Is your success keeping you from finding someone to share your life with? Professionally, the future is bright—but what about personally? What about a life partner? What about a family? 

Black women who are achieving massive success in their professional lives—advanced degrees and dream jobs—are finding that men, and Black men in particular, are intimidated by their success. 

So why are some Black womens’ dating lives being impacted by attaining higher education and success? 

Today on the show, Dr. Kahleah Bradshaw is going to shed light on the dating challenges that successful and professional Black women experience. Dr. Bradshaw is a graduate of Cal State Dominguez, where she received her bachelors and masters degree and, more recently, her PhD.

Her dissertation, Dollaz + Sense: The True Cost of Education for Black Women, explored the experiences of single black educated women with an advanced degree who felt that their romantic lives or their dating lives had been impacted by their higher education attainment. 

Dr. Bradshaw has worked in higher education for nine years and is passionate about Black history, women’s issues, and works hard to emphasize the overall need for literacy and education for Black people. 

Listen to the full episode to hear:

  • Dr. Bradshaw’s take on the true impact of education on Black women
  • The impact higher education and career advancement has on some relationships
  • Why she is most concerned about the economic implications of Black women not marrying in the U.S.  
  • All about Dr. Bradshaw’s qualitative study, Dollaz + Sense: The True Cost of Education for Black Women

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