Empowered : a woman faculty of color's guide to teaching and thriving / Chavella T. Pittman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pittman, Chavella T., 1972- Author.

Series:

Teaching, engaging, and thriving in higher ed

Teaching, engaging, and thriving in higher ed series ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women college teachers.

Minority women college teachers.

Universities and colleges--Faculty.

Universities and colleges.

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Physical Description:

v, 215 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Drawing on extensive research, Pittman provides active measures for withstanding intersectional race and gender tensions, exercises to inoculate against toxic dynamics, and tools to resist being silenced and support being heard. Through these empowering strategies and exercises, women faculty of color can become the most powerful versions of themselves in their classrooms, and go on to make the most of their careers, contributions, and lives"-- Provided by publisher.

"Experience tells us, and studies confirm, that women faculty of color are among the most overworked, unfairly criticized, and least rewarded individuals serving higher education today. They are also the most thwarted when it comes to the basic goals of an academic career: tenure, security, and personal satisfaction. This, despite ranking as some of the most talented teachers we have: Women faculty of color disproportionately overdeliver on higher education's loftiest promise-preparing students to contribute to the world. In this book, these highly effective, overworked, underappreciated women will find expert guidance, encouragement, and practical steps to meet the outsized challenges women of color face in academia, and finally get what they've long since earned. In Empowered, Chavella T. Pittman distills decades of practice to show women faculty of color how to be unapologetically authentic in their teaching, speak up in reviews about their classroom excellence, and to offer themselves compassion. And, to recover a sense of joy in what they do. Drawing on extensive research, Pittman provides active measures for withstanding intersectional race and gender tensions, exercises to inoculate against toxic dynamics, and tools to resist being silenced and support being heard. Through these empowering strategies and exercises, women faculty of color can become the most powerful versions of themselves in their classrooms, and go on to make the most of their careers, contributions, and lives. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction (Read This First)

How to Use Tthis Book

Establish the High Ground

Anchor to Strong Points

Build a Protective and Nurturing Bubble

They Don't "Get It" (and That's Not Required)

Remain Authentic (and Innovative)

Create Joy Despite Everything.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806195650

0806195657

9780806195643

0806195649

OCLC:

1511788095

Publisher Number:

90102477796