Foreword: On belonging to liberation -- Who's the scholar? -- Doubt : the uninvited educator -- The last dance : how I learned to stop shuckin' and jivin' -- Finding an academic voice in a place of isolation -- They called diversity a nuisance variable -- Finding my voice, encouraging myself, and calling out gendered racism : a black feminist graduate student's note on how to thrive within the academy -- I am exactly where I need to be -- A twenty-nine year journey back to radical scholarship -- A cautionary tale -- The journey -- Fitting in when you stand out -- Empowered and equipped : what my community gave me -- A syncopated scholarly journey : the rhythm and rhyme to keep on moving -- Writing to the choir : the imperative of rest for women of color PhD students -- Finding my people and my people finding me -- Mothers in my academic village -- Dancing between two worlds -- Unmasking academia for future generations -- Finding your place : overcoming imposter syndrome -- Who belongs in academia? -- An EdD in a PhD world : developing scholarly identity in a world that may not always recognize you as legitimate -- Hope as praxis, pedagogy and purpose : using a critical post traumatic growth a framework to navigate traumatic environments -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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