Navigating the Paradox of Doctoral Socialization: Black Males Experiencing Success in Diverse Doctoral Programs

• In Event: Roundtable Session 4
  In Roundtable Session: Performing Blackness in Higher Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to illustrate the role of social capital on the retention and persistence of 18 currently enrolled African American male doctoral students. The researchers explored alternative ways that African American male doctoral students develop social support networks to compensate for their underrepresentation in doctoral programs.

Authors

• LaVar Jovan Charleston, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Spencer Platt, University of South Carolina - Columbia

• Adriel Adon Hilton, Grambling State University

• Dwaun Warmack, Harris-Stowe State University