Dilemmas of Black Faculty at U.S. Predominantly White Institutions : Issues of the Post-Multicultural Era

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Sharon E.

Contributor:

Alexander, Rudolph Jr.

Lemelle, Anthony J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--19th century.

Education, Higher--20th century.

Education.

African American college teachers--Social conditions--United States.

African American college teachers.

African American college teachers--Job satisfaction--United States.

Faculty integration.

Discrimination in higher education.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Education, Higher--19th century.

Education, Higher--20th century.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book encompasses the physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, social, and legal issues confronting African American faculty who teach at white academic institutions.

Contents:

DILEMMAS OF BLACK FACULTY AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: Issues in the Post-Multicultural Era; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Consequences of Marginalization: Strategies for Staying Healthy; Chapter 1. Breathe!: Victory Model of Diversity and Development for African American Women Scholars in Higher Education; Chapter 2. African American Women Faculty in Predominantly White Institutions: Health and Well-Being

Part II. What You Don't Know About the Political Environment Can Cost You: The Formal and Informal ElementsChapter 3. Notes on the Dilemma of the Black Scholar in Predominantly White Universities: A Personal Perspective via Postmodernist Agency; Chapter 4. African American Women at Predominantly White Institutions: Transitions, Trials, and Survival Strategies; Chapter 5. Inherent Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: Implications for Tenure and the Academic Pipeline; Part III. Recourse for Socioeconomic Injustice in the Workplace

Chapter 6. The Impact of Social Capital on Promoting the Success of African American FacultyChapter 7. In the Margins of the Academy: Women of Color and Job Satisfaction; Chapter 8. Perceptions of African American Female Professors at a Midwestern White University: Pride! Determination! Respect! Retention?; Part IV. Tired, Sometimes Angry, and Often Disappointed: What My Dissertation Committee Never Told Me; Chapter 9. Struggles Within: Black Faculty-Black Students Intra-Racial Dynamics at Predominantly White Instituations

Chapter 10. Black Women in Academe: Reflections on Marriage, Children, and CareerChapter 11. Collegiality in a Multicultural Setting: A Descriptive Narrative; Part V. A Lonely Row to Hoe; Chapter 12. Social Work and the White Racial Frame: Historical and Contemporary Examples of Oppression within the Discipline; Chapter 13. Black Women Speak: Examining the Experiences of Black Women in Teacher Education; Chapter 14. Capturing the Leadership Experiences of African American Women in a Rural Southern University

Chapter 15. African American Faculty in Kinesiology/Physical-Education Programs at Predominantly White InstitutionsPart VI. What Can Be Done; Chapter 16. Another Strategy toward Retention: Using Counseling Techniques to Help African American Faculty Succeed in the Academy; Chapter 17. Concerns of African American Faculty Employed at Predominantly White, Doctoral Extensive Universities

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-1711-7

OCLC:

818112664