Negrón-Gonzales / Genevieve Negron-Gonzales / Barrera The Latinx Guide to Graduate School

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2430-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 271 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Negrón-Gonzales, Genevieve

Genevieve Negron-Gonzales, Negron-Gonzales

Barrera, Magdalena L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.