Antiblackness in the Academy: The Stories of Afro-Caribbean Students Navigating U.S. Higher Education
Antiblackness in the Academy examines how Afro-Caribbean students describe, interpret, and navigate identity, belonging, campus climate, and experiences that may be tied to antiblackness, racialization, and cultural misrecognition within U.S. higher education.
The study centers the lived experiences and voices of Afro-Caribbean college students and alumni to better understand how they make meaning of their educational journeys across institutional, cultural, familial, and diasporic contexts. Grounded in a community-engaged and diasporic framework, this work affirms that participants are not merely research subjects. They are knowledge holders, storytellers, and co-theorizers whose reflections can contribute to a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Black life across the Caribbean diaspora.
The study invites Afro-Caribbean-identifying students (current, former, and incomplete) to participate in one or more of the following components:
Student Survey– A 20-30 minute anonymous online questionnaire that explores identity, campus climate, and personal experiences of antiblackness.
Semi-structured Interviews – One-on-one in-depth conversations conducted in two phases to explore life histories, educational journeys, and identity development in their own words.
Critical Journaling and Storytelling Dropbox– A reflective writing or multimedia activity in which participants respond to prompts in a independent, confidential online portal. Participants can submit personal stories, audio reflections, poetry, images, or other media at any time throughout the study.
To learn more or sign up, please visit the individual pages linked above.
Project Status: Now Recruiting!
The study is now live and actively recruiting participants.Eligible participants will receive up to $55 in Amazon E-Gift Cards ($15 for completing the survey and $20/per interview) as a small token of thanks, knowing your stories are worth so much more, but offered in the spirit of wanting to reach and honor a wide range of voices and experiences across the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Confirm your eligibility below!
If your club, organization, or network would like to connect, please fill out this form.Are you a faculty member or interested in learning more or partnering for this work? Please contact faith.northern@nyu.edu.
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