Habiba Ibrahim

Saint Catherine University · School of Social Work

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified violence and disparities among vulnerable populations, with women and girls, affected the most. Reports of violence against school-aged girls in the country did increase as a result of COVID-19. The increased vulnerability to various forms of gender-based violence (GBV) among school-going girls can be...

Racial/ethnic minority girls have a history of being underrepresented in STEM. Yet, there is a dearth of research that identifies the mathematics experiences that predict being on a STEM pipeline. Analyzing data from the Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS: 2002), we examined the relationship between mathematics attitudes, beliefs, and enrichment a...

Building on extant literature, the present qualitative study explored Black adolescent girls' racial and gendered experiences as mathematics learners. Data collection included focus groups with Black adolescent girls (N = 30, Mage = 12.64 years). Several themes concerning their racialized and gendered schooling experiences emerged, which centered o...

Black girls are more likely to receive in-school suspension (ISS) in comparison to their non-Black peers. However, research on the effect of in-school suspension on students’ academic achievement, specifically math achievement of Black girls, is still very limited. Mathematics is an important foundational component of science, technology, and engin...

Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) are commonly practiced in developing countries across the globe. The practice is also common among immigrants in developed economies. This study uses survey data collected from African immigrants in the United States to examine whether saving in ROSCAs is associated with asset ownership among the pa...

While research on school suspensions and its impact on students is not new, scholars have not yet explored whether there is a link between school suspensions and high school students’ preparation for success in STEM. Using nationally representative data, this study explored the relationship of suspensions to math outcomes while considering race–gen...

Purpose Guided by the institutional theory of savings, the purpose of this study is to assess the institutional elements of rotating, savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) that enable participants to save. Design/methodology/approach The study used data from in-depth qualitative interviews ( N = 10) conducted among the ROSCA group leaders from...

People create employment opportunities for themselves that put them on the margins of the regular paid economy in a variety of cultural settings. Though often viewed as a stop-gap strategy or last resort for unemployable people, the informal economy can also involve people who have a place in the regular economy and are searching for means to suppl...