1st Edition
Gifted Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Process Sister Insider
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
Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Brittany N. Anderson, Ph.D. and Shaquinta L. Richardson, Ph.D.
1 Navigating the Doctoral Experience as First-Generation, Gifted Black Women: Our Path, Our Voice
Brittany N. Anderson and Shaquinta L. Richardson
2 MISUNRE: Navigating the Doctoral Journey as an Exceptionally Gifted Black Woman
Jillian A. Martin, Ph.D.
3 It Takes a Village: Cultivating Belonging, Community, and Sisterhood
Joan Collier, Ph.D.
4 Face Your Studies: Exploring Education, Opportunity, and Community as a First-Generation Immigrant
Funlola G. Are, Ph.D.
5 The Evolution of My Biracial Identity through Attending Two Predominately White Institutions
Megan Hicks, Ph.D.
6 All of Me: Centering Homeplace in Personal and Professional Reflections of Becoming a Blackgirl Motherscholar
Taryrn T.C. Brown, Ph.D.
7 Truth Be Told: Testimonies of a Black Stem Health Scholar-Wife-Mother
Miranda Hill, Ph.D.
8 Navigating the Doctoral Process While Experiencing Tragedy
Elizabeth Farrah Louis, Ph.D.
9 Imagining a New Thing through Active Disruption: Tools to Center Black Aliveness and Wholeness for Black Women in Doctoral Programs
Shaquinta L. Richardson, Ph.D. and Brittany. N. Anderson, Ph.D.
Afterword: Black Gifted Women Journeying—Together
Chonika Coleman-King, Ph.D.
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
Biography
Brittany N. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K–12 Education. Her research focuses on university-school-community partnerships that support talent development and the identification of minoritized youth in urban schools.
Shaquinta L. Richardson is an entrepreneur, consultant, and life coach for high-achieving Black women. She is a former Marriage and Family Therapist and Professor of Marriage and Family Studies. Her academic research centered on the influence of racial and gender identity on experiences of Black American women with intellectual and developmental disabilities within the family context.
"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
