The Black student's pathway to graduate study and beyond : the making of a scholar / edited by Evelyn Shepherd W. Farmer (Grambling State University).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farmer, Evelyn Shepherd W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education (Graduate).

African Americans.

African American graduate students--Social conditions.

African American graduate students.

School-to-work transition--United States.

School-to-work transition.

Minorities in higher education--United States.

Minorities in higher education.

African American scholars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"The Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and Beyond: The Making of a Scholar is an informative and ambitious book designed to help Black prospective and current graduate students pursue graduate degrees successfully. The book covers broad topics ranging from admissions policies, standardized tests, networking, mentorship, financial options, qualifying and comprehensive exams, proposal and dissertation writing, and publishing, gender and race, socialization, and campus culture. This volume is organized into five graduate pathways: Pathway I: Embarking on the Graduate Admissions Process; Pathway II: Confronting Race and Gender Disparities in Graduate Education; Pathway III: Persevering to the Graduate Degree; Pathway IV: Adjusting to the Socialization of Graduate Education; and Pathway V: Preparing for Success Beyond Graduate Education. The book calls Black students' attention to some of the barriers they may encounter along the pathway to a graduate degree. The pathway to success can be linear or nonlinear since students travel different journeys and are at different vectors on the continuum. The primary audience for this book consists of Black prospective and current graduate students, graduate deans, admissions counselors, recruiters, and faculty advisors in both black and white higher education institutions. The secondary audience includes high school students, guidance counselors, and social and religious organizations. Furthermore, this book can serve as a handy resource for undergraduates who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Dana A. Williams

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Evelyn Shepherd W. Farmer

Part I: Embarking on the graduate admissions process

Chapter 1. Graduate admissions and affirmative action: The effect of critical race theory / Elizabeth K. Davenport, Patrice W. Glenn Jones, and Lawrence Davenport

Chapter 2. Strategies for admission to the best graduate schools / William A. Person

Chapter 3. When the smoke clears: What you need to know about standardized testing after COVID-19 / Elizabeth K. Davenport, Patrice W. Glenn Jones, and Lawrence Davenport

Chapter 4. Minority scholarships, loans, and grants to support graduate education / Lemuel Berry, Jr. Diversity, Equity, and Innovation: Imperatives for Today's Graduate Programs, Ernesta P. Williams

Part II: Confronting race and ger disparities in graduate education

Chapter 5. Research as a site of resistance: A phenomenological study of black women in u.s. Doctoral education / Tonisha B. Lane, Ebony N. Perez, Shawna M. Patterson- Stephens, and Louise Michelle Vital

Chapter 6. Inventing failure: Being black and male in liberal arts graduate programs such as philosophy / Tommy J. Curry

Part III: Persevering to the graduate degree

Chapter 7. Surviving the major examination gamut: Qualifying and comprehensive / Ademola A. Akinrinola and Seun B. Adebayo

Chapter 8. Preventing plagiarism in scholarly graduate research / Liangyue Lu

Chapter 9. Employing scholarly writing skills using style manuals for writing dissertation proposals and dissertations / Charlene T. Evans

Chapter 10. Using discipline to develop and maintain good study habits and techniques / Daphne E. Williams and Mxolisi S. B. Siwatu

Chapter 11. Toward a paradigm shift: Adjusting to technology in graduate education / Carlous Caple

Chapter 12. Navigating the doctoral process: Using critical race theory to examine the value of developing a mentor relationship / Akilah R. Carter-Francique, Evelyn Shepherd W. Farmer, and Tamara N. Moten

Chapter 13. Networking through your academic journey: Bolstering successful passage into stem-related careers / Cheryl D. Seals, Felicia Doswell, Cheryl A. Swanier, LaVarius Harris, Divine Maloney, and John J. Porter, III

Part IV: Adjusting to the socialization of graduate education

Chapter 14. Psychosocial adjustment to the graduate school environment / Hakim M. Rashid

Chapter 15. Developing a global identity among black American, black African, black Caribbean, and other black students / Steve A. Buddington

Chapter 16. Maintaining black pride, self-esteem, and self-confidence in graduate education and beyond / Shanette M. Harris

Chapter 17. Race, color, and racialization in graduate education / Roshunda L. Belton-Cardoza and Evelyn Shepherd W. Farmer

Part V: Preparing for success beyond graduate education

Chapter 18. Black scholarship and how to increase publication opportunities early for black doctoral students / Rhonda Erica Baylor

Chapter 19. The career hunt: Putting it all together and marketing yourself in your career field / Cassandra D. Chaney. About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-87300-32-0

OCLC:

1371141163