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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matthew, Patricia A., editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

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:

1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages.)

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file

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.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781469627731

1469627736

Publisher Number:

99969476878

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.