The truly diverse faculty
Subtitle: new dialogues in American higher education
By: edited by Stephanie A. Fryberg, Ernesto Javier Martínez
Series: Future of minority studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781137456052
Subjects: Faculty integration; Universities and colleges; Faculty; Minority college teachers; Social conditions; Mentoring in education; Discrimination in higher education; Multiculturalism; EDUCATION / Higher; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
Description: "Many universities in the twenty-first century claim "diversity" as a core value, but fall short in transforming institutional practices. The disparity between what universities claim as a value and what they accomplish in reality creates a labyrinth of barriers, challenges, and extra burdens that junior faculty of color must negotiate, often at great personal and professional risk. This volume addresses these obstacles, first by foregrounding essays written by junior faculty of color and second by pairing each essay with commentary by senior university administrators. These two university constituencies play crucial roles in diversifying the academy, but rarely have an opportunity to candidly engage in dialogue. This volume harnesses the untapped collective knowledge in these constituencies, revealing how diversity claims, when poorly conceived and under-actualized, impact the university as an intellectual work environment and as a social filter for innovative ideas"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: UNIVERSITY STRUCTURES AND THE PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF JUNIOR FACULTY OF COLOR; title: 1. Constructed Strugglers: The Impact of Diversity Narratives on Junior Faculty of Color; Ernesto J. Marti;nez and Stephanie A. Fryberg; title: Comment: Valuing the World, Valuing Diversity; Nancy Cantor and Kal Alston; title: 2. Models of Success in the Academy; Victoria Plaut; title: Comment; Kecia Thomas; title: 3. Junior Faculty of Color in the Corporate University: Implications of Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism on Research, Teaching and Service; Nana Osei-Kofi; title: Comment: Which Way Forward? The Corporate University as a Site of Contradiction; Michael Hames-Garci;a; title: PART II: NEGOTIATING A NON-DIVERSE ACADEMY; title: 4. On Being the Solo Faculty Member of Color: Research Evidence from Field and Laboratory Studies; Denise Sekaquaptewa; title: Comment; Robert N. Shelton; title: 5. Whiteness as Request; Phillip Atiba Goff; title: Comment; Daniel Little; title: 6. Mammy No More/Mammy Forever: The Stakes and Costs of Teaching Our Colleagues; Tiffany Willough-Herard; title: Comment: Sister-Administrators in the Neoliberal Academy: Reflections of a Feminist-of-Color; Chandra Talpade Mohanty; title: PART III: SPEAKING TO THE PIPELINE: EARLY MENTORSHIP, PREPARATION, AND PROFESSIONAL BARRIERS; title: 7. Trusting Vulnerability: Mentoring Graduate Students of Color; John Riofrio; title: Comment; James A. Larimore; title: 8. Lanterns and Street Signs: Effective Mentoring for Greater Equity in the Academy; Monisha Bajaj; title: Comment: Mentoring for Institutional Gain; Luis Fraga; title: 9. Breaking Through the Associate Professor Glass Ceiling; Mari Castañeda and Michael Hames-Garci;a; title: Comment: Slowing Down the Line; Carol Stabile.