Status
X
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Stereotype Threat, Impostor Phenomenon, and African Americans
Term
2024A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC6020401
Course number integer
6020
Meeting times
CANCELED
Level
graduate
Instructors
Ufuoma Abiola
Description
This course critically examines stereotype threat and impostor phenomenon as they relate to African Americans. Both stereotype threat and impostor phenomenon negatively affect African Americans. The apprehension experienced by African Americans that they might behave in a manner that confirms an existing negative cultural stereotype is stereotype threat, which usually results in reduced effectiveness in African Americans' performance. Stereotype threat is linked with impostor phenomenon. Impostor phenomenon is an internal experience of intellectual phoniness in authentically talented individuals, in which they doubt their accomplishments and fear being exposed as a fraud. While stereotype threat relies on broad generalization, the impostor phenomenon describes feelings of personal inadequacy, especially in high-achieving African Americans. This course will explore the evolving meanings connected to both stereotype threat and impostor phenomenon in relation to African Americans.
Course number only
6020
Cross listings
EDUC5538401
Use local description
No