Exploring Compañerismo in Higher Education: A Composite Counternarrative of Three Latino Males in a Doctoral Program

• In Event: Studies of Minority and Underrepresented Graduate Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the racialized experiences and successes of three self-identified heterosexual cisgender Latino males enrolled in a doctoral program at a predominantly white institution (PWI) by providing a composite counter narrative. This study discusses some of the challenges they encountered upon their graduate school arrival as well as the ways they have used each other and their resources to counter their negative experiences on their path to graduate.

Authors

• Osly J. Flores, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Oscar Patron, University of Pittsburgh

• Øscar Medina, University of Missouri - Columbia