by The Ebony Tower Contributors As part of the standard graduate school application package, most research-driven institutions will require a writing sample. Even if you swore off writing following your Composition 101 class freshman year of undergrad, you will be hard pressed to find a graduate program that does not want to make sure you can write a coherent sentence before they admit you. Academia … Continue reading Writing Samples
Dear Ebony T, I am in the midst of some supreme writer’s block and it couldn’t have come at a worse time: I’m dissertating. I have been so organized and diligent in all of my work throughout this whole grad school process, but I feel like all of that work as been for naught. I am stuck. I can’t write anything anymore, let alone … Continue reading
by The Ebony Tower Contributors Once you have received an offer to attend a graduate program, one of the biggest factors in determining whether or not you can accept said offer, is the funding package. Many doctoral programs provide competitive funding packages to aid your transition into the program and to help sustain you over the next 5-7 years. You may receive a stipend that … Continue reading Fellowships
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. -Marian Wright Edelman Continue reading
The Ebony Tower is a recently launched online space for scholars of color to inform and uplift each other as we navigate the ivory tower. Now that we have officially launched, we are looking for regular, occasional, AND single submission contributors. Below are different ways how you can get involved: Submit a narrative essay about your experience navigating graduate school as a scholar of color or as someone who conducts research … Continue reading The Ebony Tower CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
by The Ebony Tower Contributors As you begin your journey to graduate school, one of the first things you’ll need to decide is where you want to apply. After talking yourself into and out of and finally back into applying to school, and digging down deep to determine if a PhD is right for you, you may find yourself experiencing yet another wave of anxiety … Continue reading Choosing A School
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