Know That You Are Worthy - Experiences From First-Generation College Graduates

An inspiring and affordable first-hand look at the experiences of first-generation college students in their own voices, looking back after graduation at the rewards and challenges for them, and what a first-generation education means to families and communities.

List of contents

Foreword(Yolanda Norman)
Acknowledgments
Introduction (Adam J. Rodríguez)
First-Generation Students Defined
College Culture
Structure and Content of the Book
Contributors
Emergence of Themes
Sections
Critical Self-Reflection
The Strengths of First-Generation Students
SECTION I: STORIES FEATURING ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Chapter 1 (Anthony Vargas, Student Affairs, Campus Living University at Buffalo)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 2 Mapping Out College to Career Goals in Real Time (Jeremy Edwards, PhD, Lecturer for the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 3 Success Is Not a Linear Path (Ivonne Martinez, Pursuing Master's in Data Science)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 4 (Desireé Vega, PhD, Associate Professor, School Psychology)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 5 (Yvonne M. Luna, PhD, Associate Vice Provost and Professor of Sociology)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success: I Didn't Do It Alone
Role of Mi Familia
Tips and Advice
Chapter 6 (Maria Dykema Erb, MEd, Director of the Newbury Center, Boston University)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 7 (David Winston, MD, PhD, Forensic Pathologist)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 8 (Mike Santaniello, Professor of Sociology)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 9 (Lynn Pepin, BSE, Completing PhD in Computer Science)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 10 From North Philly to Faculty: Testimonio of a First-Generation Latinx
College Student Surviving and Thriving at a Historically White University (Stephen Santa-Ramirez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, University at Buffalo)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Critical Self-Reflection 1 (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Two Primary Questions
Further Discussion Questions
SECTION II: STORIES FEATURING SOCIAL EXPERIENCES (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Chapter 11 The Little Girl from Gay, Georgia (Patricia Harris, MA, Senior Director of Education, Operations, and Initiatives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College: I Love My SSU
Contributors to My Success: Tell Them We Are Rising
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 12 In My Own Way (David Hernández, Associate Professor, Latina/o Studies Faculty Director of Community Engagement, Mount Holyoke College)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 13 (Jenny Lieurance, First-Generation Specialist)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 14 (Glynis Boyd Hughes, Grant Writer and Storyteller)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 15 (T. Mark Montoya, PhD, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 16 (Joyce Stewart, Senior Academic Lecturer, English Department)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College: The Enjoyable and Annoying
Contributors to My Success: What Worked for Me
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 17 (Kevin L. Wright, EdD, Senior Equity Facilitator/Consultant at the Center for Equity and Inclusion)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
The Classroom
Reslife
Campus Involvement
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 18 (Sonja Ardoin, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Director, Student Affairs Administration)
Applying to and Preparing for College: LSU Was My Harvard
Experiences in College: Finding My Tiger Stripes
Contributors to My Serendipitous Success
Role of Family: It's Not My Degree, It's Ours
Tips and Advice: "My Two Cents" Offering
Chapter 19 (Kamina P. Richardson, Assistant Program Director and Pre-Law Advisor for Legal Studies Program at Temple University's Fox School of Business)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 20 (Emilee Claire Inez, Admissions Representative, University of Wyoming)
Applying to and Preparing for College: Before the Bachelor's
Experiences in College: Growth in Undergrad
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Critical Self-Reflection 2 (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Two Primary Questions
Further Discussion Questions
SECTION III: STORIES FEATURING PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Chapter 21 To the Garden That Blossomed Seeds of Dreams (Ulises Morales, Executive Assistant)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 22 (Mayra González Menjívar, Communications Associate)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 23 (Kallie Clark, MSW, PhD, Educator and Researcher)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 24 (Dawna Jones, MEd, MSW, Director, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture at Duke University)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 25 The Paths We Pave (Mytien Nguyen, MD-PhD Student)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 26 (Sean Richardson, Pursuing Master's in Higher Education Administration)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 27 Navigating Uncharted Waters (Adj Marshall, Families Program and Policy Administrator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College: Assets and Drawbacks
Contributions to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 28 (Clifton E. Shambry Jr., Assistant Director of Life Design for Diversity and Inclusion)
The Beginning: Why College
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of the Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 29 (Raquel Gutierrez Cortez, MSCP, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 30 (Karen Hill, BA, Completing Master of Science in Counseling)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Chapter 31 (Henry Rosas Ibarra, Political Consultant)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to My Success
Role of Family
Tips and Advice
Critical Self-Reflection 3 (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Two Primary Questions
Further Discussion Questions
Chapter 32 Discussion (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Applying to and Preparing for College
Experiences in College
Contributors to Success
Role of Family
The Costs of Upward Mobility
Conclusion
Chapter 33 Tips and Advice for First-Generation College Students and Their Families (Adam J. Rodríguez)
College Counseling Services
Advice for Parents
Conclusion
Chapter 34 Creating Equity and Justice: Recommendations for Colleges, Faculty, and Staff (Adam J. Rodríguez)
Laying the Groundwork
Institutional Changes
Early Intervention
Admissions Process
Financial Aid Assistance
Tutoring Services
Residence Halls
Academic Advising
Mentorship Programs
Counseling/Mental Health Services
Increased Representation
Classroom Level
Normalizing Adjustment Difficulties
David Laude and the Texas Interdisciplinary Plan
Conclusion
Glossary of Select College Terms
Appendix: Resources
National Organizations
Books
References
Index
About the Contributors

About the author

Warren Carter is the LaDonna Kramer Meinders Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Yolanda Norman (Foreword), Lynn Pepin, Kamina P. Richardson, Sean Richardson, Adam J. Rodríguez, Henry Rosas Ibarra, Mike Santaniello, Stephen Santa-Ramirez, Clifton E. Shambry Jr., Joyce Stewart, Anthony Vargas, Desireé Vega, David Winston, Kevin L. Wright About the Editor Adam J. Rodríguez, PsyD, is a first-generation college graduate and psychoanalytic psychologist in private practice. His pursuit of a college degree took him 15 years, spanning four community colleges, including Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California; two 4-year universities, including San Francisco State University, where he completed his bachelor’s degree at the age of 32; and 4 years of graduate school at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, where he earned an MA and PsyD. In his practice and scholarly work, Dr. Rodríguez is interested in the study of first-generation college students, multiracial identities, the intersection of race/ethnicity and class, and the connections between music and clinical work. He is a board member of Psychotherapy Action Network, an organization that advocates for therapies of depth, insight, and relationship.

Summary

An inspiring and affordable first-hand look at the experiences of first-generation college students in their own voices, looking back after graduation at the rewards and challenges for them, and what a first-generation education means to families and communities.

Product details

• Authors: Adam J. Rodriguez
• Assisted by: Adam J. Rodriguez (Editor), Adam J. Rodríguez (Editor), Yolanda Norman (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781538162415
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6241-5
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, STUDY AIDS / College Entrance, EDUCATION / Counseling / Academic Development, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, United States of America, USA, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Student life, Higher education, tertiary education, Advice on education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Students at risk;TRIO program