Full Description
This edited volume seeks to interrogate the structures that affect the perceptions, experiences, performance and practices of Black women administrators. The chapters examine the nature and dynamics of the conflict within that space and the ways in which they transcend or confront the intersecting structures of power in academe. A related expectation is for interrogations of the ways in which their institutional contexts and, marginalized status inform their navigational strategies and leadership practices. More specifically, this work explores mentorship as critical praxis; that being, the ways in which Black women's thinking and practices around mentoring affect their institutional contexts or environment, and, that of other marginalized groups within academe. A discussion of Black women in higher education administration as critically engaged mentors will ultimately diversify thought, approaches, and solutions to larger social and structural challenges embedded within academic climates.
Contents
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Progressing, Expanding, and Transforming the Lives of Teachers: Situating Black Women Administrators and Mentoring Praxis at the Heart of Critical Educational Leadership; Carol R. Rinke and Lynnette Mawhinney.
Chapter 1. Mentoring as Critical Engaged Praxis: Storying the Lives and Contributions of Black Women Administrators; Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and Talia R. Esnard.
Section I. Mentoring, Identity, And Leadership.
Chapter 2. The Role of Black Feminist Thought in Mentorship: Experiences of Becoming an Educator and Administrator; Crystal M. Timmons.
Chapter 3. Who Is Going to Mentor Us? Black Women Administrators and our Leadership Journeys; Rosalind Conerly and Marcedes Butler.
Chapter 4. Perspectives on Leadership and Mentoring: An Examination of the Experiences of Black Women Community College Administrators; Chastity D. Gaither.
Section II. Mentors As Critically Engaged Leaders.
Chapter 5. Jim Crow's Stowe Teachers College's President Ruth Harris: Harbinger for Future African American Academy Presidents; Vanessa Garry.
Chapter 6. A Seat at the Table: Black Women Administrators' Narratives of Struggle and Support in the Ivory Tower; Rosemary E. Phelps, Kecia M. Thomas, Nichole M. Ray and Juanita Johnson-Bailey.
Chapter 7. In Spite of ... A Black Woman's Administrative Journey: Of Pushing Back and Pressing On; Traki L. Taylor, Ericka Roland, and Vonzell Agosto.
Section III. Mentoring For Institutional Change And Social Justice.
Chapter 8. Leadership as Critical Praxis: The Case of African American Women Faculty; Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and Talia R. Esnard.
Chapter 9. From WASH to Weave: Leadership Mentoring Against Racial Macroaggression; Tara Nkrumah, Vonzell Agosto, Allan Feldman, and Frederick Bradley.
Chapter 10. Operationalizing Influence and Effecting Change: A Black Woman Administrator's Guide to Navigating Politics in Higher Education; Shawna Patterson-Stephens.
Chapter 11. CONCLUSION: Taking Stock and Moving Forward; Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and Talia R. Esnard.
Biographies.
