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1	Women of African Descent: Persistence in Completing A Doctorate Bailey-Iddrisu, Vannetta L. 09 November 2010 (has links) This study examines the educational persistence of women of African descent (WOAD) in pursuit of a doctorate degree at universities in the southeastern United States. WOAD are women of African ancestry born outside the African continent. These women are heirs to an inner dogged determination and spirit to survive despite all odds (Pulliam, 2003, p. 337).This study used Ellis’s (1997) Three Stages for Graduate Student Development as the conceptual framework to examine the persistent strategies used by these women to persist to the completion of their studies. Women African American Non-traditional student Doctoral Studies Women Studies Career Women of African Descent Graduate Studies Black women post graduate studies African American Studies American Studies Community-Based Learning Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Social Inquiry Educational Sociology Ethnic Studies Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gender and Sexuality Higher Education Administration Higher Education and Teaching Inequality and Stratification International and Comparative Education Other Education Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Place and Environment Race and Ethnicity Social and Cultural Anthropology Sociology of Culture Urban Education Urban Studies and Planning Women's Studies