The Latinx Guide to Graduate School - Paperback

by Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales (Author), Magdalena L. Barrera (Author)

In The Latinx Guide to Graduate School Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Magdalena L. Barrera provide prospective and current Latinx graduate students in the humanities and social sciences fields with a roadmap for surviving and thriving in advanced-degree programs. They document the unwritten rules of graduate education that impact Latinx students, demystifying and clarifying the essential requirements for navigating graduate school that Latinx students may not know because they are often the first in their families to walk that path. Topics range from identifying the purpose of graduate research, finding the right program, and putting together a strong application to developing a graduate student identity, cultivating professional and personal relationships, and mapping out a post--graduate school career. The book also includes resources for undocumented students. Equal parts how-to guide, personal reflection, manifesto, and academic musing, this book gives a culturally resonant perspective that speaks to the unique Latinx graduate student experience.

Author Biography

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales is Associate Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco and coeditor of We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States, also published by Duke University Press.

Magdalena L. Barrera is Vice Provost for Faculty Success at San José State University.