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Stories from the Front of the Room

How Higher Education Faculty of Color Overcome Challenges and Thrive in the Academy

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, United States
Published: 8th Feb 2017
Dimensions: w 152mm h 229mm d 14mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN-10: 1475825161
ISBN-13: 9781475825169
Barcode No: 9781475825169
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Research demonstrates that faculty of color in historically white institutions experience higher levels of discrimination, cultural taxation, and emotional labor than their white colleagues. Despite efforts to recruit minority faculty, all of these factors undermine their scholarship, pedagogy, social experiences, promotion and retention. This edited volume builds upon the existing research on faculty of color, however, it also departs from the existing literature and unravels the socio-emotional experiences of being in front of the classroom, in labs, and in the Ivory Tower for faculty who are in multiple racialized social locations. In an effort to circulate the experiences of faculty of color more widely to academic and non-academic audiences, this edited volume replaces conventional scholarly technical papers with unconventionally accessible letters. Stories from the Front of the Room focuses on the boundaries which faculty of color encounter in everyday experiences on campus and presents a more complete picture of life in the academy - one that documents how faculty of color are tested, but also how they can not only overcome, but thrive in their respective educational institutions.

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A real-world, up-close look inside the everyday reality of working in historically white Academia, as seen by its most astute observers-the faculty of color who must cope, survive, leave, and thrive in a pervasive white-racist environment. -- Joe Feagin, Ella C. McFadden Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University Stories from the Front of the Room is truly a unique and provocative book. In letter format, the writings provide an impressive and extensive view of how professors of different races and genders across differing disciplines learn to 'survive and thrive' in the academy. The richness of the narratives provides candid and expressive stories of life in the professoriate for faculty of color. From doctoral students to academicians, this is a book all professors should have in their bookcase! -- Rosemary Papa, Del and Jewel Lewis Endowed Chair, Educational Leadership, Northern Arizona University Stories from the Front of the Room is essential reading for all faculty in the country who care about educating a diverse nation, providing opportunity, and ensuring equity. The editors have fastened together a beautiful group of voices that shed light on how far we have to come to ensure that everyone feels included in academe. -- Marybeth Gasman Ph.D, Professor; Director, Penn Center for Minority-Serving Institutions Higher Education Division Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania