Journey to Jupiter: Discover the Life You'll Create19 Marras 2021

The Journey of an Asian Studies Scholar: Meet Keisha A. Brown, PhD

Keisha A. Brown is an assistant professor of history at Tennessee State University in the Department of History, Political Science, Geography, and Africana Studies. She graduated with her bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, earned her doctorate from the University of Southern California, and was a 2018–2019 postdoctoral fellow at the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University.

Dr. Brown is an Asian studies scholar with a regional focus on East Asia specializing in modern Chinese history. Her research and teaching interests include comparative East Asian histories, postcolonial theory, transnational studies, world history, and race and ethnic studies.

In this episode, she shares:

The difference in the application processes for undergrad vs grad school
How to research PhD programs
Her grad school experience as the only Black student in her program
The importance of "finding your people" as well as having networks outside of school
Why keeping your "end game" in mind is important
Why she wanted to teach Asian Studies at an HBCU despite attending PWIs
A few pros and cons of attending an HBCU & PWI
Common myths of attending an HBCU

Also mentioned in this episode:

The McNair Scholars Program

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