Title: Experiences of single African-American women professors : with this Ph.D., I thee wed /
Authors: Gilchrist, Eletra S., 1978-
Publisher: Lexington Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: African American women college teachers Social conditions.; African Americans Marriage; Single women United States.; Mate selection United States; Universities and colleges United States Sociological aspects.; African American single people.
Contents: Sexy: The First Reason I Married My Ph.D. / Robin M. Boylorn -- Black, Educated, and Female: A Perspective on Contemporary Courtship and the Professoriate / Celeste Walls -- This House is Not a Home: Parents' Rhetoric and Perceptions of Marriage among Single African-American Women Academics from Single and Two-Parent Households / Jonita Henry -- "Acting Like a Lady and Doing Me": Rejecting the "Strong Black Woman" Stereotype, Sexism, and Settling / Kandace L. Harris -- Self-Conscious: The Second Reason I Married My Ph.D. / Robin M. Boylorn -- The Myth and Mismatch of Balance: Black Female Professors' Constructions of Balance, Integration, and Negotiation of Work and Life / Natalie T.J. Tindall and Markesha S. McWilliams -- Jumping the Broom: Challenges of Relational and Academic Pursuits / Joanne A. Sutherland -- It Costs to be the Boss: Negotiating the Rewards and Costs of Marriage when Professional Obligations are Great / Monica L. Dillihunt and Cheryl D. Jenkins -- The Third Reason I Married My Ph.D. / Robin M. Boylorn -- "I'm in the Middle of Nowhere!": The Dating Experiences of Black, Female Doctoral Students and Faculty at Predominantly White Environments / Mounira Morris -- Spirituality, Singleness, and Scholarship: Single Black Women Ph.D.s and the Christian HBCU / Janice Y. Watson and R. Rennae Elliott -- Breaking the Silence: An Autoethnography of a Single, Black, Lesbian's Interpersonal Relationships at an HBCU / Sheena C. Howard -- Sassy: The Fourth Reason I Married My Ph.D. / Robin M. Boylorn -- Neither an "Old Maid" nor a "Miss Independent": Deflating the Negative Perceptions of Single African-American Women Professors / Eletra S. Gilchrist -- Searching for the New Black Woman: One Single, African-American Professor's Experience with the Strong Black Woman Myth / Kimberly J. Chandler -- You Can Have a Man OR a Career: Professional and Personal Identity Negotiation of Aspiring African-American Female Professors / Cerise L. Glenn --