Mujeres Mexicanas in the Midwest: A Life History Approach to the Role of Early Education in the Making of a Doctoral Scholar

• In Event: 72.065 - Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 72.065-1 - Rethinking Multicultural Doctoral Experiences

Abstract

Research on Latinas, their Kindergarten to undergraduate educational experiences to their experiences in the academy in their role as faculty has increased. With limited research on experiences in doctoral education from across disciplines and from particular geographical spaces such the Southwest. Through a life history method approach this study uses Critical Race Theory, LatCrit and Chicana Feminist Epistemology (CFE) theoretical frameworks to better understand the role family, culture, community and the institution play in the formation of first generation Mexican Latina scholars. This study also helps understand the daily experiences, both struggles and coping mechanisms used by Latinas in order to complete their degree background currently in doctoral programs at public Predominately White Research I institutions (PWIs) in the Midwest.

Author

• Mariana G. Martinez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign