Full Description
New, tenure-track women of color endure unique hardships teaching at institutions in which they are not a majority. This edited volume seeks to share, from a communication perspective, the multifaceted experiences of these faculty members in the academy. The experiences captured in this volume engage various theories, methodologies, and frameworks that serve to bridge the chasm that often exists between theory and praxis. The contributors to this book are women of color from an array of ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds, resulting in a thoughtful and rich discussion about the experiences of tenure-track women of color in the academy.
Contents
Part 1 Acknowledgements
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 MANAGING TENSIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS: DIVERSITY IN QUESTION
Chapter 5 Disclose and Demystify: The Discrepancy Between the Concept of Diversity and the Action of Diversity in the Face of "Stubborn Faculty, Wary Students, and Unsupportive Administrators"
Chapter 6 A Muted Voice on Holy Ground: Reflections on the Dialectics Experienced as an African American Female Professor in a Christian University
Chapter 7 Watching My B/lack: The Not So Colorblind World of Academia
Part 8 CONFRONTING PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION: STRATEGIES OF SURVIVAL
Chapter 9 A Different Kind of Professor
Chapter 10 Standpoint Theory and Discontinuing Denial of Racism, Sexism, and Ageism
Chapter 11 Negotiating Resistance: Challenges of a Female Faculty Member of Color from an Islamic Arab Background
Chapter 12 Playing the Game: Communicative Practices for Negotiating Politics and Preparing for Tenure
Part 13 RESPONDING TO 'OTHERNESS': NAVIGATING IDENTITY
Chapter 14 Barriers to Being Heard in a Majority Institution
Chapter 15 Women of Colour in the Academy: The South Asian 'Corner'
Chapter 16 Strangers in the Ivory Tower: Framing International Female Faculty Identity Negotiations in a 'Majority' Academic Institution
Chapter 17 My Brown Body as Strange and Suspect: Painful Moments and Powerful Realizations
Part 18 EXPERIENCING DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM: TEACHING 'MAJORITY' STUDENTS
Chapter 19 Living Creativity: Teaching as Art
Chapter 20 "One of These Things is Not Like the Others": Experiences of African-American Women Professors with Majority-Race Students
Part 21 WORKING WITH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)
Chapter 22 Navigating New Terrains: Socialization Challenges of African-American Female Tenure-Track Faculty in the STEM Disciplines
Chapter 23 Multiplying the Others From the Margins: Experiences of a Black, Female, Junior Faculty Member Teaching in a Non-STEM Discipline at a STEM Institution
Part 24 Concluding Thoughts
Part 25 Index
Part 26 About the Editors
Part 27 About the Contributors
