ABSTRACT

This book explores the experiences of gifted Black women doctoral graduates, featuring narratives of their challenges related to race, gender, parenthood, class, and first-generation status offering discussion on the role of community and academic support in their success.

Delivering concrete guidance on navigating the challenges of doctoral programs, this critical text draws on endarkened epistemology, recognizing the nuanced path gifted Black women walk in the academy.

Accessible and evocative, this collection highlights the role of academic and social sisterhood, supplying a much-needed contribution to the ongoing discussion around race, academic achievement, gender, and mental health.

chapter 2|14 pages

Misunre

Navigating the Doctoral Journey as an Exceptionally Gifted Black Woman

chapter 3|12 pages

It Takes a Village

Cultivating Belonging, Community, and Sisterhood

chapter 4|13 pages

Face Your Studies

Exploring Education, Opportunity, and Community as a First-Generation Immigrant

chapter 6|16 pages

All of Me

Centering Homeplace in Personal and Professional Reflections of Becoming a Blackgirl Motherscholar

chapter 7|12 pages

Truth Be Told

Testimonies of A Black STEM Health Scholar-Wife-Mother

chapter 9|9 pages

Imagining a New Thing through Active Disruption

Tools to Center Black Aliveness and Wholeness for Black Women in Doctoral Programs

chapter |3 pages

Afterword

Black Gifted Women Journeying—Together