A long way to go : conversations about race by African American faculty and graduate students /
edited by Darrell Cleveland.
- xx, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Higher ed, v. 14 1523-9551 ; .
- Higher ed ; v. 14. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Can you hear me? : voices and experiences of African American students in higher education -- African American graduate students' experiences : a critical analysis of recent research / Preparing for the professorate : what African American students should know / In the midst of a maze : a need for mentoring / Why are these white women trying to run my life? : one black woman's experience toward earning a doctorate / Beyond the silenced dialogue : what we tell ourselves when the white academy ain't hearin' us / So grows the tree : some assumptions underlying the college professorate and their repercussions on higher education / The dwindling pool of qualified professors of color : suburban legends / Avoiding the clock stoppers : how to prepare for, endure, and survive the first year of the professorate / Assertiveness or the drive to succeed? : surviving at a predominantly white university / The power of one voice : why faculty of color should stay in small, private, predominantly white institutions / From disbelief, presumption, and disrespect to membership in the legacy of competence : teaching experiences at the HBCU and the PWI / The crisis : classroom culture : identifying and analyzing seven factors that disable an effective collegiate teaching methodology / "I shall not be moved" : teaching race in a multiethnic classroom / "Who does she think she is?" : growing up nationalist and ending up teaching race in white space / Black faculty coping with racial battle fatigue : the campus racial climate in a post-civil rights era / Voice of senior African American faculty : understanding the purpose and the pursuit of excellence through teaching, research, and service / Griots and rites of passage : from graduate school to professor with tenure / An emerging engagement, retention, and advancement (ERA) model for African American administrators at predominantly white institutions / 20/20 hindsight / "Casualties of war" : suggestions for helping African American graduate students succeed in the academy / "I got mine, now you get yours" : derailing the underground railroad / Epilogue / Lee Jones -- H. Richard Milner -- Joy L. Gaston -- Cassandra Sligh DeWalt -- Theodorea R. Berry -- Sherick Hughes -- Paul F. Bitting -- Robin Hughes -- Lisa D. Hobson-Horton -- Kimberly Lenease King and Ivan E. Watts -- Gloria Kersey-Matusiak -- Dia Sekayi -- James E. Osler II -- Cyrus Marcellus Ellis -- Denise M. Taliaferro Baszile -- William A. Smith -- Lemuel W. Watson -- Amiri Yasin Al-Hadid -- Jerlando F. L. Jackson -- Ella Forbes -- Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, Marybeth Gasman, Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, Karry Lane Hathaway and Lisa Rasheed -- Mark A. Williams -- Etta R. Hollins. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22.
"This book will assist both doctoral students and junior faculty in successfully completing the graduate school experience and transitioning into tenure-track positions, and will be of great interest to all higher education faculty and administrators who must address the complex issues of diversity in recruiting and retaining graduate students and faculty."--BOOK JACKET.
0820463663 9780820463667
2002156039
African American college teachers--Social conditions African American graduate students--Social conditions African Americans--Education (Graduate) African Americans--Race identity