Black Campus Life, livre ebook

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.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Learning About Campus Life from Black Engineering Majors
2. Understanding the Past and Present of West Side University
The Black Community
3. The Time and Space to Engage in the Black Community
4. Johnson's Story
The Black Engineering Community
5. Examining NSBE: How Black Engineers Do It for the Culture
6. Jasmine's Story
The Engineering School Community
7. Organizational Involvement: Diversity Dilution and Antiblackness
8. Informal Relationships: The (Im)Possibility of Peer Collaboration
9. Nina's Story
The Mainstream Wsu Community
10. Negotiating Racism: Is Mainstream Campus Life for White Students?
11. Martin's Story
12. Sociology and the Blues of Campus Life
Appendix
Notes
References
Index