Date of Award
5-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School
College of Education and Human Services
Department/Program
Counseling
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Amanda L. Baden
Committee Member
Michael Hannon
Committee Member
Kathryn Herr
Abstract
Historically, the Latinx population in the United States has been viewed through a monolithic, ethnic lens that ignores within-group differences, especially regarding race. Additionally, this lens is also influenced by the anti-Blackness that is embedded within the Latinx community, which has led to the erasure of Afro-Latinx people. Consequently, this erasure has also been perpetuated by the counseling and higher education student affairs fields, which has resulted in the existing racial and ethnic identity development models not representing the identity. Therefore, this grounded theory methodology study asked: What is the racial and ethnic identity process for Afro-Latinx individuals recent college graduates living in the United States? This study’s close examination of the identity development process for a group of individuals that has not been previously studied combats the erasure historically experienced by Afro-Latinx people and contributes to multicultural competence of professionals working in counseling and higher education student affairs.
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Recommended Citation
Martinez, Triana, "Exploring the Ethnic and Racial Identity Development of Afro-Latinx Recent College Graduates Living in the United States" (2024). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 1474.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/1474
