial interactions. This collaborative autoethnography utilizes Alice Walker’s framework of womanism to explore the narratives of colorism in a mother–daughter relationship when the two do not share …
The Imperatives of Community Service for Afrocentric Academics
This article suggests the expansion of service in the academy so that underrepresented students on and off campus benefit from the presence of nondominant co-cultural faculty. Using Afrocentricity as a foundation, the writers call for a reconceptualization of service to include the communities of the co-cultural professors as a means of providing role models, academic assistance, and potential co-cultural students for the particular institution. …
Race and social attitudes about sickle cell disease
Such inquiries might lead to more rigorous study of mechanisms that shape perceptions about sickle cell risk, interpersonal empathy toward patients, and public support for sickle cell-related policies
Scripting the Way for the 21st-Century Disney Princess in The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009) offered Disney audiences a story unlike any other the animation pioneer had ever told: the tale of its first Black princess. Engaging scripting theory and critical whiteness studies, I analyze the portrayal of the Black character Tiana and her relationship with White character Charlotte to explain how they are framed in the context of other mediated portrayals of blackness. By attending to how Tiana’s character is…
Light-skinned people always win”: An Autoethnography of Colorism in a Mother–Daughter Relationship
Meghan Burke defines colorism as “the allocation of privilege and disadvantage according to the lightness or darkness of one’s skin” (International Encyclopedia of the Social Social Sciences, 2nd ed.). The intraracial practice can be heightened in familial interactions. This collaborative autoethnography utilizes Alice Walker’s framework of womanism to explore the narratives of colorism in a mother–daughter relationship when the two do not share …
Dei: Building a “Ground Together” at HBCUs
Recently, Howard University was thrust into a viral moment when the K-Pop group, BTS, released a teaser to their comeback album, “Arirang.” It featured an animated video acknowledging the seven Kor
Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works)