TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cherrel Miller Dyce
AU  - Toni Milton Williams
PY  - 2013
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1947-5985
SN  - 9781453915219
TI  - D.I.V.A. Diaries
T2  - The Road to the Ph.D. and Stories of Black Women Who Have Endured
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1521-9
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051427
N2  - The Distinguished, Intellectual, Virtuous, Academic Sistas (D.I.V.A.S.) is a group of Black women who formed a bond with one another as doctoral students as a means of support on their journey through the academy. The acronym defines the women individually and as an entire group. This anthology can be used as a practical, student-centered sourcebook for Black female doctoral candidates. By providing narratives about the importance of race, class, culture, religion, socioeconomics, and nationality, this book aims to encourage more Black women to pursue a terminal degree and to continue professional development throughout their careers. It provides readers with strategies to sustain themselves while in a graduate program, on the job market, and during the tenure-earning process. Contributors are full of passion as they encourage one another while bringing the reader into their realm of the academic battlefield.
KW  - DIVA, Education, race, doctoral journey
LA  - English
ER  -