Ya Basta! I Reported Sexual Harassment & Was Later Accused of Racial Discrimination Against the White Man I Reported By Xicana Ph.D. 2/14/19 Your degrees won't protect you neither will your silence... "Your silence will not protect you". -Audre Lorde Ya Basta! I reported sexual harassment and misconduct against the administrators who failed to act … Continue reading Your Ph.D. Will Not Protect You
3 P’s of Graduate School Applications
3 P's of Graduate School Applications By: Xicana Ph.D. I know I have a lot of my critiques of the academy and elitists and will continue to have them and write about them, but that is precisely why I wanted to go to graduate school to begin with. I wanted to subvert the system. I … Continue reading 3 P’s of Graduate School Applications
How We Survive
How We Survive By Xicana Ph.D. I am here. This is a meditation and prayer. This was the first sentence of my dissertation. It is an affirmation that as long as I am still breathing there is work to be done. This is how I not only "made it" through my Ph.D., but how I … Continue reading How We Survive
I have a Ph.D. and I’m a “Failure”.
I have a Ph.D. and I'm a "Failure". By Irene Sanchez Xicana Ph.D. I have a Ph.D. and I'm a "Failure". At least this is how it feels for the moment until it didn't. I remember when I decided to get a Ph.D. I was on academic probation coming off of academic dismissal (being kicked … Continue reading I have a Ph.D. and I’m a “Failure”.
From Community College to Ph.D., It Doesn’t Matter How Long it Takes You
It doesn’t matter how long it takes you. I told this to my students recently. I often give extra words of encouragement to the students who don’t even think they can go to college because they find themselves short on credits, in a continuation school, or in general feel as if they are incapable of … Continue reading From Community College to Ph.D., It Doesn’t Matter How Long it Takes You
Surviving while in graduate school and beyond
Surviving while in graduate school and beyond By: Xicana Ph.D. "...and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive". -Audre Lorde While finishing gradute school, I continued … Continue reading Surviving while in graduate school and beyond
Introduction
Hello, after a year recovering from completing my Ph.D., I decided to come back to and update this blog on a whole new site. I had started it before I finished my Ph.D. and it became overwhelming trying to finish a dissertation as a single mama who navigated her way through academia from being a community … Continue reading Introduction
