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Presumed Incompetent The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

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This is a path-breaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of colour. Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies, over 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of colour as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education, including hiring, promotion, tenure, and relations with students, colleagues, and administrators. The narratives are filled with wit, wisdom, and concrete recommendations, and provide a window into the struggles of professional women in a racially stratified but increasingly multicultural America.
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List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 10/31/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 2.882
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
General Campus Climate
Introduction
Facing Down the Spooks
Waking Up to Privilege: Intersectionality and Opportunity
A Prostitute, a Servant, and a Customer-Service Representative: A Latina in Academia
Black/Out: The White Face of Multiculturalism and the Violence of the Canadian Academic Imperial Project
They Forgot Mammy Had a Brain
Present and Unequal: A Third-Wave Approach to Voice Parallel Experiences in Managing Oppression and Bias in the Academy
Navigating the Academic Terrain: The Racial and Gender Politics of Elusive Belonging
Faculty/Student Relationships
Introduction
Visibly Invisible: The Burden of Race and Gender for Female Students of Color Striving for an Academic Career in the Sciences
Stepping in and Stepping out: Examining the Way Anticipatory Career Socialization Impacts Identity Negotiation of African American Women in Academia
Silence of the Lambs
On Being Special
Are Student Teaching Evaluations Holding Back Women and Minorities?: The Perils of "Doing" Gender and Race in the Classroom
Notes toward Racial and Gender Justice Ally Practice in Legal Academia
Where's the Violence? The Promise and Perils of Teaching Women of Color Studies
Networks of Allies
Introduction
Working across Racial Lines in a Not-So-Post-Racial World
Native Women Maintaining Their Culture in the White Academy
Dis/Jointed Appointments: Solidarity amidst Inequity, Tokenism, and Marginalization
What's Love Got to Do with It?: Life Teachings from Multiracial Feminism
Sharing Our Gifts
Social Class in Academia
Introduction
Igualadas
The Port Hueneme of My Mind: The Geography of Working-Class Consciousness in One Academic Career
On Community in the Midst of Hierarchy (and Hierarchy in the Midst of Community)
Tenure and Promotion
Introduction
The Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe
Lessons from a Portrait: Keep Calm and Carry On
"No hay mal que por Men no venga": A Journey to Healing as a Latina, Lesbian Law Professor
La Lucha: Latinas Surviving Political Science
Free at Last! No More Performance Anxieties in the Academy 'cause Stepin Fetchit Has Left the Building
African American Women in the Academy: Quelling the Myth of Presumed Incompetence
The Experiences of an Academic "Misfit"
Lessons from the Experiences of Women of Color Working in Academia
Afterword
References
Contributors
Index