Beyond retention : cultivating spaces of equity, justice, and fairness for women of color in U.S. higher education

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...

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Other Authors Marina, Brenda Louise Hammett (Editor), Ross, Sabrina (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
SeriesResearch for social justice.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806610129
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-416-8
Physical Description1 online resource (xxxviii, 308 pages)

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Table of 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.