TY - BOOK AU - Cleveland,Darrell TI - A long way to go: conversations about race by African American faculty and graduate students T2 - Higher ed, SN - 0820463663 AV - LC2781.5 .L67 2004 U1 - 378.1208996073 21 PY - 2004///] CY - New York PB - P. Lang KW - African American college teachers KW - Social conditions KW - African American graduate students KW - African Americans KW - Education (Graduate) KW - Race identity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Lee Jones --; Ch. 1; Can you hear me? : voices and experiences of African American students in higher education --; Ch. 2; African American graduate students' experiences : a critical analysis of recent research; H. Richard Milner --; Ch. 3; Preparing for the professorate : what African American students should know; Joy L. Gaston --; Ch. 4; In the midst of a maze : a need for mentoring; Cassandra Sligh DeWalt --; Ch. 5; Why are these white women trying to run my life? : one black woman's experience toward earning a doctorate; Theodorea R. Berry --; Ch. 6; Beyond the silenced dialogue : what we tell ourselves when the white academy ain't hearin' us; Sherick Hughes --; Ch. 7; So grows the tree : some assumptions underlying the college professorate and their repercussions on higher education; Paul F. Bitting --; Ch. 8; The dwindling pool of qualified professors of color : suburban legends; Robin Hughes --; Ch. 9; Avoiding the clock stoppers : how to prepare for, endure, and survive the first year of the professorate; Lisa D. Hobson-Horton --; Ch. 10; Assertiveness or the drive to succeed? : surviving at a predominantly white university; Kimberly Lenease King and Ivan E. Watts --; Ch. 11; The power of one voice : why faculty of color should stay in small, private, predominantly white institutions; Gloria Kersey-Matusiak --; Ch. 12; From disbelief, presumption, and disrespect to membership in the legacy of competence : teaching experiences at the HBCU and the PWI; Dia Sekayi --; Ch. 13; The crisis : classroom culture : identifying and analyzing seven factors that disable an effective collegiate teaching methodology; James E. Osler II --; Ch. 14; "I shall not be moved" : teaching race in a multiethnic classroom; Cyrus Marcellus Ellis --; Ch. 15; "Who does she think she is?" : growing up nationalist and ending up teaching race in white space; Denise M. Taliaferro Baszile --; Ch. 16; Black faculty coping with racial battle fatigue : the campus racial climate in a post-civil rights era; William A. Smith --; Ch. 17; Voice of senior African American faculty : understanding the purpose and the pursuit of excellence through teaching, research, and service; Lemuel W. Watson --; Ch. 18; Griots and rites of passage : from graduate school to professor with tenure; Amiri Yasin Al-Hadid --; Ch. 19; An emerging engagement, retention, and advancement (ERA) model for African American administrators at predominantly white institutions; Jerlando F. L. Jackson --; Ch. 20; 20/20 hindsight; Ella Forbes --; Ch. 21; "Casualties of war" : suggestions for helping African American graduate students succeed in the academy; Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, Marybeth Gasman, Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, Karry Lane Hathaway and Lisa Rasheed --; Ch. 22; "I got mine, now you get yours" : derailing the underground railroad; Mark A. Williams --; Epilogue; Etta R. Hollins N2 - "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 ER -