CSRE-PMN - Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (PhD Minor)

The Ph.D. minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity is sponsored by the Program in Modern Thought and Literature. The minor is administered by the Program in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity.

The purpose of the Ph.D. minor in CSRE is to promote and deepen the understanding of participating Stanford graduate students in the multiple meanings of racial and ethnic diversity in the United States and abroad. The Ph.D. minor takes an interdisciplinary approach to interrogating the ways that race and ethnicity operate in the real world. It also explores the ways that traditional disciplines study individuals, cultures, institutions, and policy with respect to personal and group identity, speaking to how they are shaped by often conflicting social and biological perspectives. Its purpose is, therefore, to provide participating students with the knowledge and conceptual framework needed to continue meaningful work on these subjects.

Unique to the Ph.D. minor in CSRE is the simultaneous focus on student exposure to the models of pedagogy, community engagement, and professional development that instill the valuable practical, life-skills needed to be a productive member of the university academy or private sectors.

Students who complete all the requirements receive the following notation on their transcript and diploma: Ph.D. Minor in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity.

Students submit an annual progress report listing the courses completed towards the minor and courses planned in future quarters. This form is approved by both the main faculty adviser and the Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity faculty adviser. Students meet with their Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity faculty adviser to discuss their progress report.

Per policy (GAP 4.5.1 Doctoral Degrees, Requirements), all of the coursework for a Ph.D. minor must be completed at Stanford.

The PhD Minor has four goals:
1) To provide graduate students pursuing PhDs in departments or interdisciplinary programs (IDPs)
with broad interdisciplinary knowledge in the study of race and ethnicity;
2) To prepare graduate students to teach courses in ethnic studies;
3) To bring together graduate students and faculty from different departments, programs, and
schools who analyze race and ethnicity in their research;
4) To prepare graduate students for careers as engaged scholars.