Leaps of faith : stories from working-class scholars

As discourses and programming to support diversity and inclusion across higher education are intensifying, Leaps of Faith: Stories from Working-Class Academics presents a collection of narratives that highlights the "on-the-ground" experiences of working-class students and scholars. These...

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Other Authors Benoit, Anne C. (Editor), Olson, Joann S. (Editor), Johnson, Carrie, 1955- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019.
SeriesAdult learning in professional, organizational, and community settings.
Subjects
Working class > Education (Higher) > United States.
Learning and scholarship > Social aspects > United States.
College teachers > United States > Biography.
Scholars > United States > Biography.
elektronické knihy
Biographies.
Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.
Higher education, tertiary education.
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806607464
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-464-4
Physical Description1 online resource (296 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • The deep roots of a farm-girl professor : an introduction to the themes of this book / Joann S. Olson
  • The borrowed identity / Vickie J. Claflin
  • A few good allies : developing educational leadership in a community that needs you / Laura Lee Douglass
  • From humble beginnings to respected educator : navigating the labyrinth of lifelong learning / Bonnie Flynn
  • Good girls know better : blue collar Chicagoland to academia / Jennifer K. Holtz
  • A tale of two adult educators / Carrie Johnson and Vicky Duckworth
  • Assimilate or shut up! lessons I learned about isolation as a non-traditional graduate student / Jeffrey A. Masko
  • I never thought I'd find myself in college / Lisa Modenos
  • Learning against the odds : perspectives on navigating U.S. higher education environments as a working-class immigrant / Kayon Murray-Johnson and Yvonne Hunter-Johnson
  • From impostor to infiltrator : leveraging working-class funds of knowledge to navigate and change academic culture / Cecilia M. Orphan and Candyce Reynolds
  • Experiencing connection : applied learning / Anastasia L. Pratt
  • Getting outside of my "six blocks" with Bloom / Darryl R. Privott
  • A square peg in a round hole : trying to find a fit in the academy / Amy L. Sedivy-Benton
  • Why we need bridges / Karin Sprow Fort?
  • The influence of "have not-ness" on one academic trajectory / Karen A. Stevens
  • Journey from working-class student to scholar : overcoming feelings of otherness / Tina Stinson-DaCruz
  • Just keep swimming / Cynthia Suopis
  • Challenges and perspectives : retracing the steps and leaps of faith of a female African American, working-class scholar's journey toward the professoriate / Amanda Wilkerson
  • Relevance, motivation, and encouragement : an educator's transformation origin and beginnings / Michael T. Worthington
  • On fire from undergraduate studies, disillusioned in a master's program : discovering the real meaning of social capital behind the scene / Yarrow (a pseudonym)
  • Conclusion / Anne C. Benoit.

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