| Degrees of Difference: Reflections of Women of Color on Graduate School Contributor(s): McKee, Kimberly D. (Editor), Delgado, Denise A. (Editor), Leong, Karen J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0252043189 ISBN-13: 9780252043185 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Education | Higher - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 379.26 |
| LCCN: 2019052067 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: University commitments to diversity and inclusivity have yet to translate into support for women of color graduate students. Sexism, classism, homophobia, racial microaggressions, alienation, disillusionment, a lack of institutional and departmental support, limited help from family and partners, imposter syndrome, narrow reading lists--all remain commonplace. Indifference to the struggles of women of color in graduate school and widespread dismissal of their work further poisons an atmosphere that suffocates not only ambition but a person's quality of life. In Degrees of Difference, women of color from diverse backgrounds give frank, unapologetic accounts of their battles--both internal and external--to navigate grad school and fulfill their ambitions. At the same time, the authors offer strategies for surviving the grind via stories of their own hard-won successes with self-care, building supportive communities, finding like-minded mentors, and resisting racism and unsupportive faculty and colleagues. Contributors: Aeriel A. Ashlee, Denise A. Delgado, Nwadiogo I. Ejiogu, Delia Fern ndez, Regina Emily Idoate, Karen J. Leong, Kimberly D. McKee, D lice Mugabo, Carrie Sampson, Arianna Taboada, Jenny Heijun Wills, and Soha Youssef |