Beyond retention : cultivating spaces of equity, justice, and fairness for women of color in U.S. higher education / edited by Brenda L. H. Marina and Sabrina N. Ross (Georgia Southern University).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marina, Brenda Louise Hammett, editor.

Ross, Sabrina, editor.

Series:

Research for social justice.

Research for social justice: personal, passionate, participatory inquiry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women college teachers.

African American women college administrators.

Minority women college teachers--United States.

Minority women college teachers.

Minority women college administrators--United States.

Minority women college administrators.

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Sex discrimination in higher education--United States.

Sex discrimination in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Beyond Retention: Cultivating Spaces of Equity, Fairness, and Justice for Women of Color in U.S. Higher Education, Brenda Marina and Sabrina N. Ross address the continued underrepresentation of women faculty of color at predominantly White colleges and universities through a creative convergence of scholarship focused on intellectual activism and structural change. Inspired by the African American oral tradition of call and response, this text illuminates the calls, or personal narratives of women faculty of color who identify racialized, gendered, sexualized, and class-based challenges associated with work in predominantly White institutions. Accounts of social justice-oriented strategies, policies, and practices that support women faculty of color and reflections by women of color who are senior faculty members serve as literal and metaphorical responses. The convergence of calls for social justice and equity-minded responses and reflections in this text provide intellectual foundations for the development of higher education spaces where women faculty of color can thrive.Beyond Retention is a critical geographic project intended to identify and mitigate structures of oppression that act as barriers to the full incorporation of women of color in predominantly White academic contexts. This text will be of interest to scholars interested in curriculum topics of race, gender, sexuality, and place. The text offers strategies for coping and success for women of color in doctoral programs, faculty positions, and mid-level administration positions within the academy; as such, Beyond Retention will be a valuable addition to the reading libraries of each of these groups. Men and women with interests in the experiences of educators of color within predominantly White contexts will also gain valuable insights from this book, as will individuals interested in various areas of women studies, multicultural education, and diversity.Beyond Retention also provides accounts of practices and policies that have been successful in supporting the needs of women faculty of color; knowledge gained from this text will be useful for higher education administrators seeking to improve the campus climate for faculty of color. Additionally, human resource directors, equal opportunity specialists and diversity trainers will find this text helpful when considering strategies for managing diversity.

Contents:

Introduction : Where do we begin? / Brenda L.H. Marina and Sabrina Ross

Ripple effects and shock waves : The impact of a black female faculty member's open letter to her institution / JeffriAnne Wilder

Response: Courageous actions : A response to ripple effects and shock waves / Elena Flores

Walking the tightrope of academe with no net / Michelle D. Smith

Response: Lengthening your stride : Finding the right balance on the tightrope / Patricia A. Mitchell

I'd rather be harriet : A counterstory of two sister scholars / Nadrea R. Njoku and Juhanna N. Rogers

Response: Talking back / Donyell Roseboro

Preparing to lead : The socialization of black women for faculty and administrative careers through graduate school / Jennifer M. Johnson, Tykeia N. Robinson, Candice L. Staples, and Nina Daoud

Response: I wish i knew then, what i know now : How to build a communal pipeline / Tara T. Green

Soy latina, donde estas mi gente? / Yvania Garcia-Pusateri

Response: Mentoring and encouraging professional development for latinas and other women of color / Ramona Ortega-Listen

Triple threat : Multiple identities in the academy / Lakeisha Meyer

Response: Commonalities, contrasts, challenges, and commitments / Nina Asher

Who speaks for me? : Learning to resist with marginalized statuses in the academy / Jenelle Pitt

Response: Change agents in the academy : On safe spaces, meaningful advocacy, and naming the leak in the academic pipeline / Carol Henderson

Putting an end to outside looking in : It's time for women of color in higher education to create social capital / Monica Burke

Response: We cannot do it alone / Stacey Pearson-Wharton

Balancing the call to serve : The costs and benefits of leaving a legacy in the academy / Tamara Bertrand Jones, La'Tara Osborne-Lampkin, and JeffriAnne Wilder

Expressing civic virtue inside a crooked room : A call to awareness for women of color at predominantly white institutions / Mahauganee Dawn Shaw

Answer the call / Brenda L. H. Marina

Where do we go from here : Concluding emerging thoughts / SabrinaRoss and Brenda L. H. Marina.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-68123-416-5