Full Description
Black Doctoral Students' Experiences in Academia is a vital and timely anthology that brings together the powerful narratives of Black doctoral students and graduates who have navigated and challenged academic systems. These stories speak not only to struggle, but also to joy, care, community, and self-definition. From the first steps into graduate programs to moments of resistance, reclamation, and transformation, the contributors reveal what it means to create belonging, build power, and thrive. This book seeks to provide a platform for these scholars to share their insights and advocate for systemic changes within the often exclusionary environments of higher education. This book is an essential read for scholars, educators, and administrators committed to fostering inclusive and supportive environments within higher education.
Contents
Introduction: Narratives of Collective Responsibility, Community, and Care Part I: Before We Belonged — Entry, Identity, and Institutional Dissonance 1. The Neglected Scholar: Being Black, First-Generation, and a Doctoral Student 2. From the AUC to Appalachian Elegy: A Black Girl's Guide to Adjusting to a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) 3. Finding Healing Amidst the Chaos: A Black Feminist Autoethnography of Surviving a Predominately White Institution 4. The Fear of Complacency: A Continuous Struggle for Black Scholars Part II: Building and Becoming — Joy, Community, and Collective Action 5. Black Mothers in Pursuit of the Ph.D.: Redefining Success Beyond Academic Metrics 6. Who Gon' Save Us: Highlighting the Experiences of Black Women in Higher Education Through Collaborative Autoethnography 7. Black in Bloom: Planting Seeds for Community Growth, and Success Part III: Reclaiming and Reimagining the Academy 8. Digital Tribalism, Fictive Kinship, and Reclamation in Higher Education 9. To all the Academic Aunties, Uncles, and Cousins: Open Letters from a Black Doctoral Student to Their Fictive Kin 10. Dialogue Between the Editors
