Gifted Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Process: Sister Insider [Hardcover]

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, and offers discussion on the role of community and academic support in their success.

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

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.

 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 InslcŒ