The Color of Success: The Black Academic Experience

Full Circle: Dr. Ayesha Boyce on the Courage It Takes To Mentor Others While She Figures It Out

In this episode, we got to reflect with our former professor and forever mentor ion her doctoral journey (and ours). Dr. Ayesha Boyce sihares how she chose her program, the boldness it took to bet on herself, and what it meant to step into mentoring others while she was still navigating her own path. She says if her journey were a book, the title would be Knuck If You Buck — she's cutesy and professional but (in her words "if you're feeling froggy, we can leap!" What made this conversation especially sacred were the full-circle moments: the things she quietly hoped someone would give her when she was coming up turned out to be the exact things we carry with us from her — and we got to tell her that, in real time.

Dr. Gariel Keney: The Little Engine That Could

Dr. Gabriel Keney charts his remarkable journey to and through grad school. From a brotherly pact among friends to leaving his family in Ghana for a few years while studying and ultimately celebrating his graduation reunited with his family, Dr Keney shares his wisdom with us.

Finding Successes in Grad School: Dr. Falynn Thompson

In this episode of the Color of Success Dr. Thompson reflects on busting through the labels and being channeled into special ed classes to counting all the little and big successes throughout her grad school journey.

Dr. Tichavakunda on "living in the along" of Grad School

In this episode Dr. Tichavakunda talks to us about how he found life and joy in the along of his grad school journey, finding joy in friendships, surviving the competitive nature in classes and finding his niche.

Dr. Glover had the Magic in Her All Along!

In this episode Dr. Keya Glover reflects on getting her PhD in Social Work after years as a practicing social worker, navigating academic expectations full time while being a wife and a mother. Dr. Glover share about rolling over credits from a previous PhD attempt and enrolling in a joint program with an HBCU and an MSI.