Handbook for Supporting Today's Graduate Students

David J. Nguyen is an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Ohio University. Christina W. Yao is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of South Carolina.

• Foreword—Ann E. Austin Introduction—David J. Nguyen and Christina W. Yao Part One. Navigating Contexts and Identities 1. Trends in Graduate Education Participation Between 1998 and 2018 —David J. Nguyen 2. Moving Towards Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Support for Online Students —Christina W. Yao and Crystal Garcia 3. Mentoring Domestic and International Graduate Students of Color — Francena Turner, HyeJin (Tina. Yeo, and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher 4. First Generation Graduate Students. Reducing Barriers with Support Mechanisms — Sonja Ardoin and Maria Erb 5. How Unique Ways of Knowing, Being, and Learning Contribute to Persistence Factors Among Underrepresented Graduate Students — Colin Ben and Jessica Solyom 6. Unveiling the Hidden Curriculum within Graduate Education — Chelsea Lyles, Natali Huggins, and Claire Robbins Part Two. Addressing Academic and Professional Skill Development 7. Teaching Professional Development for Graduate Students — Lucas B. Hill 8. Fostering Unique Scholarly Voices. Developing Graduate Student Writing Skills — OiYan Poon, Josefina Carmona, Carmen Rivera, and Kim Nehls 9. Participating in Professional Associations — Kim Nehls 10. Engaging in International Opportunities —Meggan Madden and Jennifer Donaghue Part Three. Supporting Graduate Students Beyond the Classroom 11. Considering Graduate Student Mental Health —Carmen M. McCallum, Sarah Kurz, Emily Boerman, and Allison Boone 12. Exploring the Role of Graduate Student Career Development in Higher Education. How Resources Evolved —Jake Livengood 13. Graduate Student Financial Considerations —Phillip Schumann, Salome Aluso, and David J. Nguyen 14. Engagement in Graduate Students Organizations and Programming —Matthew M. Couch and Kerry Hodak 15. Doing it All But Not All the Time. Shaping Work-Life Balance for Graduate Students —A. Emiko Blalock, Katy B. Mathuews, and Nichole Lor Conclusion. New Directions for Supporting Graduate Students Editor and Author Biographies Index

“This book is timely and important because the experiences and education of today’s graduate students relate directly to the future of our country and the broader world—to the innovation, insight, creativity, health, collaborative skill, and imagination that graduates bring to the work that they will do for many decades, in education and across a wide range of other sectors."Ann E. AustinFrom the Foreword