The Latinx Guide to Graduate School

by Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales, Magdalena L. Barrera

Overview

In The Latinx Guide to Graduate School Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Magdalena L. Barrera provide prospective and current Latinx graduate students in the humanities and social sciences fields with a roadmap for surviving and thriving in advanced-degree programs. They document the unwritten rules of graduate education that impact Latinx students, demystifying and clarifying the essential requirements for navigating graduate school that Latinx students may not know because they are often the first in their families to walk that path. Topics range from identifying the purpose of graduate research, finding the right program, and putting together a strong application to developing a graduate student identity, cultivating professional and personal relationships, and mapping out a post--graduate school career. The book also includes resources for undocumented students. Equal parts how-to guide, personal reflection, manifesto, and academic musing, this book gives a culturally resonant perspective that speaks to the unique Latinx graduate student experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781478024309
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Publication date:	01/30/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	690,844
File size:	702 KB

About the Author

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales is Associate Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco and coeditor of We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States, also published by Duke University Press.

Magdalena L. Barrera is Vice Provost for Faculty Success at San José State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction: You Thought You Were Buying a How-to Book but Ended Up Getting a Love Letter, Manifesto, and Flashlight  1
1. To Grad School or Not to Grad School?  23
2. Learning to Be a Grad Student  59
3. Essential Skills in Graduate School  77
4. Unwritten Rules of the Academy: Navigating the Gray Area  121
5. Navigating Professional Relationships in Graduate School  145
6. Navigating Personal Relationships in Graduate School  180
7. Life after Graduate School  205
Conclusion: Five Mandamientos for Remaking the Academy  224
UndocuGrads: Undocumeneted and Applying to Grad School (FAQs) / Carolina Valdivia  229
Glossary of Terms  233
Notes  237
Bibliography  243
Index  253
 

What People are Saying About This

Daniel G. Solorzano

“When I was applying to and working in my PhD program, I had no guide. My six years in graduate school would have been more beneficial if I had had The Latinx Guide to Graduate School. I have been guiding doctoral students for thirty-two years at UCLA, and this book will be an invaluable resource for my (and others’) graduate students. The tools that Professors Negrón-Gonzales and Barrera share to demystify the hidden curriculum of graduate school will impact future generations of Latina/o and other doctoral students.”

Daniel G. Solórzano

“When I was applying to and working in my PhD program, I had no guide. My six years in graduate school would have been more beneficial if I had The Latinx Guide to Graduate School. I have been guiding doctoral students for thirty-two years at UCLA, and this book will be an invaluable resource for my (and others’) graduate students. The tools that Professors Negrón-Gonzales and Barrera share to demystify the hidden curriculum of graduate school will impact future generations of Latina/o and other doctoral students.”

Sentipensante Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice, and Liberation - Laura I. Rendón

“This is the essential text for Latinxs considering or already enrolled in graduate education. More than a guide, it is a Latinx cultural master plan for navigating an often mysterious and exclusionary graduate education system replete with hidden rules, traditions and conventions. With unwavering love y cariño, the authors validate and lift Latinxs to their rightful place in the academy, not as outsiders but as genuine knowledge creators with a noble vision to transform the academy even as it transforms them.”