"Strangers" of the academy : Asian women scholars in higher education /

"Strangers" of the academy : Asian women scholars in higher education / edited By Guofang Li and Gulbahar Beckett ; foreword by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. - First edition. - xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Foreword : identities Asian, female, scholar : critiques and celebrations of the North American Academy / Introduction : reconstructing culture and identity in the academy : Asian female scholars theorizing their experiences / Asian Pacific American women and men in higher education : the contested spaces of their participation, persistence, and challenges as students, faculty, and administrators / Asian American gender gap in science and technology : tracking male versus female college students' paths toward academic careers / Theorizing experiences of Asian women faculty in second- and foreign-language teacher education / Professing in a nonnative tongue : narrative construction of realities and opportunities / Multiple mentors in my career as a university faculty / Navigating multiple roles and multiple discourses : a young Asian female scholar's reflection on within-race-and-gender interactions / Asian American women in the academy : overcoming stress and overturning denials in advancement / Brown in black and white : on being a South Asian woman academic / Unmasking the self : struggling with the model minority stereotype and lotus blossom image / Within the "safe haven" of women's studies : a Thai female faculty's reflection on identity and scholarship / Between the worlds : searching for a competent voice / Moderation, modesty, creativity, and criticalness : a Chinese American medical professor speaks / The road less traveled : an Asian woman immigrant faculty's experience practice global pedagogy in teacher education / From mentorship to friendship, collaboration, and collegiality / Building bridges, working for a better world / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim -- Guofang Li and Gulbahar H. Beckett -- Shirley Hune -- Jaekyung Lee -- Angel Lin, Ryuko Kubota, Su Motha, Wendy Wang and Shelly Wong -- Xiaoping Liang -- Keilo Komiya Samimy -- Guofang Li -- Chalsa M. Loo and Hsiu-Zu Ho -- Nina Asher -- Eunai Kim Shrake -- Piya Pangsapa -- Yan Guo -- Gulbahar H. Beckett and Jianhua Zhang -- Guichun Zong -- Xue Lan Rong and Judith Preissle -- Jing Lin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1579221203 9781579221201 1579221211 9781579221218

2004029617


Asian American women college teachers--United States
Women scholars--United States
Discrimination in higher education--United States

LC2633.6 / .S84 2006

378.1208995073

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