Sankofa: African American Perspectives on Race and Culture in US Doctoral Education

242 Pages·2020·1.475 MB·English

by  Pamela Felder Small (editor), Marco J. Barker (editor), Marybeth Gasman (editor)

Sankofa

Sankofa
African American Perspectives on Race and Culture
in US Doctoral Education
Edited by
Pamela Felder Small, Marco J. Barker,
and Marybeth Gasman
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Felder Small, Pamela Petrease, editor. | Barker, Marco J., 1978– editor. |
Gasman, Marybeth, editor.
Title: Sankofa : African American perspectives on race and culture in US
doctoral education / [edited by] Pamela Petrease Felder Small, Marco J. Barker,
and Marybeth Gasman.
Description: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019036173 | ISBN 9781438477992 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781438478012 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: African American doctoral students—Social conditions. | African
American doctoral students—Attitudes. | African Americans—Education
(Graduate) | Universities and colleges—United States—Graduate work. | African
American universities and colleges. | African Americans—Race identity. | United
States—Race relations.
Classification: LCC LC2781 .S26 2020 | DDC 378.1/982996073—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036173
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Contents
List of Tables vii
Acknowledgments ix

Editors’ Introduction 1
Pamela Felder Small, Marco J. Barker, and Marybeth Gasman
Chapter 1
Understanding Race, Culture, and the Doctorate 19
Pamela Felder Small
Chapter 2
Programmatic Efforts and the Black Doctoral Experience
in Education: A Literature Review 41
Pamela Felder Small, Girvin Liggans, Fanuel Chirombo,
and Sydney Freeman Jr.
Chapter 3
Resistance Narratives: Counterstories of Two Black Women
Doctoral Students 61
Delma Ramos and Varaxy Yi
Chapter 4
Demystifying the Monolithic Black Male Mystique: Advancing
a Research Agenda on Black Men in Engineering Graduate
Programs 91
Brian A. Burt
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Chapter 5
Being One of Few: Examining Black Biomedical PhDs’ Training
Experiences and Career Development through a Campus Racial
Climate Lens 111
Kimberly A. Griffin, Kenneth D. Gibbs Jr., and Shelvia English
Chapter 6
From Firm Foundations to Where?: Understanding the Role of
HBCUs in African American PhD Student Commitment 139
Pamela Felder Small and Carmen McCallum
Chapter 7
Rethinking Engagement: Examining the Role of Faculty–Student
Interactions and Black Doctoral Student Success at HBCUs 161
Tiffany Fountaine Boykin
Chapter 8
Double Consciousness: Exploring Black and Doctoral Student
Identity within Cross-Race Advising Relationships 181
Marco J. Barker and C. Ellen Washington
Conclusion 203
Pamela Felder Small and Marco J. Barker
Contributors 217
Index 223
Tables
1.1 Top 5 and Top 6 Baccalaureate Institutions of Black U.S.–
Citizen PhDs: 1975–1999 and 1995–1999 22
1.2 Doctorates awarded to Black U.S. Citizens by HBCUs:
1975–1999 22
2.1 Model of Doctoral Student Success 49
2.2 Examples of Programmatic Efforts Supporting Doctoral
Student Socialization 51
4.1 Demographic Data for Study Participants 94
5.1 Participants’ Background Information 119
6.1 African American PhD Student Data 146
7.1 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Faculty Agency,
Doctoral Experience 169
7.2 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Faculty Agency,
Perceived Persistence 169
8.1 Degrees Conferred by Sex and Race 182
8.2 Black Doctoral Student Participants 188

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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the African American and Black doctoral students
and completers who participated in the research presented in this volume.
Their stories have provided research communities and institutions with
greater awareness of how race and culture shapes the doctoral experience.
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