Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The paths to and opportunities to gaining admission to the graduate school of your choice / Kamau Ogina Siwatu
  • Deciding if and how to pursue doctoral work / Tim Wilson, Nelson Soto, & Jami Joyner
  • "Dreams hanging in the air like smoke": a personal reflection of factors influencing enrollment and persistence in higher education / Kaa Vonia Hinton-Johnson
  • Five degrees and a Ph. D.: positive detours along the path to the doctorate / Randall Pinkett
  • Balancing act: a reflective practice / Stephen Hancock
  • Maintaining my identity: enhanced by the system, but not lost in it / Catherine Cushinberry
  • In the midst of it all: a feminist perspective on science and science teaching / Felicia Moore
  • Pressing toward the mark: an African American man's reflection on the doctoral process at a predominately White institution / Anthony Graham
  • "Walk tall in the world": reflections from a scholar of African American children's literature / Jonda McNair
  • The mask: a survival tool / Courtney Johnson
  • A personal journey toward authenticity: recognizing and reclaiming my origins / Lisa Watts
  • Making the academy a home for the brave / April Peters
  • Choosing a mentor and other lessons of the hidden curriculum of graduate school / Tamara Duckworth-Warner
  • The role of mentorship in developing African American students and professionals within the academy / Tarcha Rentz
  • For better or for worse: improving advising relationships between faculty and graduate students / James Minor
  • The role of mentoring for future academicians / Carolyn Hopp, Vincent Mumford, & Franklyn Williams.