1. The Merging of the Personal and the Collective: Reimagining Black Natural Hair Care Digital Spaces as Sites of Critical Public Pedagogy Open Access Author: Sessoms, Amber Michelle Title: The Merging of the Personal and the Collective: Reimagining Black Natural Hair Care Digital Spaces as Sites of Critical Public Pedagogy Graduate Program: Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Keywords: natural hairblack hairblack womenafrican american womendigital spacesblogscritical public pedagogyidentity developmentadult learningadult identity developmentbloggingonline learning communitiescritical consciousnessidentity formationpopular cultureadult educationafrican american hairblack womanhood File: Download Sessoms_2017_FINAL_Dissertation_w_Vita.pdf Committee Members: Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorRobin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-ChairElizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee MemberPeter Jones Kareithi, Committee MemberAdnan A Qayyum, Outside Member