The Paradox of Doctoral Socialization? Examining Black Doctoral Students' Socialization Into the Discipline of Sociology (Poster 23)

• In Event: Promising Scholarship in Education Research: Dissertation Fellows and Their Research

Abstract

Much of the literature on doctoral socialization assumes that doctoral students are socialized into academic disciplines with race neutral histories. Minimizing the racialized histories of academic disciplines ignores how many academic disciplines have histories that are intertwined with white supremacy and other intersecting forms of domination (Crenshaw et al., 2019). Some academic disciplines, like sociology, endorse liberal values to conceal academic and professional socialization practices that (re)produce racial inequalities (Meghji, 2021; Ray, 2019). Using semi-structured interviews from Black doctoral students and artifacts, I examine how the racialized and androcentric history of sociology informs contemporary academic and professional socialization practices within the discipline. This study uses James Baldwin’s concept, “the paradox of education” alongside critical race scholarship to theorize the promises and challenges of doctoral socialization.

Author

• Khadejah Ray, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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