Educators queering academia : critical memoirs / edited by sj Miller and Nelson M. Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, sj, 1970- editor.

Rodriguez, Nelson M., editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Social justice across contexts in education ; v. 4.

Social justice across contexts in education ; vol. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality and education.

Gay people in higher education.

Gay college teachers.

Gay and lesbian studies.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 224 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

The memoirs in this collection represent a cross-section of critical reflections by a queerly diverse set of individuals on their experiences inhabiting a variety of spaces within the field of education. In their stories, the authors share how they queered and are continuing to queer the academy in relation to questions of teaching, research, policy, and/or administration. Their memoirs speak across generations of queer educators and scholars; collectively their work highlights an array of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. As snapshots in time, the memoirs can be taken up as archive and studied in order to gain perspective on the issues facing queers in the academy across various intersections of identities related to ethnicity, culture, language, (a)gender, (a)sexuality, (dis)ability, socio-economic status, religion, age, veteran status, health status, and more. By way of the memoirs in this volume, a richer body of queer knowledge is offered that can be pulled from and infused into the academic and personal contexts of the work of educators queering academia. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : The Critical Praxis of Queer Memoirs in Education : An Introduction / sj Miller and Nelson Rodriguez

Contingent Labor, Contingently Queer / Adam Greteman

Queer Paranoia : Worrying about and through a Queer Dissertation Study / Summer Pennell

Reconciling the Personal and Professional : Coming Out from the Classroom Closet / Ryan Burns and Janet D. Johnson

Remaining Stubbornly Faithful : What Queering Academia Does to Queer Teacher-Scholars / Sara Staley and Bethy Leonardi

Inside. Out. Queer Time in Mid-Career / Michael Borgstrom

How I Met Foucault : An Intellectual Career in, around, and near Queer Theory / Kristen A. Renn

From Doctoral Student to Dr. Sweetie Darling : My Queer(ing) Journey in Academia / Nelson M. Rodriguez

Working "With" and 'Within" : "Weaving" Queer Spaces with Cycles of Resistance / Jenny Kassen and Alicia Lapointe

Adopting a Queer Pedagogy as a Teaching Assistant / Stephanie Anne Shelton

Sanctioning Unsanctioned Texts : The True Story of a Gay Writer / Michael Wenk

(Un)Becoming Trans : Every Breath You Take and Every / sj Miller

Queering the Inquiry Body : Critical Science Teaching from the Margins / Kerrita K. Mayfield

Intersectional Warrior : Battling the Onslaught of Layered Microaggressions in the Academy / Darrell Cleveland Hucks

Undone and (Mis)Recognized : Disorienting Experiences of a Queer, Trans Educator / Erich N. Pitcher

Slam Dunk on Tenure? : Not So Fast / Catherine A. Lugg

Queering South Mississippi : Simple and Seemingly Impossible Work / Kamden Strunk, Douglas Bristol, and William Takewell

Smear the Queer : A Critical Memoir / Scotty M. Secrist

"I Heard It from a Good Source" : Queer Desire and Homophobia in a South African Higher Education Institution / Thabo Msibi

A Profound Moment of Passing / David Lee Carlson

Being Queer in Academia, Queering Academia / Dana M. Stachowiak

The Constant in My Life / William F. Pinar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781433134319

1433134314

9781433134302

1433134306

OCLC:

953792414

Publisher Number:

99969657564