"Strangers" of the academy : Asian women scholars in higher education / edited by Guofang Li and Gulbahar H. Beckett ; foreword by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, Guofang, 1972- editor.

Beckett, Gulbahar H., 1959- editor.

Lim, Shirley, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian American women college teachers--United States.

Asian American women college teachers.

Women scholars--United States.

Women scholars.

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2006.

Summary:

It addresses the socio-cultural, political, academic, and personal issues that Asian female scholars encounter in higher education. The book is replete with the richness and complexity of these scholars' struggles and triumphs in their professional and personal realms.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword: Identities Asian, Female, Scholar Critiques and Celebrations of the North American Academy

Introduction Reconstructing Culture and Identity in the Academy Asian Female Scholars Theorizing Their Experiences

Part One: Asian Female Scholars in Context

1: Asian Pacific American Women and Men in Higher Education The Contested Spaces of Their Participation, Persistence, and Challenges as Students, Faculty, and Administrators

2: Asian American Gender Gap in Science and Technology Tracking Male versues Female College Students' Paths toward Academic Careers

3: Theorizing Experiences of Asian Women Faculty in Second- and Foreign-Language Teacher Education

Part Two: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising, and Securing Tenure

4: Professing in a Nonnative Tongue Narrative Construction of Realities and Opportunities

5: Multiple Mentors in My Career as a University Faculty

6: Navigating Multiple Roles and Multiple Discourses A Young Asian Female Scholar's Reflection on Within-Race-and-Gender Interactions

7: Asian American Women in the Academy Overcoming Stress and Overturning Denials in Advancement

Part Three: Gaining Voice, Forming Identity

8: Brown in Black and White On Being a South Asian Woman Academic

9: Unmasking the Self Struggling with the Model Minority Stereotype and Lotus Blossom Image

10: Within the "Safe Haven" of Women'S Studies A Thai Female Faculty's Reflection on Identity and Scholarship

11: Between the Worlds Searching for a Competent Voice

12: Moderation, Modesty, Creativity, and Criticalness A Chinese American Medical Professor Speaks

Part Four: Building Bridges, Building the Future.

13: The Road Less Traveled An Asian Woman Immigrant Faculty's Experience Practicing Global Pedagogy in Teacher Education

14: From Mentorship to Friendship, Collaboration, and Collegiality

15: Building Bridges, Working for a Better World

Editors and Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781620360125

1620360128

OCLC:

945135951