Journeys of Black Women in Academe
Shared Lessons, Experiences, and Insights
- 240 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
What advice or lessons learned would you want seasoned Black women in academe to impart to early and mid-career women faculty, researchers, and administrators of color, especially those of African descent?
This book is composed of narratives from Black American women professors who have been in higher education for at least two decades. Despite all challenges and obstacles, these scholars have enjoyed successful careers in the Academy. They share reflections on critical incidents and select lessons that they experienced and learned from throughout their accomplished careers. In this book, academic wisdom aligns with ancestral wisdom to benefit emerging scholars, faculty, and administrators in academia.
Journeys of Black Women in Academe provides lessons that are instructive to faculty and administrators across race and gender boundaries relative to the successes and challenges that African American women continue to experience in academia.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Journeys of Black Women in Academe
- DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- JOURNEYS OF BLACK WOMEN IN ACADEME: SHARED LESSONS, EXPERIENCES, AND INSIGHTS
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- “Fore Day in the Mornin” and Black Women in Academe: Embracing Opportunities and Confronting Microaggressions
- Perseverance Is in Our DNA
- Embracing Discontent and Resistance: Striving for Agency and Promise
- Making Our Ancestors Proud: African American Women Achieving Success in the Academy
- If I Can Help Somebody as I Pass Along
- If They Don't Give You a Seat at the Table, Bring a Folding Chair: My HBCU Faculty Experiences
- Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve: Accessing Power, While Walking in Circles
- From first generation to higher education: i can show you better than i can tell you