Antar A. Tichavakunda received his PhD in urban education policy from the University of Southern California. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Tichavakunda is a product of DC Public School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education Studies from Brown University. Prior to his doctoral studies, Tichavakunda worked as an 11th grade English teacher in DC Public Schools. Using qualitative inquiry, Tichavakunda has engaged in research on college readiness, Black students' experiences at predominantly White institutions, and more broadly the sociology of race and Higher Education. His first book, Black Campus Life: The Worlds Black Students Make at a Historically White Institution, is available with SUNY Press.

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Black Campus Life

The Worlds Black Students Make at a Historically White Institution

An in-depth ethnography of Black engineering students at a historically White institution, Black Campus Life examines the intersection of two crises, up close: the limited number of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and the state of race relations in higher education.

Hardcover : 9781438485911, 278 pages, December 2021
Paperback : 9781438485904, 278 pages, July 2022

This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries. The book can be accessed book online through the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7009.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Antar A. Tichavakunda, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center (2022), "Black Campus Life," https://nanohub.org/resources/36479.

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