The beauty and the burden of being a black professor

• Other Authors: Davis, Cheron H. (Editor), Hilton, Adriel A. (Editor), Hamrick, Ricardo (Editor), Brooks, F. Erik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
• Series: Diversity in higher education ; v. 24.
• Subjects: African American college teachers.; Minority college teachers > United States.; African American scholars.; Discrimination in higher education > United States.; College teaching > Social aspects > United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781838672690; 9781838672676
• DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3644202124
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages).

It has been well chronicled that Black professors have experienced a long history of inequities and inequalities within the academic space. This volume explores the experiences, challenges and triumphs experienced by Black professors. Including personal essays written by Black professors, this volum...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Marybeth Gasman
• Chapter 1. Black professorship: the beauty and the beast / Cheron H. Davis, Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, F. Erik Brooks
• Chapter 2. Hazard ahead: the impact of high executive turnover rates on African Americans navigation of the professoriate at HBCUs / William Broussard
• Chapter 3. The spook that sat by the ivory tower: a scholarly personal narrative of a black man's tenure-track journey in the academy / Ron Whitaker
• Chapter 4. Ph.D. to professor: an open letter to a young scholar / Robert T. Palmer and Janelle L. Williams
• Chapter 5. May the work I've done speak for me: tenure and promotion / C. Douglas Johnson
• Chapter 6. My time in the academy: a cautionary tale / Carlos J. Minor
• Chapter 7. Unstoppable: a black woman's journey through the professorate / Alishea Rowley
• Chapter 8. A dialogue between sisters / Altheria Caldera and Renee Simms
• Chapter 9. Two worlds: a black woman scholar at a diverse historically black college / Erin W. Gilliam
• Chapter 10. Adjunct faculty professional identity: an African American postsecondary administrator's part-time teaching narrative / C. Dean Campbell
• Chapter 11. Mentorship made the difference: my journey to an unexpected destination / Erica Russell
• Chapter 12. I am because we are, not just mentoring, but a collaborative approach to faculty and student development / Novell E. Tani, Steven C. Williams, Rochelle Parrish, Dominic Burrows, Cassidy Ferguson, Angelique Reed, Haleem Brown, and Imelda Theodore
• Chapter 13. Using a cross-disciplinary teaching approach to attenuate the void: building educators and researchers at a historically black college/university (HBCU), Cheron H. Davis, Novell E. Tani, Arie Christon
• Chapter 14. Conclusion / Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, F. Erik Brooks, Cheron H. Davis
• Epilogue / Levon Esters.