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God is Life: A Sociolinguistic and Ethnopragmatic Conceptualization of Chi in Igbo Naming Practices 上帝就是生命:伊博族命名实践中“气”的社会语言学和民族语用学概念

4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231207066

God’sgift Ogban Uwen, Eunice Kingsley Ukaegbu

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Learning While Black: Racial and Educational Challenges of Black Students 黑人学习:黑人学生的种族和教育挑战

4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231200888

Ruby Joseph, LaTosha Thomas, Angela Vatalaro, Rene Anderson, Fenda Akiwumi, Richard Briscoe

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Editor-In-Chief’s Message 主编的消息

4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231196362

Christel N. Temple

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Retaining Family Identity: Lived Experience of Caregiving in the Black Community 保留家庭身份:黑人社区护理的生活经验

4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231200887

Lessep T. Duncan, Mark Smith

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Book Review: The Love Jones cohort: Single and living alone in the Black middle class 书评:《爱琼斯一族:黑人中产阶级的单身和独居》

4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231203406

Craig I. Wynne

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“Is it Okay Not to be Okay?”: A Critical Literature Review of Barriers to Mental Health Treatment for Black Men “不好可以吗?”:对黑人心理健康治疗障碍的批判性文献综述

4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231200885

Demetrius Cofield

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We Are STEM: Examining the Significance and Influence of Counterspaces in the Development of Black Girls’ STEM Identity 我们是STEM:反空间在黑人女孩STEM认同发展中的意义和影响

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231191228

Tajma A. Cameron

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Race, Gender, and HIV Testing: A Nationwide Study of the Social Determinants of Black Male and Female Differences in HIV Testing 种族、性别和艾滋病毒检测：全国范围内黑人男女艾滋病毒检测差异的社会决定因素研究

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231186806

Sheldon Applewhite, Fabienne Snowden, Juan Battle

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Black Faculty Happiness: A Qualitative Ode to Black Faculty Voices, Success, and Retention at Predominantly White Research Universities 黑人教师的幸福：对以白人为主的研究型大学黑人教师的声音、成功和保留的定性颂歌

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231184259

Dave A. Louis

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Doing the Work of God: HBCU’s and Black America’s Response to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 做上帝的工作：HBCU和美国黑人对1918年流感大流行的反应

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/00219347231189511

R. L. Graham, Andrea Guiden Pittman

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