num_pages: 512
description: Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race gender and class in the working lives of women faculty of color. Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies more than 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of color as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education including hiring promotion tenure and relations with students colleagues and administrators. The narratives are filled with wit wisdom and concrete recommendations and provide a window into the struggles of professional women in a racially stratified but increasingly multicultural America.
language: English
title: Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia
publisher: Utah State University Press