ABSTRACT

This book shares advice, how-to’s, validations, and cautionary tales based on minoritized students’ recent experiences in doctoral studies. Providing a change of view from inspirational works framed at the "traditional" graduate student towards the affirmation of marginalized voices, readers are given a look at the multiplicitous experiences of underrepresented identities in the predominantly, and historically, White academy. With the changing landscape of America’s institutions of higher education, this book shares tools for navigating spaces intended for the elite. From the personal to professional, these words of wisdom and encouragement are useful anecdotes that speak to the practitioner and academic.

part I|44 pages

Developing a Scholarly Identity

chapter 1|4 pages

Who's the Scholar?

chapter 2|5 pages

Doubt

The Uninvited Educator

chapter 3|5 pages

The Last Dance

How I Learned to Stop Shuckin' and Jivin'

chapter 6|5 pages

Finding My Voice, Encouraging Myself, and Calling Out Gendered Racism

A Black Feminist Graduate Student's Note on How to Thrive Within the Academy

chapter 9|5 pages

A Cautionary Tale

part II|44 pages

Curating Community

chapter 10|6 pages

The Journey

chapter 11|6 pages

Fitting in When You Stand Out

chapter 12|5 pages

Empowered and Equipped

The Gift of Community

chapter 13|5 pages

A Syncopated Scholarly Journey

The Rhythm and Rhyme to Keep On Moving

chapter 14|4 pages

Writing to the Choir

The Imperative of Rest for Women of Color PhD Students

chapter 16|5 pages

Mothers in My Academic Village

chapter 17|6 pages

Dancing Between Two Worlds

part III|27 pages

Race, Space, and Time

chapter 19|5 pages

Finding Your Place

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

chapter 20|5 pages

Who Belongs in Academia?

chapter 21|5 pages

An EdD in a PhD World

Developing a Scholarly Identity in a World That May Not Always Recognize You as Legitimate

chapter 22|5 pages

Hope as Praxis, Pedagogy, and Purpose

Using a Critical Post-Traumatic Growth a Framework to Navigate Traumatic Environments