With a mission to recognize, empower, and support the strengths and needs of graduate students of color in Syracuse University’s School of Education, this program is open to applicants from all racial, ethnic, and nationality backgrounds.
Collectively we seek to advance through concrete action, the vision and mission of the School of Education together with Syracuse University’s commitments to belonging and access.
The program’s approach and activities are research-informed and responsive to specific calls from education and related professional associations to meet current, pressing, and sustained needs in the field.
Program Goals
To establish, foster, and sustain:
- A dynamic forum for School of Education BIPOC doctoral students and collaborators to engage in dialogue about their experiences with research, teaching, public scholarship, and leadership.
- A rich, mutually beneficial learning community among BIPOC graduate students, faculty and staff, and their collaborators
- Strategies to enhance—and deal with stressors associated with—research, teaching, public scholarship, and leadership activities that promote equity.
- Holistic development to support personally meaningful success, effectiveness, and well-being in the field of education.
Program Structure
- A series of meetings, small groups, and social events over the academic year.
- Funding and other support for professional development and scholarly engagement, including attendance and/or presentation at conference (registration, travel expenses, up to $500/student).