This qualitative study explored the perceptions and experiences of Black female doctoral students at predominantly White institutions and their impact on academic persistence and overall well‐being. Fifteen Black female doctoral students participated in semistructured interviews, and each one was administered a demographic questionnaire and was extended an opportunity to participate in member checking. All data collected from the semistructured interviews, demographic questionnaires, and member‐checking exercises were analyzed using Black feminist thought as an interpretive lens. Whereas several themes emerged and are discussed in previous articles (Shavers & Moore, 2014a, 2014b), this article focused on the “Perpetual Outsider” theme, comprising the following subthemes: (a) unwelcoming spaces, (b) tokenism, and (c) outsiders at home. Implications are offered based on identity, support systems, and group counseling.

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永远的局外人：黑人妇女在白人机构中攻读博士学位的声音

这项定性研究探索了黑人女博士生（主要是白人机构）的看法和经验及其对学业坚持和整体福祉的影响。15名黑人女博士生参加了半结构化访谈，每个人都接受了人口统计学调查表，并获得了参加会员检查的机会。使用黑人女权思想作为解释镜头，分析了从半结构化访谈，人口统计学调查表和成员检查练习中收集的所有数据。之前的文章中出现并讨论了几个主题（Shavers＆Moore，2014a，2014b），本文重点关注“永久的局外人”主题，包括以下子主题：（a）不受欢迎的空间，（b）象征主义和（c ）局外人在家。