Black Campus Life by Antar A Tichavakunda

Black Campus Life by Antar A Tichavakunda

Ethnography of Black engineering majors navigating campus life at a historically White university. An in-depth ethnography of Black engineering students at a historically White institution, Black Campus Life examines the intersection of two crises, up close: the limited number of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and the state of race relations in higher education. Antar Tichavakunda takes readers across campus, from study groups to parties and beyond as these students work hard, have fun, skip class, fundraise, and, at times, find themselves in tense racialized encounters. By consistently centering their perspectives and demonstrating how different campus communities, or social worlds, shape their experiences, Tichavakunda challenges assumptions about not only Black STEM majors but also Black students and the "racial climate" on college campuses more generally. Most fundamentally, Black Campus Life argues that Black collegians are more than the racism they endure. By studying and appreciating the everyday richness and complexity of their experiences, we all-faculty, administrators, parents, policymakers, and the broader public-might learn how to better support them. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries.

Antar A. Tichavakunda is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Cincinnati.

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ISBN 13	9781438485904
ISBN 10	1438485905
Title	Black Campus Life
Author	Antar A Tichavakunda
Series	Suny Press Open Access
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	2022-07-02
Number of pages	278
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