Advising Black Doctoral Women: Using a Professional Development Program to Explore the Systemic Disadvantages in Doctoral Advising

• In Event: Barriers and Burdens of Graduate Students in Higher Education

Abstract

Black women's pathways to the professoriate are distinctive in academia due to their racial and gendered identities. Their doctoral journeys are often complicated by systemic disenfranchisement and subsequent challenges. In pursuit of the truth, this qualitative study seeks to investigate how race and gender play a significant role in advising Black women in doctoral programs. Findings from this scholarship compare the advising experiences of Black women at their home institutions to their advising experiences during a specialized professional development program designed for Black women by Black women. Implications from this study provide strategies on how to best advise, support, and protect Black women as they seek academic success.

Authors

• Tamara Bertrand Jones, Florida State University
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• Jesse Randall Ford, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
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• Brittany Brewster, Florida State University
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• Estee Hernández, National Louis University
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• O'Juan D. Edwards, Florida State University
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• Adrianne Jackson, Florida State University
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• Gabrielle Haggins, Florida State University
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