Breauna Marie Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 933274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Breauna Marie Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Breauna Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5559-7500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Racism, sexism, exclusionism, and performative activism in tech: Exploring the narratives of Black women professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic
The objective of this qualitative investigation is to examine the race-gendered workplace experiences of Black women in the tech sector as they dealt with both the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing racial and social injustices that have occurred throughout society. Utilizing Intersectionality Theory to position this study, semi-structured interviews are collected with five Black women currently working in tech positions. The findings indicate that Bl…
Exploring the impact of “onlyness” among Black women doctoral students in computer science and engineering
The academic, social, and psychological experiences of Black men enrolled in STEM undergraduate degree programs
This qualitative manuscript examined N=20 Black male undergraduate students' racialized interactions with non-Black higher education administrators, professors, and peers and how those select interactions either encourage or hinder their academic, social, and psychological well-being and success as science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) majors. This manuscript utilized W.E.B. DuBois' Condition of Double Consciousness to explore h…
The Cumulative and Damaging Effects of Discrimination: Racialized and Gendered Experiences of Black Men in STEM From Elementary School Through Graduate School
This study examines the racialized and gendered experiences of Black men (N = 20) from elementary school through graduate school. The Black men featured in this article are current STEM doctoral students and were asked to reflect on their K-12 and undergraduate STEM experiences as well as their current experiences as graduate students. Findings conclude that Black men, as children and teens, experienced gendered racism in their STEM courses, whic…
Black Men vs. White Men Pursuing Undergraduate STEM Programs in the Ivory Tower: The Academic and Social Impediments Regarding Our Divergent Success
The objective of this qualitative research study was to investigate the academic and social experiences of Black men and White men currently enrolled in STEM doctoral programs who reflect back on their STEM undergraduate experiences (N = 37). Overall, this study explores the strategies they utilized to succeed despite enduring obstacles of all sorts. Utilizing both critical race theory and critical whiteness studies to further position this study…
To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch: The Psychosocial Ramifications of Being Resilient Black Women Engineering and Computing Doctoral Students
This qualitative study explored how 21 Black women enrolled in engineering and computing doctoral programs characterize and understand how they code-switch. We define code-switching as when Black women consciously or unconsciously modify the way they behave in engineering and computing environments to dissociate themselves from negative stereotypes held against their intersectional identities across gender and race. Utilizing Black feminist thoug…
The Psychological Costs of Experiencing Racial Discrimination in the Ivory Tower: The Untold Stories of Black Men Enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Doctoral Programs
Due to the dearth of literature that has foregrounded the psychological causes and conditions impacting Black men’s academic success while enrolled in STEM doctoral programs, this qualitative study examined the psychological costs of racism among 20 Black men enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. Utilizing Critical Race Theory to contextualize and situate this study, this manuscript explored racia…
Yoga as a technology of femininity: Disciplining white women, disappearing people of color in Yoga Journal
Yoga has seen an explosion of popularity in the United States. Though the practice can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization, its mass media representation is dominated by young, thin, white women. Little is known about how the practice came to be portrayed in this manner. However, scholars suggest that when media outlets target (white) women, they often encourage them to adopt “technologies of femininity” that may include instructions on ho…
To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch: The Psychosocial Ramifications of Being Resilient Black Women Engineering and Computing Doctoral Students
This qualitative study explored how 21 Black women enrolled in engineering and computing doctoral programs characterize and understand how they code-switch. We define code-switching as when Black women consciously or unconsciously modify the way they behave in engineering and computing environments to dissociate themselves from negative stereotypes held against their intersectional identities across gender and race. Utilizing Black feminist thoug…
The Psychological Costs of Experiencing Racial Discrimination in the Ivory Tower: The Untold Stories of Black Men Enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Doctoral Programs
Due to the dearth of literature that has foregrounded the psychological causes and conditions impacting Black men’s academic success while enrolled in STEM doctoral programs, this qualitative study examined the psychological costs of racism among 20 Black men enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. Utilizing Critical Race Theory to contextualize and situate this study, this manuscript explored racia…
Black Men vs. White Men Pursuing Undergraduate STEM Programs in the Ivory Tower: The Academic and Social Impediments Regarding Our Divergent Success
The objective of this qualitative research study was to investigate the academic and social experiences of Black men and White men currently enrolled in STEM doctoral programs who reflect back on their STEM undergraduate experiences (N = 37). Overall, this study explores the strategies they utilized to succeed despite enduring obstacles of all sorts. Utilizing both critical race theory and critical whiteness studies to further position this study…
Yoga as a technology of femininity: Disciplining white women, disappearing people of color in Yoga Journal
Yoga has seen an explosion of popularity in the United States. Though the practice can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization, its mass media representation is dominated by young, thin, white women. Little is known about how the practice came to be portrayed in this manner. However, scholars suggest that when media outlets target (white) women, they often encourage them to adopt “technologies of femininity” that may include instructions on ho…
The Psychological Costs of Experiencing Racial Discrimination in the Ivory Tower: The Untold Stories of Black Men Enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Doctoral Programs
Due to the dearth of literature that has foregrounded the psychological causes and conditions impacting Black men’s academic success while enrolled in STEM doctoral programs, this qualitative study examined the psychological costs of racism among 20 Black men enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. Utilizing Critical Race Theory to contextualize and situate this study, this manuscript explored racia…
To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch: The Psychosocial Ramifications of Being Resilient Black Women Engineering and Computing Doctoral Students
This qualitative study explored how 21 Black women enrolled in engineering and computing doctoral programs characterize and understand how they code-switch. We define code-switching as when Black women consciously or unconsciously modify the way they behave in engineering and computing environments to dissociate themselves from negative stereotypes held against their intersectional identities across gender and race. Utilizing Black feminist thoug…
The Cumulative and Damaging Effects of Discrimination: Racialized and Gendered Experiences of Black Men in STEM From Elementary School Through Graduate School
This study examines the racialized and gendered experiences of Black men (N = 20) from elementary school through graduate school. The Black men featured in this article are current STEM doctoral students and were asked to reflect on their K-12 and undergraduate STEM experiences as well as their current experiences as graduate students. Findings conclude that Black men, as children and teens, experienced gendered racism in their STEM courses, whic…
Black Men vs. White Men Pursuing Undergraduate STEM Programs in the Ivory Tower: The Academic and Social Impediments Regarding Our Divergent Success
The objective of this qualitative research study was to investigate the academic and social experiences of Black men and White men currently enrolled in STEM doctoral programs who reflect back on their STEM undergraduate experiences (N = 37). Overall, this study explores the strategies they utilized to succeed despite enduring obstacles of all sorts. Utilizing both critical race theory and critical whiteness studies to further position this study…
Exploring the impact of “onlyness” among Black women doctoral students in computer science and engineering
The academic, social, and psychological experiences of Black men enrolled in STEM undergraduate degree programs
This qualitative manuscript examined N=20 Black male undergraduate students' racialized interactions with non-Black higher education administrators, professors, and peers and how those select interactions either encourage or hinder their academic, social, and psychological well-being and success as science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) majors. This manuscript utilized W.E.B. DuBois' Condition of Double Consciousness to explore h…
Racism, sexism, exclusionism, and performative activism in tech: Exploring the narratives of Black women professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic
The objective of this qualitative investigation is to examine the race-gendered workplace experiences of Black women in the tech sector as they dealt with both the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing racial and social injustices that have occurred throughout society. Utilizing Intersectionality Theory to position this study, semi-structured interviews are collected with five Black women currently working in tech positions. The findings indicate that Bl…
Gender Studies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Career Development and Diversity (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Mentoring and Academic Development (4 works) · Racism (4 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (3 works)