"American Indian Studies is an edited volume that gathers together the stories of Native American doctoral graduates of the American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona, the first AIS program in the United States to offer a PhD. It provides a forum for ten Native graduates to assess and communicate the impact that earning a doctorate in AIS from the UA has had in their personal and professional lives, and to share their stories with a broader audience. Offering personal accounts of the challengesthat Native peoples face on the road to, through, and beyond graduate education, these autobiographical essays tackle themes including a commitment to tribal community, the need for Indigenous grounded and supported doctoral education, individual perseverance, the importance of faculty/program support, academic training for a future career, career trajectories, family and personal challenges, and persistence"--
In American Indian Studies, Native PhD graduates share their personal stories about their educational experiences and how doctoral education has shaped their identities, lives, relationships, and careers.
This collection of personal narratives from Native graduates of the University of Arizona’s American Indian Studies (AIS) doctoral program, the first such program of its kind, gifts stories of endurance and resiliency, hardship and struggle, and accomplishment and success. It provides insight into the diverse and dynamic experiences of Native graduate students. The narratives address family and kinship, mentorship, and service and giving back. Essayists share the benefits of having an AIS program at a mainstream academic institution—not just for the students enrolled but also for their communities.
This book offers Native students aspiring to a PhD a realistic picture of what it takes. While each student has their own path to walk, these stories provide the gift of encouragement and serve to empower Native students to reach their educational goals, whether it be in an AIS program or other fields of study.
Native American doctoral graduates of American Indian Studies (AIS) at the University of Arizona, the first AIS program in the United States to offer a PhD, gift their stories. The Native PhD recipients share their journeys of pursuing and earning the doctorate, and its impact on their lives and communities.
