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THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS:
A CULTURAL TRANSITION
by
Joretta Joseph
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Joretta B. Joseph
Object Description
| Title | The experiences of African American graduate students: a cultural transition |
| Author | Joseph, Joretta Bernice |
| Author email | joretta_joseph@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-16 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-08-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Kezar, Adrianna |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rueda, Robert Venegas, Kristan |
| Abstract | Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) have long been an intellectual resource for the African American community. HBCUs have provided and continue to provide an educational pathway for many Black students, particularly women who seek graduate and advanced degrees.; However, despite the overwhelmingly positive presence of HBCU in the African American community, the academic training of students who graduate from HBCUs may be perceived as insufficient by predominantly White graduate institutions (PWIs). As a result, African American students who are not well integrated into their respective departmental communities and cultures at PW/is are likely to leave graduate school. Thus the continuing loss of talented people, potential research, role models for society, and the next generation of African American students in the fields of math, engineering, and the sciences (STEM) create a segregated and limited university environment.; Studies in the field that attempt to provide insight in to experiences of underrepresented students are ultimately beneficial. However, often such studies do not address the process of adapting to the culture of a predominantly white institution (PWI), particularly within white and male dominated fields such as mathematics and the sciences. Research has also indicated that the first two years at a predominantly white graduate institution is the crucial transitional period for students of color, and it is this transitional moment in time that is the focus of this study. I consider how students make the transition from HBCU to majority institutions, and what impact this transition has on their persistence and commitment to their discipline. The limited amount of research that does address the experiences of minority doctoral students in math and science is usually coupled with the experiences of women. However, race and gender are not linear or additive. It cannot be assumed that the same factors that effect the under representation of women of color have are the same factors that effect the under representation of Euro-American Women and men of color. This study takes those distinctions into account.; The methodology of this study relies on extensive interview data (among other sources), to fully examine the transition process of six African-American women engaged in graduate work in mathematics or science at predominantly white institutions. I examine each participant's story as a case study, outlining moderating influences and perspectives on their acculturation to the STEM disciplines and to majority institutions. |
| Keyword | graduate students; minorities; sciences |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m781 |
| Rights | Joseph, Joretta Bernice |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Joseph-20070809 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Joseph-20070809.pdf |
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| Full text | THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS: A CULTURAL TRANSITION by Joretta Joseph A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2007 Copyright 2007 Joretta B. Joseph |
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