"Strangers" of the academy
Subtitle: Asian women scholars in higher education
By: edited By Guofang Li and Gulbahar Beckett ; foreword by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim.
Contributors: Li, Guofang, 1972-; Beckett, Gulbahar, 1959-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Stylus Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Asian American women college teachers -- United States.; Women scholars -- United States.; Discrimination in higher education -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : Identities Asian, female, scholar : critiques and celebrations of the North American Academy / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim; title: Introduction : Reconstructing culture and identity in the academy : Asian female scholars theorizing their experiences / Guofang Li, Gulbahar H. Beckett; title: Asian Pacific American women and men in higher education : the contested spaces of their participation, persistence, and challenges as students, faculty, and administratiors / Shirley Hune; title: Asian American gender gap in science and technology : tracking male versus female college students' paths toward academic careers / Jaekyung Lee; title: Theorizing experiences of Asian women faculty in second- and foreign-language teacher education / Angel Lin ... [et al.]; title: Professing in a nonnative tongue : narrative construction of realities and oppportunities / Xiaoping Liang; title: Multiple mentors in my career as a university faculty / Keiko Komiya Samimy; title: Navigating multiple roles and multiple discourses : a young Asian female scholar's reflection on within-race-and-gender interactions / Guofang Li; title: Asian American women in the academy : overcoming stress and overturning denials in advancement / Chalsa M. Loo, Hsiu-Zu Ho; title: Brown in black and white : on being a South Asian woman academic / Nina Asher; title: Unmasking the self : struggling with the model minority stereotype and lotus blossom image / Eunai Kim Shrake; title: Within the "safe haven" of women's studies : a Thai female faculty's reflection on identity and scholarship / Piya Pangsapa; title: Between the worlds : searching for a competent voice / Yan Guo; title: Moderation, modesty, creativity, and criticalness : a Chinese American medical professor speaks / Gulbahar H. Beckett, Jianhua Zhang; title: The road less traveled : an Asian woman immigrant faculty's experience practicing global pedagogy in teacher education / Guichun Zong; title: From mentorship to friendship, collaboration, and collegiality / Xue Lan Rong, Judith Preissle; title: Building bridges, working for a better world / Jing Lin.