Foreword: On belonging to liberation
Who's the scholar?
Doubt : the uninvited educator
The last dance : how I learned to stop shuckin' and jivin'
Finding an academic voice in a place of isolation
They called diversity a nuisance variable
Finding my voice, encouraging myself, and calling out gendered racism : a black feminist graduate student's note on how to thrive within the academy
I am exactly where I need to be
A twenty-nine year journey back to radical scholarship
A cautionary tale
The journey
Fitting in when you stand out
Empowered and equipped : what my community gave me
A syncopated scholarly journey : the rhythm and rhyme to keep on moving
Writing to the choir : the imperative of rest for women of color PhD students
Finding my people and my people finding me
Mothers in my academic village
Dancing between two worlds
Unmasking academia for future generations
Finding your place : overcoming imposter syndrome
Who belongs in academia?
An EdD in a PhD world : developing scholarly identity in a world that may not always recognize you as legitimate
Hope as praxis, pedagogy and purpose : using a critical post traumatic growth a framework to navigate traumatic environments
Epilogue.