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Up to 85% of minoritized college students report experiences of racism in academia. Understanding White American values and behaviors in academic settings is crucial for developing realistic strategies for resilience. Developing skills to adapt and thrive is essential for BIPOC graduate students.

Click here for a free resource on this topic, including information about a research-based technique called racial socialization.

Graduate students often work more than 40 hours a week, leading to high levels of stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression. Institutions rarely address mental health, exacerbating the issue. You can manage your workload proactively and reactively to maintain well-being and academic performance in graduate school.

Here are some things you can do today to effectively manage the workload.

Graduate school exists within a context of systemic racism and oppression, but also a long history of resilience among people of Color. Explore strategies to navigate and manage the systemic challenges in graduate school. Get tangible strategies you can use to promote resilience as you survive and thrive.

Click here for a free resource on this topic.

Graduate students often face stress due to relational dynamics, including role strain, mentor relationships, and isolation. BIPOC students may also experience racism in the form of microaggressions, which are subtle, often unconscious, and psychologically harmful slights and insults based on race. 

One way to counteract these forces is to strengthen your support system through professional associations of Color like these.

Graduate students face a significantly higher risk of mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, being six times more likely to experience these challenges compared to the general population, with BIPOC students particularly affected by feelings of isolation and negative race-related interactions.

Click here for a free listing of mental health resources for BIPOC folks.

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