Race, Women of Color, and the State University System

Critical Reflections
Herausgeber: Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian; Hidalgo-de-Jes&

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on challenges women of color experienced while teaching or pursuing administrative duties within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Contributors provide academic tools and strategies to navigate the academy successfully by identifying challenges unique to the state system that may be generally applicable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780761854418
• ISBN-10: 076185441X
• Artikelnr.: 32737214

Autorenporträt

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw is an associate professor at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. As a former professor of English education in the Department of English at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, she taught literature and composition courses and coordinated the Secondary English program. Before then she taught English language arts at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Amarilis Hidalgo-de Jesús is a professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. She teaches language, culture, and literature classes in English and Spanish. She previously taught languages at Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman University).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 List of Figures Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgements Chapter 5 Introduction: Women of Color in the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: An Introduction [Vivian
Yenika-Agbaw: Bloomsburg University] Chapter 6 Chapter 1: Towing the Gender
and Race Lines in Academe: A Practitioner's Perspective [Jocelind E. Gant,
Clarion University] Chapter 7 Chapter 2: Principles for Achieving Success
in the Academy [Ursula O. Payne, Slippery Rock University] Chapter 8
Chapter 3: It is my time to speak out: A Puerto Rican Woman's Teaching
Journey in Rural Pennsylvania [Amarilis Hidalgo De-Jesus, Bloomsburg
University] Chapter 9 Chapter 4: Can Women of Color Everbe Good Enough?
[Penina Kamina, California University] Chapter 10 Chapter 5: Women College
Presidents: The Hidden Workload Characteristics [Michelle Howard-Vital:
Cheyney University] Chapter 11 Chapter 6: "Marginalization: A Continuing
Problem in Higher Education" [Eucabeth Obhiambo & Chantana Charoenpanitkul,
Shippensburg University Chapter 12 Chapter 7: Teaching in Central
Pennsylvania [Sharon Stringer, Lock Haven University] Chapter 13 Chapter 8:
Clarion Goes Beyond Color [Sandra Trejos, Clarion University] Chapter 14
Chapter 9: Who is Teaching Multicultural Awareness and Cultural Competence
To Whom? [Patricia Graham, East Stroudsburg University] Chapter 15 Chapter
10: Lessons from the Playground: The Private Revolutions of Black Women
Holding Their Ground in Academe [Sydney Howe Barksdale: Widener University]
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Teaching Along Interstate-80: The Pleasures and
Challenges of Holding a Tenure-Track Position in PASSHE [Vivian
Yenika-Agbaw: Bloomsburg University] Chapter 17 Chapter 12: "Surviving in
PASSHE: Five Fundamental Principles for Women of Color" [Alicia King
Redfern, Bloomsburg University] Chapter 18 Afterward: Putting Experiences
in Higher Education into Perspective [Vivian Yenika Agbaw & Amarilis
Hidalgo De-Jesus, Bloomsburg University] Chapter 19 Contributors