Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Journey: Student Peer Support, Mentorship, and Success in the Academy

Synopsis

With the increasing focus on the critical importance of mentoring in advancing Black women students from graduation to careers in academia, this book identifies and considers the peer mentoring contexts and conditions that support Black women student success in higher education. This edited collection focuses on Black women students primarily at the doctoral level and how they have retained each other through their educational journey, emphasizing how they navigated this season of educational changes given COVID and racial unrest. Chapters illuminate what minoritized women students have done to mentor each other to navigate unwelcome campus environments laden with identity politics and other structural barriers. Shining a light on systemic structures in place that contribute to Black women’s alienation in the academy, this book unpacks implications for interactions and engagement with faculty as advisors and mentors. An important resource for faculty and graduate students at colleges and universities, ultimately this work is critical to helping the academy fortify Black women’s sense of belonging and connection early in their academic career and foster their success.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

168 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000935141

Related ISBNs:

9781000935134, 9781032484853, 9781003394648, 9781032496177

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

02/10/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Sharon Fries-Britt and Bridget Turner Kelly

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sharon Fries-Britt

Edited by:

Bridget Turner Kelly