Date of Award

5-2022

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Education

First Advisor

B.J. Kimbrough, Ed.D.

Second Advisor

Rachel Dunbar, Ph.D.

Third Advisor

Kelly Pivik, Ph.D.

Abstract

I would like to thank my committee chair, Dr. B.J. Kimbrough, and my committee members, Dr. Rachel Dunbar and Dr. Kelly Pivik, for their expert guidance and support throughout the course of this research. Another word of thanks is extended to Dr. Jan Miller, for her genuine words of encouragement throughout the dissertation process. I am especially indebted to Dr. Reenay Rogers for her counsel throughout the course of my research. I could not have asked for a better methodologist to oversee my study, whose patience with my frequent questions was, and is, much appreciated. A debt of gratitude also is owed to all department faculty and staff for making my time at The University of West Alabama a wonderful experience. A special word of thanks is due in that regard to Mrs. Banks Gordy for her frequent help during the research phase of my project. Finally, I would like to convey my appreciation to the USDA Economic Research Service, which provided the survey instrument used in my quantitative study, and to all the students and CNP directors in the Black Belt, whose willingness to participate in the study made it possible to conduct.

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