Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review"I firmly believe that this text is destined to become a classic, of uniquely lasting value for generations to come."
Joy Lawson Davis, Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education, US
Table of Contents Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Navigating the Doctoral Experience as First-Generation, Gifted Black Women: Our Path, Our Voice
2 MISUNRE: Navigating the Doctoral Journey as an Exceptionally Gifted Black Woman
3 It Takes a Village: Cultivating Belonging, Community, and Sisterhood
4 Face Your Studies: Exploring Education, Opportunity, and Community as a First-Generation Immigrant
5 The Evolution of My Biracial Identity through Attending Two Predominately White Institutions
6 All of Me: Centering Homeplace in Personal and Professional Reflections of Becoming a Blackgirl Motherscholar
7 Truth Be Told: Testimonies of a Black Stem Health Scholar-Wife-Mother
8 Navigating the Doctoral Process While Experiencing Tragedy
9 Imagining a New Thing through Active Disruption: Tools to Center Black Aliveness and Wholeness for Black Women in Doctoral Programs
Afterword: Black Gifted Women Journeying-Together
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
