Black Women Speaking From Within

In Black Women Speaking From Within: Essays and Experiences in Higher Education, authors use intersectional and interdisciplinary lenses to share the ways in which they understand, navigate, resist, and transform student services, learning, teaching, and existing in the academy.

Autorentext

Kelly K. Hope is an educator, advocate, and higher education professional. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in English education from Southern Connecticut State University and an Ed.D. in organizational leadership from Northeastern University. Hope serves as Adjunct Professor and Director of Student Life and Student Conduct at Housatonic Community College. In 2013, she received the Phi Delta Kappa Golden Apple Award for excellence in education.

Zusammenfassung
In Black Women Speaking From Within: Essays and Experiences in Higher Education, authors use intersectional and interdisciplinary lenses to share the ways in which they understand, navigate, resist, and transform student services, learning, teaching, and existing in the academy.

Inhalt

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Kimberly D. Johnson: Black Women Staff in the Academy: Challenges, Sisterhood, and Strategies for Success Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey: My Sister, Myself: Sociocultural Factors That Affect the Advancement of African-American Women Into Senior-Level Positions Stephanie L. Krah: Made It to the Adult Table: Being a Black Woman Millennial Leader in Higher Education Kelly K. Hope: The Invisible Woman: How Institutional Cultures Perpetuate the Marginalization of Black Women LaToya Rene Robertson: The Contradictions in Higher Education Courtney Allen: Calling All the Sisters: Sister Circles as a Form of Institutional Responsibility to Black Womyn Collegians Lytasha Marie Blackwell: Build, Bond, or Break: Sisterhood in the Midst of Individual Transformations Robin Phelps-Ward/Erin K. Phelps: Sisterly Personal Narratives From Two Black Sisters in the Academy Kelly K. Hope: Who in the Hell Left the Gate Open Appendix I: Sample Proposal Appendix II: Sample Cover Letter Appendix III: Sample Supervisory Evaluation Form Contributors.