Written/unwritten : diversity and the hidden truths of tenure / edited by Patricia A. Matthew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matthew, Patricia A., editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

United States.

College teachers--Tenure--United States.

College teachers.

College teachers--Tenure.

Diversity in the workplace--United States.

Diversity in the workplace.

Physical Description:

xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Every scholar of color has a story about reappointment, tenure, or promotion that involves an issue of race. The academy may have a reputation for seeking diversity in its professoriate, but reports from faculty of color around the country make clear that departments and administrators engage in practices that range from unintentional to malignant discrimination. Stories abound of scholars--despite impressive records of publication, superlative teaching evaluations, and exemplary service to their universities--struggling on the tenure track. These stories, however, are rarely shared for public consumption. Written/unwritten reveals that faculty often face two sets of rules when applying for reappointment, tenure, and promotion: those made explicit in handbooks and faculty orientations or determined by union contracts and those that operate beneath the surface"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: It's not just us. This is happening everywhere: on CVs and the Michigan women

Introduction: Minding the gap: diversity in the humanities / Patricia A. Matthew

Responding to the call(ing): the spirituality of mentorship and community in academia: an interview with Houston Baker Jr. / Ayanna Jackson-Fowler

Building a canon, creating dialogue: an interview with Cheryl Wall / Rashida Harrison

Difference without grievance: Asian Americans as the almost minority / Leslie Bow

In search of our fathers' workshops / Lisa Sánchez González

Tenure in the contact zone: Spanish is our language too / Angie Chambram

"Colored" is the new queer: queer faculty of color in the academy / Andreana Clay

Performative testimony and the practice of dismissal / Jane Chin Davidson and Deepa S. Reddy

Talking tenure: "Don't be safe. Because there is no safety there anyway" / Sarita Echavez See

Still eating in the kitchen: the marginalization of African American faculty in majority-white academic governance / Carmen V. Harris

Contingent diversity, contingent faculty: or, musings of a lowly adjunct / Wilson Santos, with editor's notes

Balancing the passion for activism with the demands of tenure: one professional's story from three perspectives / April L. Few-Demo, Fred P. Piercy, and Andrew J. Stremmel

Cast your net wide: reflections on activism and community engagement when black lives matter: interviews with Ariana E. Alexander, E. Frances White, and Jennifer Williams / Patricia Matthew

Conclusion: Tweeting diversity: race and tenure in the age of social media / Patricia A. Matthew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781469627717

9781469630168

1469630168

146962771X

OCLC:

941140141

Publisher Number:

99969353347