Full Description
Academe has made little progress in hiring and advancing faculty of color.Through the narratives of full professors of color, this book aims to make visible their journeys -- beset with lack of criteria transparency, marginalization, discouragement, and discrimination on the way to success -- to provide insights for junior and mid-level scholars as they negotiate their pathways to full professorship.This book offers readers a unique, micro-and macroscopic window into the lived experiences of individuals who represent a multitude of social, ethnic and cultural identities, disciplinary domains, academic and professional credentials, and socialization experiences. They share their doubts and fears as they began their applications, the contradictory advice they received, who they consulted for guidance, some of the indelible costs of the experience and, when they encountered it, how they dealt with initial rejection.In describing their persistence and success, the contributors reflect on the rewards of the position and the opportunities it offers to play influential decision-making roles and become agents of change, shifting institutional culture, values, and practices.Beyond filling a gap in the literature and research on, and promotion to, this position, this book uniquely addresses the experiences of women and men faculty of color, raising broad implications for how higher education recruits, evaluates, and rewards faculty work, as well as the broader context of racial and social institutional goals and outcomes.This book is intended for several audiences. First, for faculty of color who aspire to the rank of full professor. Second, for faculty in general, including allies who work tirelessly for social justice, to dismantle white supremacy, racism, sexism, and the range of discriminatory practices Third, for administrators in senior leadership positions to make them aware of the inequitable path to full professorship and the gross underrepresentation of faculty of color at that rank whose experiences and expertise are now more than ever needed as student demographics are changing.
Contents
Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Key Themes 1. Key Themes Emerging From the Literature Missing Full Professors. Demographic Data Scarcity of Research Quantitative Research Unclear Expectations in Application and Criteria for Promotion Defining Meritocracy Service and Teaching The Pipeline Myth Part Two. The Editors' Pathways 2. My Journey from Migrant Field Labor to Full Professor. How I Interpreted the Phrase, 'Bloom Where You Are Planted' 3. "Listen to Your Heart". A Jamaican American's Journey of Accepting the Challenges of Navigating the Professoriate to Full Professor Part Three. Pathway Experiences From the Contributing Scholars 4. Maneuvering Through the Maze. Pursuing Promotion to Full Professor 5. Through the Eye of the Needle 6. Happy Accidents. Considering Career Pathways and Institutional Practices for Enhancing Faculty Promotion 7. On Becoming a Full Professor. Reflecting on My Journey from Indian Town Road to the Academy 8. Making a Way Out of No Way. One Woman's Journey in Academic Engineering 9. The Whole Professor 10. Rushing 11. "My Color is White" 12. Pathways to Promotion. Obstacles and Opportunities for Women of Color in Academia 13. Be Still, Eat Some Chocolate, and Let God 14. The Unintentional Professor and Endowed Chair 15. Trajectory Toward Full, Some Humble Advice 16. The Journey to Less than 1%. African American Full Professors in Computer Science 17. Framing the Stories of Place and People. A Genealogical Tree of Two Mexican-American Brothers Becoming Professors Part Four. Summary, Key Recommendations, and Conclusion 18. Summary, Key Recommendations, and Conclusion About the Editors Index
