Note to writer: This is a free-style, narrative essay to reflect on the experiences of the graduate student (client) and offer points of advice regarding three major topics: “mental health” (prenatal depression and postpartum depression), “caring for children” (first-time mother of a five-month old baby girl), and “work/life balance” (martial problems, parental involvement- parents are Chinese/Vietnamese traditionalists, family illness, family dealth, PhD school). Due to the sensitive and personal nature of this essay, I request a professional that has experience with (1) being a woman of color in higher education, (2) deep and personal connection with their ethnic/cultural background, (3) graduate/PhD program obligations and (4) motherhood. Criteria: 5 page (1250-1375 word) essay including a 20-word biography that indicates your identity and campus role (The client is a second-year PhD student of science education; identifies herself as a Southeast Asian American; research interests include studying methods developed by the socioscientific issues-based curriculum to teach science in the K-12 classrooms. Introduction: Your voice, your experiences, and your insights are critical for a special issue of “Women, Gender, and Families of Color focused on the experiences of graduate students of color learning, working, navigating, and matriculating in higher education. We seek a diversity of perspectives from marginalized and minoritized populations in the academy, including students currently in MA and PhD programs as well as recent graduates across disciplines. The Women, Gender, and Families of Color is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed publication that centers the study of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian American women, genders, and families. For this special issue, we are interested in reflective essays that explore graduate students of colors livestheir struggles and triumphs. Additionally, we invite essays that center the observations and best practices of students of color and articulate authors visions for the future of departments, graduate schools, and campus communities. Purpose of this Essay: In soliciting these essays, the journal aims to provide a space for emerging scholars to contemplate the formal structure and informal customs of graduate school as well as the aforementioned factors import and impact for graduate students of color as they make their way in the academy. The special issue is an effort to create a dialogue among graduate students of color for sharing ideas, affirmation, and guidance. Additional Notes: no references are needed to be used
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