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The Beauty and the Burden of Being a Black Professor / edited by Cheron H. Davis, Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick and F. Erik Brooks.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Diversity in higher education ; v. 24.Publisher: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (xx, 194 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781838672676 (ebook)
  • 1838672672 (ebook)
  • 9781838672690 (Epub)
  • 1838672699 (Epub)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Beauty and the Burden of Being a Black ProfessorDDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB2331.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Marybeth Gasman Chapter 1. Black Professorship: The Beauty and the Beast; Cheron H. Davis, Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, F. Erik Brooks Chapter 2. Hazard Ahead: The Impact of High Executive Turnover Rates on African Americans Navigation of the Professoriate at HBCUs; William Broussard Chapter 3. The Spook That Sat by the Ivory Tower: A Scholarly Personal Narrative of a Black Man';s Tenure-Track Journey in the Academy; Ron Whitaker Chapter 4. Ph.D. to Professor: An Open Letter to A Young Scholar; Robert T. Palmer and Janelle L. Williams Chapter 5. May the Work I've Done Speak for Me: Tenure and Promotion; C. Douglas Johnson Chapter 6. My Time in the Academy: A Cautionary Tale; Carlos J. Minor Chapter 7. Unstoppable: A Black Woman's Journey Through the Professorate; Alishea Rowley Chapter 8. A Dialogue Between Sisters; Altheria Caldera and Renee Simms Chapter 9. Two Worlds: A Black Woman Scholar at a Diverse Historically Black College; Erin W. Gilliam Chapter 10. Adjunct Faculty Professional Identity: An African American Postsecondary Administrator's Part-time Teaching Narrative; C. Dean Campbell Chapter 11. Mentorship Made the Difference: My Journey to an Unexpected Destination; Erica Russell Chapter 12. I Am Because We Are, Not Just Mentoring, but a Collaborative Approach to Faculty and Student Development; Novell E. Tani, Steven C. Williams, Rochelle Parrish, Dominic Burrows, Cassidy Ferguson, Angelique Reed, Haleem Brown, and Imelda Theodore Chapter 13. Using a Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Approach to Attenuate the Void: Building Educators and Researchers at a Historically Black College/University (HBCU), Cheron H. Davis, Novell E. Tani, Arie Christon Chapter 14. Conclusion; Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, F. Erik Brooks, Cheron H. Davis Epilogue; Levon Esters.
Summary: By presenting discussions on professional development, and emphasizing the challenges and triumphs experienced by Black professors across disciplines, this book provides advice for junior Black scholars on how to navigate academe and tackle the challenges that Black scholars often face.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 3, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

By presenting discussions on professional development, and emphasizing the challenges and triumphs experienced by Black professors across disciplines, this book provides advice for junior Black scholars on how to navigate academe and tackle the challenges that Black scholars often face.

Foreword; Marybeth Gasman Chapter 1. Black Professorship: The Beauty and the Beast; Cheron H. Davis, Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, F. Erik Brooks Chapter 2. Hazard Ahead: The Impact of High Executive Turnover Rates on African Americans Navigation of the Professoriate at HBCUs; William Broussard Chapter 3. The Spook That Sat by the Ivory Tower: A Scholarly Personal Narrative of a Black Man';s Tenure-Track Journey in the Academy; Ron Whitaker Chapter 4. Ph.D. to Professor: An Open Letter to A Young Scholar; Robert T. Palmer and Janelle L. Williams Chapter 5. May the Work I've Done Speak for Me: Tenure and Promotion; C. Douglas Johnson Chapter 6. My Time in the Academy: A Cautionary Tale; Carlos J. Minor Chapter 7. Unstoppable: A Black Woman's Journey Through the Professorate; Alishea Rowley Chapter 8. A Dialogue Between Sisters; Altheria Caldera and Renee Simms Chapter 9. Two Worlds: A Black Woman Scholar at a Diverse Historically Black College; Erin W. Gilliam Chapter 10. Adjunct Faculty Professional Identity: An African American Postsecondary Administrator's Part-time Teaching Narrative; C. Dean Campbell Chapter 11. Mentorship Made the Difference: My Journey to an Unexpected Destination; Erica Russell Chapter 12. I Am Because We Are, Not Just Mentoring, but a Collaborative Approach to Faculty and Student Development; Novell E. Tani, Steven C. Williams, Rochelle Parrish, Dominic Burrows, Cassidy Ferguson, Angelique Reed, Haleem Brown, and Imelda Theodore Chapter 13. Using a Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Approach to Attenuate the Void: Building Educators and Researchers at a Historically Black College/University (HBCU), Cheron H. Davis, Novell E. Tani, Arie Christon Chapter 14. Conclusion; Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, F. Erik Brooks, Cheron H. Davis Epilogue; Levon Esters.

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